Part 119 - Kulong Chu gorge and route via LAO toward RELA

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SUMMARY:
Travel notes describe a steep valley approach to LAO, where a cantilever bridge crosses the Kulong Chu, before leaving the river for a side valley toward RELA. The entry praises the magnificent gorge scenery with ragged peaks over 20,000' and notes, per Sir C White, that the Do Ha is no higher than the Rudo La and thus of limited use.

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by a bridge. It would be unfordable in summer. Beyond this
B. 23 finished the valley remains steep sided the path difficult till just
A prayer before camp, where the valley opens out a little. At LAO there
wheel driven is an old but pretty strong cantilever bridge over the Kulong
by water. Chu, which is here left, the path to the RELA branching off
B. 24. slightly to the west. (LAO CHU.) Water - fuel ample no leeches. //

Two water A perfect day to begin with, but some rain later on. Certainly
driven prayer the finest scenery we have yet had. The gorge of the
wheels: scenes Kulong Chu was magnificent, the river falling in a
in the dense series of falls for 2 miles. Here we leave the river and
jungle up the track up a side valley. As Sir C White remarks of this
Kulong Chu. region, it is quite impossible to find out anything of
From B the country. It now appears that the Do Ha is no higher
bridge looking, than the Rudo La, and so will be of little use to us. We
down up the must wait and see tomorrow. Up the Kulong Chu there is
Kulong Chu: a magnificent sight, where the main range appears in
Up the Kulong a series of ragged peaks of over 20000'. That is just the