Photographs from Rokus Graafland

Photographs from Rokus Graafland from the Mera Peak Region of Nepal in 1998. To see each one, click on the title in the first column below, then return to the index using your browser's "Back" button.

TITLE (to click on)File nameDate
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 Gomparokus92 Sept/Oct 1998
Tamang porters smoking a pipe in their natural overhanging "big rock" shelter, village of Tangnag, Hinku Valleyrokus93 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 Kharkarokus12 Sept/Oct 1998
Bridge across the Dudh Kosi River, between Nuntala and Kharikolarokus13 Sept/Oct 1998
Tangnag, shop of Lhakpa Geljen Sherpa and his wife selling beer, coca cola, rum and Snickers to touristsrokus14 Sept/Oct 1998
Pagongma, 2900 m. Far distance, top is the monastory.rokus15 Sept/Oct 1998
Hinku valley, colourful bushes and plantsrokus16 Sept/Oct 1998
Monks rock house, Hinku valley, near Tangnagrokus17 Sept/Oct 1998
Overhanging rock with porters sleeping place, Tangnagrokus18 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 Phurirokus23 Sept/Oct 1998
Two Tamang porters, Pagongmarokus24 Sept/Oct 1998
Looking down, between Khare and Tangnagrokus25 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 Kharkarokus29 Sept/Oct 1998
Zatre Dandra, moving up through the cloudsrokus30 Sept/Oct 1998
Zatre Dandra, moving up through the cloudsrokus31 Sept/Oct 1998
Hinku valley, colourful bushes and plantsrokus32 Sept/Oct 1998
Hinku valley, colourful bushes and plantsrokus33 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 Pikerokus3 Sept/Oct 1998