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L 136 images Created 18 May 2021

L - Lamsangu Trek
Description: A monsoon trek from Lamsangu to the Khumbu, Nepal (film)
Details: Photos captured in Nepal from 1980 to 1981 

This is part of the AlpenImage Photography Archive, a vast image collection from around the world shot by Gordon Wiltsie. For more information about this gallery, or to browse the entire archive explore our interactive database at https://www.alpenimage.com/database
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  • A Nepali porter rests beside the heavy basket he is carrying for trekkers en route to the khumbu region of the Himalaya.
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  • A Nepali farmer watches his goat along the old Mount Everest trail.
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  • NEPAL, HIMALAYA, Village schoolboy near Junbesi in lowland Nepal.
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  • Picture 010
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  • A Hindu shrine stands beside a trail in the Himalayan foothills of Nepal.
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  • A lowland Nepali village girl stands beside her family's rice paddies near Lamosangu.  The red spot on her forehead  probably means that she is married, but could also just be applied for beauty.
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  • Lowland Nepali women gather to barter for food and other goods at an outdoor market in the Himalayan foothills.
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  • Himalaya, Nepal, A Leech draws blood from a trekker's leg.
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  • HIMALAYA, NEPAL. Trekker & porter in jungles on Lamjura Pass, enroute to Khumbu (Everest) region.
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  • A Nepali jhankri (faith healer) treks to a meeting of his fellow practitioners in the Solo region of Nepal.
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  • NEPAL, HIMALAYA. Expedition porters trek through lowland rain forests towards Mount Everest Base Camp during monsoon rains in August.
    L 0220.jpg
  • A trekker walks on a trail leading to Tengboche Monastery, the route to Mount Everest Base Camp.
    L 0253.jpg
  • A yak carries expedition equipment across a swinging bridge over a deep chasm on the trail to Mount Everest Base Camp in Nepal's Himalaya.
    L 0257.jpg
  • Sherpa sirdar [expedition leader] Pasang Kami ties a prayer flag to a swinging bridge over the Dudh Kosi River en route to peaks near Mount Everest.
    L 0259.jpg
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  • A trekker stands on a trail near supposedly haunted Lamjura Pass, en route to Nepal's Khumbu region.
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  • Baruntse Expedition prep in Kathmandu
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  • Dr. Peter Hackett counds funds for Baruntse Expedition in Nepal, 1980.
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  • Baruntse Expedition prep in Kathmandu, 1980.
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  • Family planning sign in Kathmandu, Nepal, 1980.
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  • Monsoon clouds tower behind sculptures at Bodh'nath Stupa, Kathmand, Nepal 1980.
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  • Butterflies emerge from pupal stage in NepaL
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  • 1980 Baruntse expediton on the road to Lamosangu, Nepal
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  • Jay Jensen unloads a case of Canadian Club destined for the base of Mount Everest, Napal, 1980
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  • 1980 Baruntse Expeditino unloads in Lamosangu, Nepal.
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  • 1980 Baruntse Expedition on the trail to the Khumbu region, Nepal
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  • Trekking porters prepare to start the day in Nepal.  1980
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  • Meredith Wiltsie trekking in Nepal, 1980.
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  • A trekker photographs children in Nepal, 1980
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  • A Nepali farmer carries fodder for his animals, 1980
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  • A hydroelectric plant in Nepal, 1980.
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  • Villagers in Lamosangu, Nepal, 1980
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  • Villagers in Lamosangu, Nepal, wait to be hired as expedition porters, 1980
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  • A trekker hikes though rice paddies in lowland Nepal, 1980
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  • Trekkers hikes though rice paddies in lowland Nepal, 1980
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  • A farmer carries corn stalks through a village in Nepal, 1980
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  • A Nepali villager sits in her doorway, 1980
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  • A trekkers foot whle hiking during the monsoon in Nepal, 1980.
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  • Nepali villagers hike along a trail in lowland Nepal, 1980
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  • A trekker shoots movie film durong a trek in Nepal, 1980
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  • Porters carry trade goods through a village in lowland Nepal, 1980.
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  • Trekkers hikes though rice paddies in lowland Nepal, 1980
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  • Terraced rice paddies cover the hillsides in lowland Nepal, 1980
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  • A villager carries a load between terraced rice paddies in lowland Nepal, 1980
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  • Metal tridents symbolizing the Hindu god Shiva are piled at a shrine in Nepal. 1980
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  • A leech on a trekkers leg in Nepal, 1980.
