In late March 2011 after having searched earlier years without any luck in Kirgizistan, India and Pakistan I found a snow leopard, a large male that called for a female partner in the Spagon valley in western Ladakh, in northern India. In middle of Januar 2012 I returned to this mountain areas. This time I experienced real winter with heavy snowfall but also beautiful sunny days. I met several of theese shy cats that are called Shan in Ladakh. The locals often call the snow leopard "The grey ghost". Due to large distances I was not able to capture so many with my cameras except a female and her two cubs. This journey was the start of a photobook about the snow leopard, a project I will do with Jonatan Borling. He has made many field studies of different animals such as ther black footed cat in South Africa, the rare otter in Sweden and also worked with snow leopards in Swedish conservation stations for endangered species. Beside the snow leopard the readers will also meet local people in the mountains of South and Central Asia, such as the Kalash in north western Pakistan and others who live in coexistence with predators such as wolves and snow leopards.