Photo Gallery 4: Everest Adventure
Photos from Around the World: The Himalayas
Photos from my trip to Mt. Everest Base Camp, Nepal, April/May 2009. I made it to 17,000 ft., one day out of Base Camp, where I had to turn back because of altitude sickness.
Burning bodies by the river, Hindu temple, Kathmandu, Nepal.
Series of female shrines, Hindu temple, Kathmandu.
Turning the giant prayer wheel, Buddhist temple, Kathmandu.
Waterfalls and Sherpa villages on the trek to Everest Base Camp.
Sherpa village above the Dudh Kosi River, Nepal.
One of the many suspension bridges we crossed (background).
Taking in the view of the Himalayas.
Namche Bazaar, ca. 11,500 ft.
Mani stones along the trail.
Khumjung, ca. 12,000 ft.
Catching my breath after a steep ascent.
The highest monastery in the world: Tengboche, ca. 13,000 ft.
Everest, Lhotse, and Ama Dablam from Tengboche.
Monks in prayer, Tengboche Monastery, Nepal.
Acclimatization hike above Dingboche, ca. 15,000 ft.
Stone house in the middle of nowhere.
Monuments to the dead climbers.
More mani stones along the trail.
Sherpas and yaks along the trail.
