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“I expected the Orientals to be inscrutable; I just hadn’t expected them to be inscrutable to my face.”: Photos 42 to 63
Asia » Nepal
April 25th 2006 by Cumberland Sausage
Standing at 5000m near the head of the Gokyo valley, I turned to our guide, Man Magar, and said "Man, I've visited fifty two countries in my life and I've never seen anything like this." We were braced against the wind perched on the moraine at the aptly named "Scoundrel's viewpoint", so called because it affords an excellent view of Everest and Nuptse without the need to climb any of the steep surrounding hills. To our left was the massive wall of snow and ice that comprises the slopes of Cho Oyu, at 8201m (26906ft) the sixth highest and one of only fourteen 8000m peaks in the world. On the far side lay Tibet, only a matter of a few kilometres away. As our eyes followed the wall they were inevitably drawn to the distinctive, almost hunchback shape of Everest itself (8850m, 29035ft), the black rock of the South West face scoured by the famous yellow band, consisting of limestone mixed with marbles and quartz. Through my telephoto lens the Hilary Step, the crux of the traditional route up the mountain, was clearly visible. To the right of Everest the horseshoe ridge terminated by Nuptse (7841m, 25726ft) leading to the world’s
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June 24th 2006 - Anne: Amazing Photography
Hello, I've just been browsing through your photos - they're absolutely beautiful. Would you mind letting me know what camera you used? I'm very jealous and want to go to Nepal now.
June 25th 2006 - AlanZ: Amazing Photos...
Finally subscribed to your blog today. Your photos are stunning. Hopefully I'll be in Nepal this October and after seeing your blog I think I have to make that happen...Happy travels!
June 26th 2006 - Alexis: Beautiful Photos!
What great pictures! I echo the others' statements-- your photos are quite stunning!
June 26th 2006 - Stephen Paul: Anne-
http://www.travelblog.org/Australasia/Australia/Victoria/Melbourne/blog-17379.html
The Giant Cumberland Sausage already made reference to his equipment in a previous blog. If you aren't looking at his previous posts, you're missing out!
--Steve
June 28th 2006 - gnel: Great pix
Image of Thamserku look like a horse :)
July 2nd 2006 - Clare Marsland: THIS IS A BLOG AND A HALF!
I am printing this off as I don't want to rush read this! Amazing photos and writing, keep it coming.
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Ama Dablam (6856m)
Thought by some to be the most beautiful mountain in the world, although I'm not sure if I've got the best profile.
Excellent orienteering terrain
Near Khunde (3840m), just above Namche. Go-on someone, map it, you know you want to.
Relentless
Don't get in the way of this Yak/Cow crossbreed or you'll end up on your backside in the valley bottom.
Kusum Kanguru (6367m)
Another of the peaks just outside Namche, taken here from inside the Gokyo valley.
Mr Porter takes a breather.
In the Gokyo valley. In total he was carrying around 25kg and at this altitude we couldn't stay ahead of him.
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June 24th 2006 - Anne: Amazing Photography
Hello, I've just been browsing through your photos - they're absolutely beautiful. Would you mind letting me know what camera you used? I'm very jealous and want to go to Nepal now.
June 25th 2006 - AlanZ: Amazing Photos...
Finally subscribed to your blog today. Your photos are stunning. Hopefully I'll be in Nepal this October and after seeing your blog I think I have to make that happen...Happy travels!
June 26th 2006 - Alexis: Beautiful Photos!
What great pictures! I echo the others' statements-- your photos are quite stunning!
June 26th 2006 - Stephen Paul: Anne-
http://www.travelblog.org/Australasia/Australia/Victoria/Melbourne/blog-17379.html
The Giant Cumberland Sausage already made reference to his equipment in a previous blog. If you aren't looking at his previous posts, you're missing out!
--Steve
June 28th 2006 - gnel: Great pix
Image of Thamserku look like a horse :)
July 2nd 2006 - Clare Marsland: THIS IS A BLOG AND A HALF!
I am printing this off as I don't want to rush read this! Amazing photos and writing, keep it coming.
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