Ladakh Sustainable Buildings

Ladakh is a spiritual country which I hold dear to my heart.

Situated between Tibet and India, this high altitude desert neighbors Kashmir/Pakistan. One of the most breathtaking landscape. In 1998 I climbed in that region, falling in love with the barren moonscape. This e2 program focuses on the social values of sustainability and learning on what cultures can do to adapt to change. Beautiful and provoking 25 minute documentary.

K2 adventure

K2

“Exceptional natural intelligence and the incurable desire to climb the ladder are necessary.”

Reading this posting for some technology executive position I was pondering more on the lines of the climbing a ladder on some big rock/ice expedition. K2 straddles the border between China and Jammu and Kashmir in a territory currently claimed by Pakistan.

Its name is derived from the fact that it is the second peak (of 35) in the Karakorum Range of the western Himalayas. In 1861 the mountain gained its other well-known (though unofficial) name: Mount Godwin-Austen. Henry Haversham Godwin-Austen, a British soldier and topographer, was the second European to visit the area and research the mountain. Many local names are also used to identify the peak, including Chogori, Lambha Pahar, Dapsang, and Kechu (K2).