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As one drives up to the world's highest motorable pass of Khardung La at about 17, 500 feet above sea level, the cold, icy conditions, difficult driving conditions in the pre-winter season and more, all weigh on one's mind. Add to that a traffic jam of hundreds of vehicles that are stuck, and you have a problem of mammoth proportions! Having stopped to put on snow chains to your tyres in the freezing cold, the driver is going to be nothing less than a monumental headache! Mahindra Scorpios, Innovas, Ertigas, Indian Army Stallion trucks, supply trucks, buses and regular sedans all vie for space at the edge of the cliff, as they try to pass other vehicles, and get past the hours long traffic jam! World's HIGHEST traffic jam, at 17, 500 feet near Khardung La in Ladakh: Hundreds of vehicles st
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