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Khumbu { 96 images } Created 18 Nov 2013

Photos from the Everest Trek taken in October-November 2013.
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  • A girl washing her clothes, somewhere between Lukla and Phakding.
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  • Two loaded Dzos between Lukla and Phakding. The Dzo is a cross between a yak and a cow.
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  • A big mani stone between Lukla and Phakding.
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  • Photo taken on the way from Lukla to Phakding. Lukla, especially its airport, is best known to be the entry port for the Khumbu region.
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  • A girl combing her hair as we pass her house, somewhere between Phakding and <br />
Monjo.
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  • On the way from Phakding to Monjo we saw this himalayan sheepdog puppy. According to "Wikipedia" - The Himalayan Sheepdog, also referred to as the Bhote Kukur, is a livestock guardian dog that originated from Nepal. This mountain dog breed is closely similar to Indian mastiffs and the Tibetan Mastiff and may be related to the long-haired Kinnaur Sheepdog of Tibet. Naturally, Himalayan Sheepdogs enjoy outdoor lifestyles and are rarely seen beyond the regions of India and Nepal. As a powerful and robust breed, the Himalayan Sheepdog is mainly used for herding purposes. The Himalayan Sheepdog is regionally popular as both a loyal companion as well as a working dog.
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  • A hanging incense burner. From Phakding to Monjo.
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  • On the left, Kusum Kanguru (6367m), seen on the way up from Namche Bazar to "Everest View Hotel", which is located near Syangboche.
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  • Ama Dablam (6856m), seen on the way up from Namche Bazar to "Everest View Hotel".
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  • Cholatse (6440m) and Tobuche (6500m) behind Phortse village. Seen from "Everest View Hotel".
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  • View from "Everest View Hotel" on Ama Dablam (6856m), partially hidden behind a cloud.
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  • View from "Everest View Hotel" on Ama Dablam (6856m), partially hidden behind a cloud.
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  • Ama Dablam (6856m), partially hidden by clouds, and a yak grazing beside a chorten as we continue our descend from "Everest View Hotel" to Khumjung.
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  • A grazing yak beside a chorten with Kangtega (6782m) and Thamserku (6623m) in the background. Landscape scenery on the way down from "Everest View Hotel" to Khumjung.
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  • A girl in Khumjung. The harsh weather conditions have left their traces on this girl's cheeks.
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  • A boy walking before a stony wall in Khumjung which is plastered with round yak dung patties.
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  • View over Khumjung with the Hillary School and its schoolyard. The Hillary School was founded by Sir Hillary in 1961 and it is the only one high school in the Khumbu region.
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  • A porter carrying wooden beams from Khumjung to Syangboche. In the past most <br />
of the porters were Sherpas. Nowadays most of them are generally members from other ethnic groups.
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  • We passed a long row of prayer wheels as we were leaving Namche Bazar heading Samde.
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  • Walking between Namche Bazar and Samde, with views over the Bothe Koshi Valley and Thamo village on the right side.
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  • An old woman posing for the camera, somewhere between Namche Bazar and Samde.
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  • Mighty mountains dominating the landscape scenery between Samde to Thame.
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  • According to "Wikipedia" - Thame and its neighbouring Thameteng (upper Thame) are small Sherpa villages in Namche VDC of the Solukhumbu District in Nepal. These were the last year-round villages on the salt trading route that existed between Tibet, Nepal and India. It is the home to many famous Sherpa mountaineers, including Apa Sherpa, who holds the world record for summiting Everest 21 times. It was also a childhood home of Tenzing Norgay, who was (with Sir Edmund Hillary) one of the first men to climb Mt Everest. The Thame monastery is one of the oldest in the Khumbu region, and is famous for the annual Mani Rimdu festival.
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  • A stonemason, sitting next to the monastery of Thame. The stones are handcut into bricks, then used for the construction of dry-stacked house walls.
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  • Cho Oyu (8201m), the sixth highest mountain in the world, seen on the way from Thame to Sunder Peak.
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  • Thame Teng village is located in the Bothe Koshi Valley, beside the Bothe Koshi River. The valley is located close to the "Nangpa La" pass, which leads to the Tibetan border.
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  • As the weather wasn't favorable for trekking, we didn't reach the top of Sunder Peak (5363m). Photo taken during our descent back to Thame. In the background you can see Malanphulan (6571m), Kangtega (6782m) and Thamserku (6623m).
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  • Tyndall effect surrounding the two peaks of the Rolwaling mountains, Panayo Toppa (6696m), and Teng Kangboche (6500m). Seen from Thame.
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  • A woman posing near her house in Thame.
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  • Tyndall effect over Panayo Toppa (6696m), Teng Kangboche (6500m) and the monastery of Thame, shortly before sunset.
