Cashmeres Timeless Luxury: Preserving the Legacy of Ladakhs Rare Pashmina Goats

I recently found myself standing on the highest plateau in the world, a place where life shouldn’t exist, yet it does. The Changthang Plateau, an expanse of ice and rock suspended over 14,000 feet above sea level, is where I spent two weeks, my camera in hand, trying to capture the essence of a crisis that few will ever see firsthand. The plateau, tucked between the towering Himalayan and Karakorum ranges, is home to the Changra goat, an animal as rare as the landscape itself. These goats, with their resilient spirits, endure freezing temperatures and relentless winds to grow an undercoat so delicate it defies logic. The fibers, a mere […] The post Cashmere’s Timeless Luxury: Preserving the Legacy of Ladakh’s Rare Pashmina Goats appeared first on LIFE on the PLANET LADAKH.

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