Leh Palace & Tsemo Castle Monastery

I decided today that I would tomorrow begin a 3-day, minimal gear climb of Stok Kangri (6153 meters). In an attempt to re-acclimate to cardio above 3500 meters, my friend Allie, a New Yorker I met in Rishikesh, and I climbed to Leh Palace and a Gompa that overlook Leh, similar to the view at Shanti Stupa but a little higher.Read more