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This is the chorten commemorating the 1996 Everest disaster that took the lives of 5 climbers from the Nepal side including Scott Fischer to whom this one is dedicated to.
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This is taken on our way to Imja Tsho, a glacial lake lying close to the foot of Amphu (5663m). As the trail is covered with knee-...(more)
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This is the chorten above the little airstrip of Syangboche on the way to the village of Khunde.The sacred mountain of Khumbila (5761m) is to the left of the chorten while Thamserku (6623m) is to the right.
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Often referred to as the second Chola Pass, a subsidiary ridge about a hundred metre or so in elevation soon after the knee-wearing ...(more)
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Just around the corner from Macchermo is the village of Luza. By this time a blanket of cloud has slowly moved in from the valley of Dudh Ko...(more)
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Macchermo is the only outpost equipped with a western clinic on the Dole-Gokyo trek. A few decent hostels along the two sides of the di...(more)
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Taken just a short walk before the toll gate compound of the Sagarmatha National Park, the fields in the small village of Monjo are a mixture of new green crops and brown soil waiting to be sowed.
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The is the First Lake of Gokyo, also known as Longpongo Tsho and is the smallest of a series of six lakes lying in the valley of Gokyo.One of the eight-thousanders, Cho Oyu (8201m) could be seen in the distance here.
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This is the helicoptor pad outside the famed Everest View Hotel where each room is equipped with an oxygen mask for th...(more)
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Immediately after the hard slog up the cliff I took a breather and took this photo looking at the impressive turquoise 4th Lake of Gokyo with Everest and Cholatse in the baclground.
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I mistook the trail to the right on exit from the monastry at Tangboche as the trail to the village lower down and stumbled upo...(more)
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A departing caravan of yaks carrying essentials for a returning expedition to the Everest Base Camp begins to make its way down to the more habitable Periche.
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What looks like a plateau covered with tundra vegetation with large boulders here and there is actu...(more)
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The River of Lhanjo Khola below drains the glacial lakes of Angladumba Tsho and Ralama Tsho successively before merging with Bhoti Koshi further down.
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After the pass at Dughla, the trail follows along the lateral moraine of the mighty Khumbu glacier. Lobuche (5018m) at the foot of Lobuche East (6119m) is about 40 minutes of walk away from here.
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The trail from Dingboche to Chukhung follows largely the course of the river Imja Khola as it emerges from the glacial la...(more)
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An ancient trade route for salt and other commodities such as wool is still very much in active use between the n...(more)
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I took this picture just after the first major settlement on this salt trade route - Marulung, which is about an hour and...(more)
