Observations In The Midü And Po Tsangpo Valleys, Southeastern Tibet

On the seventh of May, 2006, we made our way up the short Midü Valley in Southeast Tibet, working through an old growth poplar stand, the thick trunks of many trees twisted   and knobbed, and then clambering over rocks, some decorated with bright orange lichens, to reach the crest of a small terminal moraine at 3780m/12400ft elevation.  Here we were totally surprised to find the snout of the local glacier only a kilometer or so to the south of us.