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  • The monastery of Thame, seen on the way from Thame to Syangboche.
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  • For locals, Thamo village is best known for its hydro power plant, which delivers electricity to the major villages in the Khumbu area.
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  • A boy playing badminton in Khunde while his grandfather is putting down Yak dung on the ground for drying. Starting from Thame early in the morning, we passed Khunde village before leaving for Khumjung.
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  • A boy having lunch along the path leading from Mongla to Phortse.
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  • A Yak along the pathway from Mongla to Portse. According to "Wikipedia" - Yak physiology is well adapted to high altitudes, having larger lungs and heart than cattle found at lower altitudes, as well as greater capacity for transporting oxygen through their blood due to the persistence of foetal haemoglobin throughout life. <br />
Conversely, yaks do not thrive at lower altitudes, and begin to suffer from heat exhaustion above about 15 °C (59 °F). Further adaptations to the cold include a thick layer of subcutaneous fat, and an almost complete lack of functional sweat glands.
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  • Field workers between Mongla and Portse. Kangtega (6782m) and Thamserku (6623m) partially visible behind the clouds.
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  • Portrait of a girl in Phortse.
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  • Phortse with Phari Lapche, also known as Machermo Peak (6017m), in the background.
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  • Shortly before sunset we walked up a hill in Phortse and saw this Yak with Thamserku (6623m) in the background.
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  • Two girls at the entry of a monastery between Phortse and Pangboche.
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  • Ama Dablam (6856m), seen from Pangboche.
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  • Kids posing in Pangboche.
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  • A little girl with lollipops in Pangboche. According to "Wikipedia" - Pangboche or Panboche is a village in Khumjung VDC of Solukhumbu District, Nepal at an altitude of 13,074 feet (3,985 m). It is located high in the Himalayas in the Imja Khole valley, about 3 kilometres northeast of Tengboche and is a base camp for climbing nearby Mount Everest and trekking. It contains a monastery, famed for its purported yeti scalp and hand, the latter of which was stolen.
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  • A mani rock near the path leading to Pheriche. The river fork, and the huge wall of Nuptse (7861m) and Lhotse (8516m), visible in the background.
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  • The pastures of Tsuro Og Village and the merging rivers Lobuche Khola and Imja Khola in the center of the picture, seen on the way from Somare to Pheriche with the ridges of Nuptse (7861m) and Lhotse (8516m) visible in the background.
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  • Lobuche Khola valley, seen on the way to Pheriche village. In the background Lobuche Peak East (6119m).
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  • A boy looking at us, as we arrive in Pheriche.
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  • Yaks grazing in Lobuche Khola Valley, close to Pheriche village. The big mountain right is Lobuche Peak East (6119m). The smallest white mountain in the middle, Cho Oyu (8201m).
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  • A girl posing in Pheriche. Lobuche Khola valley, Lobuche Peak East (6119m) and Cho Oyu's Peak (8201m)  in the background.
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  • The second mountain from left, partially visible, Cho Oyu (8201m) and Lobuche Peak East (6119m), set behind the Lobuche Khola valley, close to Pheriche village.
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  • According to "Wikipedia" - Pheriche is a village in the Khumbu region of eastern Nepal. Situated at an altitude of about 4,371 m (14,340 ft), above the Tsola River, Pheriche is a popular stop for trekkers and climbers. It is the home of the Himalayan Rescue Association which runs the hospital built in 1975 by the Japanese. Pheriche was primarily a farming village raising potatoes and buckwheat, and keeping yaks. However, now in the summer many of its men are employed by trekkers as guides and bearers.
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  • Walking up the hill in Pheriche which leads to the Ama Dablam base camp.
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  • A chorten close to the path leading from Pheriche to Ama Dablam base camp.
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  • On a hill in Pheriche with view over Lobuche.
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  • A bird sitting on a rock, 3 meter from the camera. Somewhere near the path leading from Pheriche to Thukla.
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  • Cholatse (6440m) and the moon, seen on the way from Thukla to the thombstone place.
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  • Mountain scenery with peaks over 6000m. All seen from the Thukla pass, close to the thombstone place. The first from left, Malanphulan (6573m), and the second from the right, Kangtega (6782m), are the only ones with names.
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  • From the tombstone place to Lobuche with view on Pumori (7161m) and Khangri (6789m) partially visible on the left.
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  • On the way to Lobuche with view on Pumori (7161m) , Lingtren (6714m) and Khumbutse (6636m).
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  • On the path leading to Lobuche with Lhotse (8516m) in the background.
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  • A porter carrying baggage. Picture taken on the way to Lobuche, with Lhotse (8516m) in the background.
