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  • Lhasa, Tibet, People's Republic of China. Tibetan Buddhist nuns chant and pray in a temple at their nunnery.
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  • Gyantse, Tibet, People's Republic of China. An ancient hilltop fort; British damaged in 1904, by China in 1960's.
    CF 2769.jpg
  • CHINA, XINJIANG. Khyrgiz nomads lead their Bactrian Camels below  7,546-meter Mustagh Ata in the Pamir Mountains of Xinjiang, China.
    CX 5302.jpg
  • Tibet, People's Republic of China. A village with towers east of Lhasa.
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  • CHINA, TIBET. Meat merchant on a pedicab rides his wares to market past Lhasa's Potala Palace, former home of Dalai Lama.
    CF 3012.jpg
  • CHINA, TIBET.  Nomadic herding family in a snowstorm south of Lhasa.
    CF 2447.jpg
  • A Kyrgiz nomad leads Bactrian a camel train carrying equipment for a  group trekking the in Pamir Mountains of Xinjiang, China.  7546-meter Mustagh Ata rises in the background.
    CX 5010.jpg
  • Mountaineer Sam Lightner (MR) descends a slot canyon below huge Shipton's Arch in the arid Kara Tagh Mountains near the Taklimakan Desert in China's Xinjiang province.
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  • CHINA, TIBET. Village boy in Lunang Valley, probably of Memba descent.
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  • A village boy, probably of Memba descent, stands in his village the in Lunang Valley, of Tibet, China.
    CF 1926.jpg
  • An American traveler entertains Tibetan youngsters with counting and his computer in Mainling, Tibet, China.
    CF 1872.jpg
  • CHINA, TIBET. Menba woman from upper Tsangpo River Gorge, now a doctor, rests during trek back to her isolated village home.
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  • CHINA, TIBET.  A farmer of Menba descent, carrying wares to market, relaxes in dense hardwood jungle near mouth of Tsangpo River Gorge.
    TS 3427.jpg
  • Descending from both the right and the left, alternating ridges of 25,531ft  (7782m) Namcha Barwa (L) and 23,930ft (7294m) Gyala Peri are divided by  in the Tsangpo River Gorge, one of the world’s deepest canyons, in remote southeastern Tibet, China.
    TS 3088.jpg
  • Tsangpo (Brahmaputra) River Gorge, Himalaya Mountains, Tibet, China. Explorer above rapids in one of world's remotest and deepest gorges.
    TS 2451.jpg
  • Tsangpo (Brahmaputra) River Gorge, Himalaya, Tibet, People's Republic of China. Explorer above rapids in one of world's remotest and deepest gorges.
    TS 2234.jpg
  • CHINA, Xinjiang Province. Mark Newcomb<br />
(MR) wakes from bivouac by Lake Karakul in Pamir Mts. 7546m Mustagh Ata bkg.
    CX 6154.jpg
  • CHINA, Xinjiang Province. Mark Newcomb<br />
(MR) writes in his journal in camp by Lake Karakul in Pamir Mountains.
    CX 6112.jpg
  • CHINA, Xinjiang Province. Nomadic Kyrgyz camel driver in Pamir Mountains.
    CX 5658.jpg
  • A trekker admires 24,750-foot Mustagh Ata from a camp in the Pamir Mountains of Xinjian, China.
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  • A nomadic Kyrgyz woman spins wool near her summer hut in the Pamir Mountains of Xinjiang, China.
    CX 5450.jpg
  • CHINA, Xinjiang. Khyrgiz nomad rides by Lake Karakul. 7546m Mustagh Ata (Pamir Mountains)
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  • Xinjiang Province, China.  Tushuk Tash Mountains on edge of Taklimakan Desert.
    CX 1380.jpg
  • Himalaya, Tibet, China. Tibetan Buddhist prayer flags atop pass on Tibetan plateau.
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  • CHINA, TIBET. Tibetan Buddhist monk & devotees exit a gompa (temple) at Tashilumpo Monastery, Shigatse.
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  • CHINA, TIBET.  Tibetan Buddhist monks & devotees outside of largest gompa (temple) at Tashilumpo Monastery, Shigatse, seat of the Panchen Lama, 2nd holiest in Tibet.
