co-pilot a sherpa lady trained in Florida ..
our trekking team
Landed safely on dirt runway...
firewood - a sparce commodity in the himalayas
Norbu - our egg carrier
drying the rice harvest
making hot chili/tomato relish
Ian's back gets worse - no more pack carrying for him for one week!
girl carrying heavy load of fodder/bedding
Lunch break day 4 - Paul
Jenny with her walnuts picked along trail
Steve snoozes
young tibetan mom
curve it like Beckham
Swiss sponsored new school
highest waterfall in Nepal - day 5
First view of Phokundo Lake
lake formed some thousands of years ago by large landslide.
more weaving
Day 5 - lakeside camp - quite beautiful
Yikes - how do I get all these knots out of my hair with just a handfull of twigs as a brush?
She has seen it all and some!
Spivey on the camera prowl
lakeside camp
snowy sky
the head and feet will make a “delicious meal” for the team tonight
the Kukri knife has many uses
Day 6 - we start walk along lake to next site en route to Shey Gompa
but next site gets a good dump of rain and then snow
John & John chilling-out!
porter having icy wash by stream
better him than me
Decide that passes ahead (5500m) will not be possible for our animals - so decide on new route to follow (the thin red line)
Day 8 - trek back to Ringmo Village by lake
More snow back at lake camp Day 9
largest waterfall in Nepal
ditto
somewhat precarious path along cliffs
day 9 site
himalayan (yellow) Marmot
making chipatis for lunch in cook tent
map of india, pakistan, nepal and the himalaya (quartz rock)
lammergeier soaring over peaks
Day 12 - last camp before Pass
boys playing on rocks
at last - the Buga La
Ian (Guide) and John V at 5100m Baso La
the others arrive ...
and then the Dzous
then the descent in deep snow to next camp ( Day 11)
difficult descent on fresh snow
Day 12 - en route to Numa La
Jenny
Paul
John and Ian
Jenny writing diary with Yakmen in background
a moments rest
Numa La (5230m) - Annapurna and Dhaulagiri in background
Phew - all downhill from here!
at Numa La - 17250 feet - views of Annapurna range (on left) and Mt Dhaulaguri (big one)
and so does Geoff
The Team-courtesy J Spivey
and grazing yaks
Thrashing barley
Tibetan black necked cranes - endangered species - migrating down to India for winter
Camp site Day 14/15
Lama with interesting hairstyle
Day 14 site
Day 15 site
Vultures (Griffons)
Day 16 site
Day 17 site - looking back up valley toward gorges (to left)
Cheeky monkeys Day 18
Three (or is it 4?) wise monkeys
Kids in Dunai
Village near Day 19 camp - where we started some 3 weeks ago(Dunai)
Day 20 camp - near airstrip (Duphal)
Otter plane arriving from Nepalgunj
Final flight to Katmandu
Dhaulagiri
Annapurna Range
FishTail Peak
Steve being coy
Spivey at restaurant Bhaktapur