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  • From Lobuche to Gorak Shep with view on Khangri (6789m) , Pumori (7161m) and the black hill below called Kala Pattar (5545m),  Lingtren (6714m), Khumbutse (6636m) and Changtse (7543m).
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  • From Lobuche to Gorak Shep with view (from left to right) on: Khumbutse (6636m),  Changtse (7543m), the Everest West Shoulder and Nuptse (7861m).
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  • A Dzo caravan coming toward our path, somewhere between Lobuche and Gorak Shep. In the background you can see the Everest West Shoulder.
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  • From Gorak Shep to Kala Pattar with view on the Everest West Shoulder, Everest (8850m), Nuptse (7861m), and an avalanche moving down from Nuptse (7861m).
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  • View from Kala Pattar from south to west. On the left: Cholatse (6440m), Lobuche <br />
East (6119m), Lobuche West (6145m), Nirekha (6069m) and the ridge of Chumbu (6859m) on the right.
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  • André and Cécile standing on the top of Kala Pattar, with view on the southwest.
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  • Looking on the west from the top of Kala Pattar you can see Changtse (7543m)  (partially) on the left, the Everest West Shoulder, Everest (8850m), Lhotse (8516m) <br />
(partially), and Nuptse (7861m) with a cloud in front of its peak. The Pumori Base Camp is usually set between the two lakes at the bottom of the photo.
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  • Cécile and André standing on the top of Kala Pattar. With Khumbutse (6636m), Changtse (7543m), Everest West Shoulder, Everest (8850m), Lhotse (8516m) and Nuptse (7861m) in the background.
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  • Photo of Mount Everest (8850m), taken between Kala Pattar and Gorak Shep.
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  • Nuptse (7861m), as seen on the way from Kala Pattar to Gorak Shep.
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  • From Gorak Shep to Everest Base Camp. From left to right: Khumbutse (6636m) and its ridge, Changtse (7543m), the Everest West Shoulder, Everest (8850m) and a part of Nuptse (7861m).
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  • Way to Mount Everest Base Camp. Picture taken near Gorak Shep.
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  • A Dzo caravan walking from Lobuche to Gorak Shep with view on Everest West Shoulder and Nuptse (7861m) in the background.
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  • From Gorak Shep to Lobuche with view on the Everest West Shoulder and Nuptse (7861m).
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  • A mountain without name. Seen on the way from Gorak Shep to Lobuche.
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  • The Lobuche east camp seen on the way from Lobuche to Thukla. Lobuche is famous for its two peaks, the west summit (6145m) and the east summit (6119m). But according to "Wikipedia" - There are two main peaks, Lobuche Far East and Lobuche East (often mistaken for Lobuche West which is a separate mountain further west).
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  • As we were walking from Lobuche to Thukla, we saw two climbers - slightly left from the center, descending the snowy Peak of Lobuche East (6119m).
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  • Nice views on Khola valley. Photo taken on the way from Thukla to Dingboche.
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  • View on Khola valley with Tobuche (6500m), and Cholatse (6440m) on the right. Photo taken on the way from Thukla to Dingboche.
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  • A little girl leaning on her doorframe in Dingboche.
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  • Ama Dablam (6856m) seen from Dingboche. According to "Wikipedia" -   The main peak is 6,856 metres (22,493 ft), the lower western peak is 6,170 metres (20,243 ft). Ama Dablam means "Mother's necklace"; the long ridges on each side like the arms of a mother (ama) protecting her child, and the hanging glacier thought of as the dablam, the traditional double-pendant containing pictures of the gods, worn by Sherpa women.
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  • Ama Dablam (6856m) at sunset, as seen from Dingboche.
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  • Lhotse (8516m) and the peak of Chukhung Ri, as seen from Chukhung Village.
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  • Two porters talking together, somewhere between Dingboche and Somare.
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  • A male himalayan Tahr, close to the pathway between Somare and Pangboche.
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  • A male himalayan Tahr, close to the pathway between Somare and Pangboche.
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  • A woman combing her hair at a fountain  along a path in Pangboche.
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  • Mani stones placed near a chorten and the pathway from Pangboche to Milinggo.
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  • The two peaks of Ama Dablam (6856m), and a Dzo caravan heading a chorten somewhere between Pangboche and Milinggo.
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  • The two peaks of Ama Dablam (6856m), and a Dzo caravan heading a chorten somewhere between Pangboche and Milinggo.
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  • Mani Stones along the path leading from Milinggo to Debuche.
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  • Portrait of a warmly wrapped little boy in Lo Shasa.
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  • A horse eating from a feeding bag "made in Nepal". Picture taken in Namche Bazar.
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  • A girl carrying a basket in Chaurikarkha.
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  • Portrait of a woman in Chaurikarkha.
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