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  • Nepali porters carry loads during a monsoon shower, 1980
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  • A Nepali farmer gathers fodder for his animals, 1980
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  • Expedition porters wait to carry loads during the monsoon in Nepal, 1980.
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  • A rainbow arcs over trekkers'0088 tents in Nepal, 1980
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  • A trained bear waits to perform in a village in Nepal, 1980.
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  • A trained bear waits to perform in a village in Nepal, 1980.
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  • A traveling entertainer "dances" with his trained bear in a village in Nepal, 1980.
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  • A traveling entertainer make his trained bear play dead in a village in Nepal, 1980.
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  • A nepali woman and her son in a village in Nepal, 1980.
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  • A leech on a trekkers leg in Nepal, 1980.
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  • Ferns and flowers grow on a Tibetan Buddhist mani wall in Nepal, 1980
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  • A katydid clibs on a fern in Nepal, 1980.
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  • Monsoon clouds hang over terraced hillsides in lowland Nepal, 1980.
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  • Porters carry loads for an expedition in Nepal, 1980.
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  • Terraced hillsides in Nepal, 1980.
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  • Meredith Wiltsie treks up a monoon-laden trail in the lowlands part of classic Everest trek. 1980
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  • Expedition members eat lunch in a Tibetan Buddhist temple in Nepal, 1980.
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  • A Sherpani woman stands outside a temple near Taksindu Monastery in the Himalaya of Nepal. 1980
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  • Meredith Wiltsie treks in the Himalaya of Nepal, in lowland part of Everest trek. 1980
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  • A river dranins through a canyon filled with rice terraces in the Himalaya of Nepal. 1980 (Lower part of Everest trek)
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  • Trekkers meet and trade stories at a teahouse on the old trek to Everst, 1980
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  • Trekkers on a hot steep trail during a monsoon trek to the Khumbu region of Nepal, 1980
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  • Buddhist prayer flags hang on Rhodendron trees on Lamjura Pass in the Himalaya of Nepal. 1980
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  • Trekkers rest near Lamjura Pass, during a monsoon trek to in the Khumbu of Nepal. 1980
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  • Monsoon fog envelops Lamjura Pass, a forest on the classic Everest trek that locals believe is haunted.
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  • Trekkers rest among buddist monuments atop Lamjura Pass, during a monsoon trek to in the Khumbu region of Nepal. 1980
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  • Monsoon fog envelops Lamjura Pass, a forest on the classic Everest trek that locals believe is haunted.
    L 0155.jpg
  • Trekkers rest near Lamjura Pass, during a monsoon trek to in the Khumbu of Nepal. 1980
    L 0156.jpg
  • Monsoon fog envelops Lamjura Pass, a forest on the classic Eveerest trek that locals believe is haunted.
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  • A subtropical rainforest envelops Lamjura Pass on the classic Everest trek that locals believe is haunted.
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  • Trekkers rest hike up Lamjura Pass during a monsoon trek to in the Khumbu of Nepal. 1980
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  • Streams swollen with monsoon runoff in the Khumbu Valley of Nepal. 1980
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  • Subropical plants thrive in monsoon runoff in the Khumbu Valley of Nepal. 1980
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  • Trekkers  hike up Lamjura Pass during a monsoon trek to in the Khumbu of Nepal. 1980.
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  • A shaman called a "jankri" beats a drum at a gathering in the Solu Khumbu region of Nepal 1980
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  • A shaman called a "jankri" beats a drum and dances at a gathering in the Solu Khumbu region of Nepal 1980
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  • A bamboo grove borders irrigation canals in the Sou Khumbu region of Nepal. 1980
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  • A bamboo grove borders irrigation canals in the Sou Khumbu region of Nepal. 1980
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  • A caravan escorts a shaman called a "jankri" to a at a gathering in the Solu Khumbu region of Nepal 1980
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  • A shaman called a "jankri" stands at a gathering in the Solu Khumbu region of Nepal 1980
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  • Shamen called a "jankris" trek to agathering in the Solu Khumbu region of Nepal 1980
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  • An American carpenter encunters a  Nepali craftsman in the foothills of Nepal, 1980
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  • A Nepali carpeter and his tools, Nepal, 1980
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  • Taksindu Monastry in the Solu Khumbu region of Nepal, 1980
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  • A shaman called a "jankri" beats a drum as he walks to a gathering in the Solu Khumbu region of Nepal 1980
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  • A shaman called a "jankri" walks to a gathering in the Solu Khumbu region of Nepal 1980
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