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  • Gyantse, Tibet, People's Republic of China. An ancient hilltop fort; British damaged in 1904, by China in 1960's.
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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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  • CHINA, XINJIANG. Khyrgiz nomads lead their Bactrian Camels below  7,546-meter Mustagh Ata in the Pamir Mountains of Xinjiang, China.
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  • Tibet, People's Republic of China. A village with towers east of Lhasa.
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  • 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.
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  • 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. Meat merchant on a pedicab rides his wares to market past Lhasa's Potala Palace, former home of Dalai Lama.
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  • CHINA, TIBET.  Nomadic herding family in a snowstorm south of Lhasa.
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  • An American traveler entertains Tibetan youngsters with counting and his computer in Mainling, Tibet, China.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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  • 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.  Farmer of isolated Menba ethnic group crosses Po Tsangpo River on cable bridge, near mouth of famed Tsangpo River Gorge.
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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
  • 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.
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  • 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.
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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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  • Tsangpo (Brahmaputra) River Gorge, Himalaya Mountains, Tibet, China. Explorer above rapids in one of world's remotest and deepest gorges.
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  • The Tsangpo (aka Brahmaputra) River tumbles into the Tsangp River Gorge, one of the world’s deepest canyons, in remote southeastern Tibet, China.
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  • Tsangpo (Brahmaputra) River Gorge, Himalaya, Tibet, People's Republic of China. Explorer above rapids in one of world's remotest and deepest gorges.
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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.
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  • CHINA, Xinjiang Province. Mark Newcomb<br />
(MR) wakes from bivouac by Lake Karakul in Pamir Mts. 7546m Mustagh Ata bkg.
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  • CHINA, Xinjiang Province. Mark Newcomb<br />
(MR) writes in his journal in camp by Lake Karakul in Pamir Mountains.
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  • Mark Newcomb (MR) writes in his journal in a camp by Lake Karakul in the Pamir Mountains of Xinjiang, China.
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  • CHINA, Xinjiang Province.  Camel train by Karakul Lake in Pamir Mountains.
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  • CHINA, Xinjiang. Kyrgyz nomad rides Bactrian camel in the Pamir Mountains near Lake Karakul
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  • CHINA, Xinjiang Province. Nomadic Kyrgyz camel driver in Pamir Mountains.
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  • 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.
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  • A Khyrgiz nomad leads his Bactrian camels below 7546-meter Mustagh Ata in the Pamir Mountains of Xinjiang, China.
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  • A Khyrgiz nomad leads his Bactrian Camels below 7,546-meter Mustagh Ata in the Pamir Mountains of Xinjiang, China.
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  • 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 mother and her children relax near near sand dunes in the Pamir Mountains of Xinjiang, China.
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  • CHINA, Xinjiang. Kyrgiz nomads leads Bactrian camel train for adventure travel trekking group in Pamir Mountains. 7719m Kongur Shan bkg.
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  • A trekker crosses a crude log bridge over a swollen glacial stream 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. 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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  • CHINA, Xinjiang Province. Kyrgyz nomad leads Baktrian camel train by Lake Karakul in the Pamir Mountains.  7546m Mustagh Ata background.
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  • CHINA, Xinjiang. Khyrgiz nomad rides by Lake Karakul. 7546m Mustagh Ata (Pamir Mountains)
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  • CHINA, Xinjiang. Khyrgiz nomads rides Bactrian camels by Lake Karakul, Pamir Mountains.  7719m Kongur Shan bkg. (L)
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  • 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. 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.
    CX 4414.jpg
  • CHINA, Xinjiang.  Mountaineer Sam Lightner (MR) in slot canyons below Shipton's Arch in arid Kara Tagh Mts near Taklimakan Desert.
    CX 3912.jpg
  • CHINA, Xinjiang Province.  Tiny climbers (MR) stand atop huge Shipton's Arch in Kara Tagh Mountains near Kashgar & Taklimakan Desert.
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  • Xinjiang Province, China.  Tushuk Tash Mountains on edge of Taklimakan Desert.
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  • A crowded intersection in  Chengdu, one of China's bigger cities.