    CF 2508.jpg
  • CHINA, TIBET.  Nomadic herding family in a snowstorm south of Lhasa.
    CF 2433.jpg
  • CHINA, TIBET. Menba Mother & child in Lunang Valley.
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  • CHINA, TIBET, LHASA.  Woman passes dog as she spins Tibetan Buddhist prayer wheels lining a wall near the Jokhang Temple.
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  • CHINA, TIBET. Tibetan Buddhist devotees pray & prostrate in front of Lhasa's Jokhang Temple, one of Tibet's holiest sites.
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  • CHINA, TIBET. Tibetan Buddhist pilgrims from remote village circle Jokhang Temple through Lhasa's Barkhor Bazaar.
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  • CHINA, TIBET.  A farmer of Menba descent, carrying wares to market, relaxes in dense hardwood jungle near mouth of Tsangpo River Gorge.
    TS 3427.jpg
  • An elderly couple outside their house in the Tsangpo River Gorge, one of the world’s deepest canyons, in remote southeastern Tibet, China.
    TS 2836.jpg
  • Forested cliffs lines the walls of the Tsangpo River Gorge, one of the world’s deepest canyons, in remote southeastern Tibet, China.
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  • CHINA, TIBET.  Farmer of isolated Menba ethnic group crosses Po Tsangpo River on cable bridge, near mouth of famed Tsangpo River Gorge.
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  • Tsangpo (Brahmaputra) River Gorge, Himalaya, Tibet, People's Republic of China.	Impenetrable rain forest grows on cliffs barricading this forbidding canyon.
    TS 3511.jpg
  • CHINA, TIBET.  Menba Grandmother & grandson play with puppy in Payi village near mouth of Tsangpo River Gorge (eastern Himalaya). Note Buddhist prayer wheel.
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  • CHINA, TIBET.  Menba woman from Payi village, north of Tsangpo River Gorge, stretches skin of takin her husband shot in nearby jungle.
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  • CHINA, TIBET.  Menba woman from Payi village, north of Tsangpo River Gorge (Himalaya), cleans barley harvested from family fields.
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  • CHINA, TIBET. Menba woman from Payi village, near Tsangpo River Gorge in eastern Himalaya, chops fodder for her family's cattle.
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  • Young Tibetans in Bayi village pound barley flour in the Tsangpo River Gorge, one of the world’s deepest canyons, in remote southeastern Tibet, China.
    TS 3313.jpg
  • 23,930-foot Gyala Peri towers above the Tsangp River Gorge, one of the world’s deepest canyons, in remote southeastern Tibet, China.
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  • An expedition stops at a hunt looking into the Tsangp River Gorge, one of the world’s deepest canyons, in remote southeastern Tibet, China.  Bethind are ridges from Mounts Namcha Barwa and Gyala Peri.
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  • CHINA, TIBET, Himalaya.  Sunrise on Mount  Gyala Peri (7150m), one of highest peaks in the eastern Himalaya.
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  • Home after two weeks in the jungle, a workaday Tibetan farmer describes his sometimes harrowing journey as a porter for a National Geographic  expedition into the almost impentrable Tsangpo River Gorge in southeastern Tibet, China.
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  • An elderly couple outside their house in the Tsangpo River Gorge, one of the world’s deepest canyons, in remote southeastern Tibet, China.
    TS 2836.jpg
  • A mountaineer walk near Gyala Village  in the Tsangpo River Gorge, one of the world’s deepest canyons, in remote southeastern Tibet, China. Behind is 23,930 ft  [Mount] Gyala Peri. The foot of 25,531′ Namche Barwa soars to the right.
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  • Avalanche debris from a glacier on 23,930-foot Gyala Peri tumbles into the Tsangpo (Brahmaputra) River Gorge-one of the world’s deepest canyons- in remote southeastern Tibet, China.
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  • Mountaineer David Breashears looks up at Mount Gyala Pheri towering over the Tsangpo River Gorge, one of the world’s deepest canyons, in remote southeastern Tibet, China.
