Barley in the Himalayas
Channel: Spencer Weart
Date: 2009-08-02

Barley processing in the remote Gorkha-Manaslu district in the Nepalese Himalayas, including threshing, mule and horse transport, and a primitive water-turbine-driven mill (and prayer wheel). As global warming reduces the glaciers that feed the streams, the water supply will become intermittent, and the mills will suffer floods and dry spells.