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Sherpa guides herd a train of yaks across Nepal's Dudh Kosi River on a precarious cantilevered bridge. This entire scene was wiped out a few years later by a massive outburst flood from a glacial lake near the base of Mount Everest. (photo taken in 1980)

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© Gordon Wiltsie
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Dudh Kosi, HERDING, Himalaya, Himalayan Region, Human Landscapes, Khumbu, Nepal, Sherpa, adventure, boulders, bridge, cantilever, canyon, carrying, danger, gorge, guides, herders, loads, precarious, rapids, region, river, trekking, yaks
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Sherpa guides herd a train of yaks across Nepal's Dudh Kosi River on a precarious cantilevered bridge.  This entire scene was wiped out a few years later by a massive outburst flood from a glacial lake near the base of Mount Everest.  (photo taken in 1980)