The peaks here rise so precipitously,
the glaciers are so steep and crevassed
that few except the most skilled mountaineers can penetrate these ranges.
Markhor gather for their annual rut.
Males must fight for the right to breed,
but on these sheer cliffs
any slip by either animal could be fatal.
A snow leopard -
the rarest of Himalayan animals.
It's a female
returning to her lair.
These are the first intimate images of snow leopard ever filmed in the wild.
She greets her one-year-old cub.
Her den is well chosen.
It has exceptional views of the surrounding cliffs.
On these treacherous slopes
no hunter other than the snow leopard
would have a chance of catching such agile prey.
A female with young makes an easier target.