TITLE (to click on) | File name | Date |
Last meters to the top of Mera Peak. | rokus1 |
Sept/Oct 1998 |
Mera Glacier, view from 5800 m down. | rokus6 |
Sept/Oct 1998 |
Mera Glacier, at high camp at 5800 m. | rokus7 |
Sept/Oct 1998 |
Mera Glacier, at high camp at 5800 m. | rokus8 |
Sept/Oct 1998 |
Mera Glacier, view from 5600 m down. | rokus9 |
Sept/Oct 1998 |
Big rock at high camp, 5800 meters altitude. Our camp was behind this rock. | rokus2 |
Sept/Oct 1998 |
Rokus and Phurba on the top of Mera Peak at 6500 m. Back ground left Mount Everest (pyramid) and Lhotse. | rokus10 |
Sept/Oct 1998 |
Above Tangnag, view at Sabai Tsho Lake with broken moraine dam (left) and Mera Glacier (middle). | rokus3 |
Sept/Oct 1998 |
Above Tangnag, view at Sabai Tsho Lake with broken moraine dam. | rokus37 |
Sept/Oct 1998 |
Near Tangnag, close up of Sabai Tsho Lake broken moraine dam. | rokus4 |
Sept/Oct 1998 |
Woman cooking inside on an open wood fire, village of Pagongma. | rokus90 |
Sept/Oct 1998 |
Basket maker and woman (with red dress) with golden ring in
her nose, near villages of Pahplu and Loding. | rokus91 |
Sept/Oct 1998 |
Dancing kitchen boys, simple lodge near village of Goli Gompa | rokus92 |
Sept/Oct 1998 |
Tamang porters smoking a pipe in their natural overhanging
"big rock" shelter, village of Tangnag, Hinku Valley | rokus93 |
Sept/Oct 1998 |
Crossing a stream between Tangnag and Khare. Looks more impressive than it is. | rokus94 |
Sept/Oct 1998 |
Yaks in the Hinku valley near Tangnag at 4300 m altitude. | rokus11 |
Sept/Oct 1998 |
South of Thuli Kharka | rokus12 |
Sept/Oct 1998 |
Bridge across the Dudh Kosi River, between Nuntala and Kharikola | rokus13 |
Sept/Oct 1998 |
Tangnag, shop of Lhakpa Geljen Sherpa and his wife selling beer, coca cola, rum
and Snickers to tourists | rokus14 |
Sept/Oct 1998 |
Pagongma, 2900 m. Far distance, top is the monastory. | rokus15 |
Sept/Oct 1998 |
Hinku valley, colourful bushes and plants | rokus16 |
Sept/Oct 1998 |
Monks rock house, Hinku valley, near Tangnag | rokus17 |
Sept/Oct 1998 |
Overhanging rock with porters sleeping place, Tangnag | rokus18 |
Sept/Oct 1998 |
Outhouse style toilet, typical en route. This one has leaves for flushing.
Works well. | rokus20 |
Sept/Oct 1998 |
Lodges at pass before Kharikola. | rokus22 |
Sept/Oct 1998 |
Porters and cooky shaving climbing Sherpa Ang Phuri | rokus23 |
Sept/Oct 1998 |
Two Tamang porters, Pagongma | rokus24 |
Sept/Oct 1998 |
Looking down, between Khare and Tangnag | rokus25 |
Sept/Oct 1998 |
Gompa in Bandhar. | rokus5 |
Sept/Oct 1998 |
Between Bandhar and Goli Gompa, path through corn fields. Background, our porter girls. | rokus27 |
Sept/Oct 1998 |
Apple House, Phurba Sherpa family home, Ringmo. Also a simple lodge.
On the top floor there is a beautiful family gompa. | rokus28 |
Sept/Oct 1998 |
Zatre Dandra, around 3800 m, between Pagongma and Thuli Kharka | rokus29 |
Sept/Oct 1998 |
Zatre Dandra, moving up through the clouds | rokus30 |
Sept/Oct 1998 |
Zatre Dandra, moving up through the clouds | rokus31 |
Sept/Oct 1998 |
Hinku valley, colourful bushes and plants | rokus32 |
Sept/Oct 1998 |
Hinku valley, colourful bushes and plants | rokus33 |
Sept/Oct 1998 |
Rain forest near Lukla, down from Tangnag across the high pass (4950 m) | rokus34 |
Sept/Oct 1998 |
Up through the rain forest, near Pike | rokus3 |
Sept/Oct 1998 |