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The Masyangdi River Valley near
the beginning of the Annapurna Circuit. The village there is
Tal. The whole Annapurna trek lasted 22 days. |
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A Buddhist Temple in Bagarchap
(very Tibetan). |
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Annapurna Circuit near Pisang.
It snowed the night before. At about 3400 meters. |
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Above Manang at 13,000 feet.
The mountains across the valley are twice as high. |
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A zoomed view of Annapurna II,
7937 meters. |
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Me visiting a Buddhist monk.
He's 86 years old and lives at 13,000 feet. |
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An avalanche, the cloudy area
in the middle. |
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Above Manang (bottom). There
is a huge ice fall coming off of Gangapurna (7400+ meters). |
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A view south of Manang at sunrise. |
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Mountains in the morning. |
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Going up over the Thorung La
Pass, the highest point of the Annapurna Circuit (over 17,000
feet). You can see the path and a couple of trekkers. |
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The same day, an alpine experience. |
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The trail climbs and climbs up
to 5416 meters. |
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And there Suk (my guide) and
I are. You can see the other side (Mustang Region). |
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The Mustang Region from above.
It is a Tibetan, desert-like region. |
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The Kali Gandaki River Valley
in Mustang (Annapurna Circuit). |
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Looking down the Kali Gandaki,
over the historic town of Kagbeni. |
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Dauhlagiri (8167 meters) at sunrise. |
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The view from Poon Hill, a popular
viewing point in the Annapurna region. |
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Rhodadendrens and mountains.
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The view toward the Annapurna
Sanctuary (the middle of the Annapurna range which I walked
around). The mountain on the right is Machhapuchhare (Fish Tail)
and is the most impressive in the region (6993 meters tall). |
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Sunrise in the same area. |
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Annapurna I, the first 8000+
meter mountain ever climbed. From Annapurna Base Camp at sunrise. |
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The terraced fields which are
everywhere. |
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Back in Pokhara (the big city
in the Annapurna Region). You can see Fish Tail above the powerlines. |
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Me climbing out of a cave. |
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Bats in a cave in Pokhara. |
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The view from Pokhara of the
Annapurna Range. The tallest mountain is Fish Tail (about a
1000 meters shorter than a lot of the mountains but much closer). |
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A zoomed panoram. |
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A similar panorama from Sarangkot
(a hill just north of Pokhara). |
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Now flying to Lukla in the Everest
region for an 18 day trek. |
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The first view of Everest, the
peak just behind the larger snow-covered mountain. |
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An impressive view. |
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A yak (mountain cow). This yak
might be thinking about charging me. |
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From near Gokyo (Everest Region
still) at sunset. Gokyo is a separate destination from the more
famous Everest Base Camp with broader views of more mountains
(I also went to Everest Base Camp). |
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A hike I took with my guide Suk
north of Gokyo. |
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The impressive view from this
region. Everst is visible here. |
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A similar view, but now focusing
on the large Ngozomba Glacier below, the longest in the Himilayas.
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Sunrise from Gokyo Ri (Gokyo
Peak). |
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The view of some tall mountains,
Everest (8850 m), Lohtse (85-- m), and Makalu (84-- m) from
Gokyo Ri (5357 m). There's Suk. |
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The 360 degree-view from Gokyo
Ri! The 1st, 4th, 5th, and 6th tallest mountains in the world
are in view here. Also visible is the Ngozomba glacier and a
variety of other mountains. |
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The Cho La Pass, 5420 meters.
I crossed this pass to get to the Everest Base Camp trek from
Gokyo. It was not an easy pass to cross, very rocky. |
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The view from Kala Pattar, the
most famous viewpoint of Everest. Everest is the black pyramid.
Suk and I climbed up here just before sunset and I took my best
pictures here. |
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A panorama from Kala Pattar.
The mountains to the right are farther away. |
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A view to the south. The impressive
peak in the middle is Ama Dablam, just under 7000 meters and
the most impressive peak in the region. |
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Again of Everst and Nuptse (78--
m), the white peak on the right (it's nearer than Everest).
Notice the wind blowing off Everest to the left- it's the jet
stream. |
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More pictures of the sunset. |
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The last sunlight on Everest. |
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Looking toward Ama Dablam. |
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This is my favorite picture. |
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Great colors! |
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We came down from Kala Pattar
(5600 m0 to our lodge at Gorak Shep (5150 m) in the fading light. |
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The next day, walking toward
Ama Dablam. It's much bigger now. |
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In the Chukung valley. |
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From Chukung, the massive rock
wall is the Lohtse wall. |
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A panorama of the Chukung Valley.
Makalu is the gray rock left of center. |
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Sunset from Tengboche, a wonderful
village in the Everest Region with a huge gompa (Buddhist monastary).
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The Tengboche gompa and Ama Dablam
(right). |
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A picture a couple minutes later. |
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The next morning. This view is
famous. Everest on left, Ama Dablam on right. |
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The gompa again. |
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Chortens, Buddhist monuments
in Tengboche. |
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Another view. |
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A view from the Everest View
Hotel (where rich people go to see Everest). |
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Looking south. |
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Namche Bazaar, the administrative
center of Khumbu region (Everest region). |
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