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  • Explorer David Breashears watches as expedition porters heat water over a campfire in the Tsangp River Gorge, one of the world’s deepest canyons, in remote southeastern Tibet, China.
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  • Explorer David Breashears navigates huge boulders in  the Tsangpo River Gorge, one of the world’s deepest canyons, in remote southeastern Tibet, China.
    TS 2481.jpg
  • The Tsangpo (aka Brahmaputra) River tumbles into the Tsangp River Gorge, one of the world’s deepest canyons, in remote southeastern Tibet, China.
    TS 2247.jpg
  • Mount Namcha Barwa towers above the Tsangp River Gorge, one of the world’s deepest canyons, in remote southeastern Tibet, China.
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  • Subtropical rainforest shrouds the bottom of 25,531 foot Mount Namcha Barwa the Tsangp River Gorge, one of the world’s deepest canyons, in remote southeastern Tibet, China.
    TS 1914.jpg
  • Tsangpo (Brahmaputra) River Gorge, Himalaya, Tibet, China. Heat-seeking leech squirms for prey on forest floor.
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  • Explorer David Breashears & expedition porters dry out after torrential rain during  an expedition into the Tsangp River Gorge, one of the world’s deepest canyons, in remote southeastern Tibet, China.
    TS 1618.jpg
  • Expedition porters cook lunch under a tarp on a steep trail during a monsoon downpour in the Tsangp River Gorge, one of the world’s deepest canyons, in remote southeastern Tibet, China.
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  • Mountaineers approach a village in the Tsangpo River Gorge, one of the world’s deepest canyons, in remote southeastern Tibet, China.  Mount Namcha Barwa towers in the background.
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  • A rhododendron bush blooms beside the Yarlung Tsangpo River (Brahmaputra) in the Tsangp Gorge, one of the world’s deepest canyons, in remote southeastern Tibet, China.
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  • CHINA, Xinjiang Province. Mark Newcomb<br />
(MR) wakes from bivouac by Lake Karakul in Pamir Mountains. 7546m Mustagh Ata bkg.
    CX 6155.jpg
  • Mark Newcomb (MR) writes in his journal in a camp by Lake Karakul in the Pamir Mountains of Xinjiang, China.
    CX 6102.jpg
  • The sun rises over Lake Karakul and the Pamir Mountains in Xinjiang province, China.
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  • CHINA, Xinjiang Province.  Camel train by Karakul Lake in Pamir Mountains.
    CX 6054.jpg
  • CHINA, Xinjiang. Kyrgyz nomad rides Bactrian camel in the Pamir Mountains near Lake Karakul
    CX 6006.jpg
  • CHINA, Xinjiang Province. Nomadic Kyrgyz camel driver in Pamir Mountains.
    CX 5815.jpg
  • Trekkers walk past alpine wildflowers in the Pamir Mountains near Lake Karakull, Xinjiang, China.
    CX 5806.jpg
  • CHINA, Xinjiang.  Bactrian Camels in Pamir Mts.
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  • CHINA, Xinjiang Province. Bactrian camel & trekkers' camp in Pamir Mts.
    CX 5618.jpg
  • CHINA, Xinjiang Province. Bactrian camel & trekkers' camp in Pamir Mts. (MR)<br />
(Mark Newcomb)
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  • CHINA, Xinjiang. Khyrgiz nomad rides Bactrian camel near Lake Karakul in arid valley of Pamir Mountains.
    CX 5565.jpg
  • Kyrgyz nomads pose near their summer hut in the Pamir Mountains of Xinjiang, China.
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  • A Khyrgiz nomad leads his Bactrian camels below 7546-meter Mustagh Ata in the Pamir Mountains of Xinjiang, China.
    CX 5334.jpg
  • A Khyrgiz nomad leads his Bactrian Camels below 7,546-meter Mustagh Ata in the Pamir Mountains of Xinjiang, China.
    CX 5318.jpg
  • CHINA, Xinjiang. Kyrgyz nomads make clothing with hand-powered sewing machine in summer house near Lake Karakul, Pamir Mountains
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  • A nomadic Kyrgyz family shares bread and tea while the mother spins wool in their summer house near Lake Karakul, in the Pamir Mountains, Xinjiang, China.
