Oops, somehow I forgot to include the coolest thing! We shared the Simikot to Hilsa trail with everyone and everything else moving across the landscape, including caravans of sheep and goats, the remains of a nearly obsolete trade of Himalayan salt for Nepali grains. Above is one of three caravans which we encountered our second day out of Simikot; below are sheep coming up the far side of Nama-la above Hilsa.
