More prayer stones

Often these monuments are memorials to sherpas and climbers who lost their lives. The one on the left is devoted to several members of a Korean climbing team who died in 2005 while ascending Mt. Pumori (7165 meters-23,500 feet).

The Rooftop of the World

May 24th 2006
We continued from the Enchanted Forest to our next overnight stop of Pangboche, which is at 3,930 meters (12,860 feet). In Pangboche, we met Big Bird and Fozzie Bear, this sweet 19 year-old couple from British Columbia. Big Bird and Fozzie obviously aren’t their real names, but he was very tall with curly blond hair and she was a tiny Asian girl with red-orange hair, so this nickname stuck. We r ... read more

Asia » Nepal » Dingboche

In 1951, the Nepalese monarch ended the century-old system of rule by hereditary premiers and instituted a cabinet system of government. Reforms in 1990 established a multiparty democracy within the framework of a constitutional monarchy. A Maoist in... ... read more

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