地點：印度 喜馬偕爾省
時間：2008年9月21日
報導：堪布秋竹
攝影：Karma Norbu

9月21日，黎明時分，風雪已止，太陽初升，照射在皓皓白雪上，皎潔明亮，無雲晴空更顯湛藍。受困民眾歡喜踴躍，紛紛走出帳篷，在雪地中奔走跳躍。

9:00，法王噶瑪巴派遣諾布喇嘛隨同軍官前往山口探視被困民眾。

10:30，拉達克自治區派遣之兩部直升機到達受困區，順利接走法王、法王姊姊、竹奔仁波切與次旺多傑喇嘛至草原區，之後驅車返回拉達克勒區之達那寺休息。

12:00，道路清通，救援隊與醫療隊，其中包括法王的專屬醫生次仁溫珠先生到達受困地區。諾布喇嘛亦從山口帶回多位受困人員返回，但仍有七十多位旅客在山口留守車旁，因此法王辦公室特別準備晚餐與隔日早 餐，由諾布喇嘛多次送往山口分發。當晚，法王隨行之多位喇嘛與執事再留住一晚。

His Holiness Karmapa and his aides which includes his sister and the General Secretary Drupon Rinpoche were airlifted by an army helicopter from Bara-lacha Pass to Leh in Ladakh after he was stranded on the Bara-lacha pass for the last two days due to heavy snowfall. (Ladakh Gonpa Association, Ladhak Buddhist Association and Mr.Tsering Dorji organised the airlift).

His Holiness was on his way to complete his next leg of Dharma tour in Lahual spiti and Kinnaur region of Himachal Pradesh.

“His Holiness and his followers are fine and in good health, and will spend two more days in Leh in Ladakh” said Drupon Rinpoche General Secretary to His Holiness.