    CX 5228.jpg
  • A nomadic Kyrgyz woman brews milk tea over a dung-burning stove in her summer hut in the Pamir Mountains of Xinjiang, China.
    CX 5215.jpg
  • A nomadic Kygyz boy and his sister pose shyly near the summer home in the Pamir Mountains of Xinjiang China.
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  • A nomadic Kyrgyz mother and her children relax near near sand dunes in the Pamir Mountains of Xinjiang, China.
    CX 5193.jpg
  • Kyrgiz nomads lead  Bactrian camels carrying equipment for trekkers in the Pamir Mountains of Xinjiang, China.  7546m Mustagh Ata rises in the background.
    CX 5168.jpg
  • CHINA, Xinjiang. Kyrgiz nomads leads Bactrian camel train for adventure travel trekking group in Pamir Mountains. 7719m Kongur Shan bkg.
    CX 5118.jpg
  • A trekker crosses a crude log bridge over a swollen glacial stream in the Pamir Mountains of Xinjiang, China.
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  • A Kyrgiz nomad and his son ride a horse up a sandy moraine below 7719-meter (Mount) Kongur Shanin in the Pamir Mountains of Xinjiang China.
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  • Nomadic Kyrgyz women share a laugh while traveling with their Bactrian camels in the Pamir Mountains of Xinjiang, China.
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  • CHINA, XINJIANG. Nomadic Khyrgiz family in Pamir Mountains.
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  • Khyrgiz nomad children laugh with their family in the Pamir Mountains of Xinjiang province in far-western China. 7,546-meter [Mount] Mustagh Atatowers in the background.
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  • CHINA, Xinjiang. Bactrian camels carrying trekking equipment in Pamir Mountains.
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  • CHINA, Xinjiang. Bactrian camel surrounded by trekking equipment in Pamir Mountains.
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  • Xinjiang, China. Khyrgiz nomads with their Bactrian camels and sheep herd in the Pamir Mountains.
    CX 4936.jpg
  • CHINA, Xinjiang. Khyrgiz nomad rides Bactrian camel near Lake Karakul. 7546m Mustagh Ata (Pamir Mts.) bkg.
    CX 4913.jpg
  • CHINA, Xinjiang. Khyrgiz nomad rides Bactrian camel near Lake Karakul in Pamir Mountains.
    CX 4904.jpg
  • CHINA, XINJIANG. Jeremy Schmidt & Nancy Feaghin (MR) trek by Lake Karakul in Pamir Mountains. 7546m Mustagh Ata background.
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  • CHINA, Xinjiang Province. Kyrgyz nomad leads Baktrian camel train by Lake Karakul in the Pamir Mountains.  7546m Mustagh Ata background.
    CX 4572.jpg
  • Foreign trekkers pass a Khyrgiz horseman beside Lake Karakul in the Pamir Mountains of far-western China. 7,546-meter [Mount] Mustagh Ata rises in the background.
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  • CHINA, Xinjiang. Khyrgiz nomad rides by Lake Karakul. 7546m Mustagh Ata (Pamir Mountains)
    CX 4533.jpg
  • CHINA, Xinjiang. Khyrgiz nomads rides Bactrian camels by Lake Karakul, Pamir Mountains.  7719m Kongur Shan bkg. (L)
    CX 4527.jpg
  • 7,546-meter [Mount] Mustagh Ata reflects in Lake Karakul in the Pamir Mountains of Xinjiang Province in far-western China.
    CX 4522.jpg
  • A Bactrian Camel in the Pamir Mountains of Xinjiang, China, has a peg through its nose for a lead rope.
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  • CHINA, Xinjiang Province.  Kyrkyz children outside their family akoi (yurt) near Karakul Lake, Pamir Mountains.
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  • CHINA, XINJIANG. Bactrian Camel by Lake Karakul in Pamir Mountains.
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  • CHINA. Xinjiang. Nomadic Kyrgyz women prepare tea and lamb fat for dinner inside felt-lined "akoi" (yurt) near Lake Karakul in Pamir Mountains.
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