Everest High Passes Trek
Project Himalaya Treks
Kim & some of the girls from Monjo, where I taught ... Monjo is the entranceway to the Sagamartha National Park.
The chorten with Buddha eyes just below the Tibetan market at Namche Bazaar ...
Khunde & Khumjung villages as seen from Kunde Gompa. In the background is Ama Dablam ...
The sand dunes on the Gokyo glacier, en route to Gokyo village, with Cho Oyu in the background ...
Chola Tso (lake) and Ama Dablam at in the afternoon light ...
The Gokyo valley on a snowy day ...
Lhakpa under a snow-bank and on a small lake just before Cho La (pass) ...
The Cho La (pass) under snow ...
Our winter High Passes trek on the Gokyo side of the glacier, looking back towards Cho Oyu and the border of Tibet. Pictured with Lhakpa & our porters ...
A Himalayan tahr, on a grassy hillside not far from Namche Bazaar ...
Buddhist prayer text in the afternoon light ...
Tengboche Gompa ...
Everest, Ama Dablam and looking up the Gokyo & Kala Pattar valleys over the rising afternoon clouds ...
A cozy evening around the stove at the Cho Oyu View Lodge, Gokyo ...
On top of Kala Pattar, with Pumori looming behind, and prayer flags blowing in the (heavy) winds ...
Everest & Nuptse with some dramatic afternoon clouds ...
The Everest icefall ...
Contemplating the mountains en route to Everest Base Camp ...
Danphes, the national bird of Nepal, at dusk near Thame ...
Ama Dablam bathed in the evening lights ...
A Khumbu sunset ...
Looking towards the Cho La (pass) from the ridge above Dingboche ...
Lhakpa & his family in Mende, the winter settlement for Thame villagers ...
The view west, towards Thame & Tibet, from the Renjo La (pass), a steep climb and descent ...
The glacial top of the Cho La (pass), en route from the Everest Base Camp valley to the Gokyo valley ...
Sunset from the rim of the glacial morraine at Lobuche, looking north ...
The view from about 2/3 of the way up Gokyo Ri, while taking a break in the sun sheltered by some boulders ...
Looking at Everest from Kala Pattar, 5600 meters ...
Trekking back to Monjo with friends after the High Passes trek, and looking forward to a night at The Kailash Lodge ... Photo: Jim Woff Our sponsored Sherpa girls' little sisters have become good friends as well.
The photo was taken in Monjo in the Everest region of Nepal, returning from last November's High Passes trek. Another of the same coming April & November, run by Kim & Lhakhpa; an amazing trek in a very special part of the Himalaya.
Come trekking!
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