Identity area
Reference code
GB 235 LSH/1/1/6/1/16
Title
Route from Kampa Padze to the Dzong via TAB LA and the Tsangpo
Date(s)
- 1938-03-21 (Creation)
Level of description
Part
Extent and medium
1 page
Context area
Name of creator
(1898-1967)
Repository
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
SUMMARY:
The diary describes traveling from Kampa Padze down to the right bank of the Tsangpo, along cultivated land, then ascending 500 ft to the TAB LA pass. After a similar descent and a flat plain, the route returns to the river at mile 10 and reaches the Dzong on a rock at mile 11.
CONTENT:
From Kampa Padze the path descends to the R. bank of the Tsangpo, keeps along it for a mile or two, gradually leaving it & continuing over cultivated land. At m 5 it begins to ascend to the TAB LA, a climb of 500 ft over a bad path. Descent similar for one mile, then over flat plain to the river bank again at m 10 & to the Dzong on a rock at m 11.
