Climbing the mountain was exhaustingly tough, and descending left them gasping for breath.
Sitting in the car, both of them drank some spiritual water to catch their breaths, and continued on the bumpy mountain road.
Fang Ye wasn't disappointed for not seeing the snow leopard, as the biodiversity in the Angsai area is quite rich. Aside from the popular animals like Pallas's cat and Tibetan fox, there were others like pikas, bharal, Himalayan vulture, and common raven, which gave him a sense that there was more to see than he could take in.
Himalayan vultures and bearded vultures are not very afraid of people!
Perhaps it's because they often circle in the sky and have more chances to see humans and vehicles.
When they stopped on the road to look for snow leopard tracks in the valley, some Eurasian griffon vultures flew over, opening their nearly three-meter wingspan like gliders, circling over their heads and observing them.