
The Pulan Frontier Defense Company of the Ali Military Sub-Command
under the Xinjiang Military Command stationed at the foot of the Himalaya
Mointains started to patrol along the border areas with an elevation of 5300
meters in the Himalaya Mountains on April 18, 2009. (Photo by Li Jinhai)

An officer is checking the equipment carried by each soldier. The
Pulan Frontier Defense Company of the Ali Military Sub-Command under the
Xinjiang Military Command stationed at the foot of the Himalaya Mointains
started to patrol along the border areas with an elevation of 5300 meters in the
Himalaya Mountains on April 18, 2009. (Photo by Li Jinhai)

A soldier is trying to pull his horse trapped in the nearly 2
metere-deep snow on the way of patrol. The Pulan Frontier Defense
Company of the Ali Military Sub-Command under the Xinjiang Military Command
stationed at the foot of the Himalaya Mointains started to patrol along the
border areas with an elevation of 5300 meters in the Himalaya Mountains on April
18, 2009. (Photo by Li Jinhai)

Members of the patrol team had to march to the
patrol point in the Himalaya Mountain on foot instead of riding horses because
the road had been buried under deep snow. The Pulan Frontier Defense Company of
the Ali Military Sub-Command under the Xinjiang Military Command stationed at
the foot of the Himalaya Mointains started to patrol along the border areas with
an elevation of 5300 meters in the Himalaya Mountains on April 18, 2009. Photo
by Li Jinhai)

Members of the patrol team are climbing over a snow-clad slope on
their way of patrol. The Pulan Frontier Defense Company of the Ali Military
Sub-Command under the Xinjiang Military Command stationed at the foot of the
Himalaya Mointains started to patrol along the border areas with an elevation of
5300 meters in the Himalaya Mountains on April 18, 2009. (Photo by Li
Jinhai)

Members of the patrol team are climbing over a snow-clad slope
on their way of patrol. The Pulan Frontier Defense Company of the Ali Military
Sub-Command under the Xinjiang Military Command stationed at the foot of the
Himalaya Mointains started to patrol along the border areas with an elevation of
5300 meters in the Himalaya Mountain on April 18, 2009. (Photo by Li Jinhai)
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