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  • Himalaya, Tibet, China. Tibetan Buddhist prayer flags atop pass on Tibetan plateau.
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  • Tibet, China. Reservoir near Gyangze threatens to flood an ancient hilltop fortress.
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  • CHINA, TIBET. Tibetan Buddhist devotee leaves exits door of richly ornamented Tshomchen, the Main Assembly Hall at Palkhor Monastery in Gyantse.
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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.
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  • CHINA, TIBET.  Nomadic herding family in a snowstorm south of Lhasa.
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  • CHINA, TIBET.  Village women circumambulate a Tibetan Buddhist chorten & prayer flags during a small-town festival west of Nyingchi.
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  • CHINA, TIBET. Menba Mother & child in Lunang Valley.
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  • Lunang Valley, Tibet, China.  Firewood stacked by house.
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  • CHINA, TIBET. Villagers in Lunang Valley make leather straps with simple tanning equipment.
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  • CHINA, TIBET. Children in Lunang Valley village prepare for a water fight.
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  • CHINA, TIBET. Tibetan Buddhist devotee spins prayer wheels at fortress-like Yumbu Lakang, near Tsedang, the oldest palace in Tibet.
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  • CHINA, TIBET.  Tibetan Buddhist monk tends yak butter lamps at Samye Monastery, one of oldest in Tibet.
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  • CHINA, TIBET, LHASA. Tibetan Buddhist devotees prostrate & pray in front of Jokhang Temple, holiest site in Tibet.
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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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  • Lhasa, Tibet, People's Republic of China.	Sera Monastery overlooks Lhasa before mass influx of Chinese migrants.
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  • CHINA, TIBET, LHASA.  Jokhang Temple (L) & Barkhor Plaza in 1986, when this was center of city.  Today many outlying buildings have been razed & sprawling modern development surrounds this scene.
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  • CHINA, TIBET, LHASA. Potala Palace, former abode of Dalai Lama & site of many revered Tibetan Buddhist temples. Prayer flags foreground.
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  • CHINA, TIBET, LHASA. Potala Palace, former abode of Dalai Lama & site of many revered Tibetan Buddhist temples. Prayer flags foreground.
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  • CHINA, TIBET, LHASA. Tibetan Buddhist devotees pray and make yak butter offerings at chapel inside Jokhang Temple, holiest site in Tibet.
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  • Lhasa, Tibet, China.  Potala Palace, former abode of the exiled Dalai Lama, reflects in a pool in 1986. The view is now cluttered with modern Chinese structures.
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  • CHINA, TIBET, LHASA. Tibetan Buddhist pilgrims wait to enter Norbulinka, summer residence of now-exiled Dalai Lama.
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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 devotee circles Lhasa's Jokhang Temple with prayer wheel & rosary beads as he chants the mantra "Om mani padme hum" (Hail to the Jewel in the Lotus).
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  • CHINA, TIBET. Tibetan Buddhist pilgrims circle Jokhang Temple through Lhasa's Barkhor Bazaar in 1986.
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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.  Chinese shopkeeper sells skins of endangered leopards in Lhasa's Barkor Bazaar near the Jokhang Temple.
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  • CHINA, TIBET. Tibetan Buddhist pilgrims circle Lhasa's Jokhang Temple through the Barkhor Bazaar (1986).
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  • CHINA, TIBET. Tibetan Buddhist pilgrims pray before printed cloth Buddhas in Barhkor Bazaar surrounding revered Jokhang Temple, Lhasa.
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  • CHINA, TIBET. Tibetan monk & pilgrims pray and spin prayer wheels for alms in Barkhor Bazaar surrounding the Jokhang Temple, Lhasa.
    CF 0315.jpg
  • CHINA, TIBET. 8-meter-high Nietang Buddha, 40km SE of Lhasa, largest cliff statue in Tibet, depicting Sakyamuni meditating under Bodhi tree.
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  • 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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  • Tsangpo (Brahmaputra) River Gorge, Himalaya, Tibet, People's Republic of China.	Impenetrable rain forest grows on cliffs barricading this forbidding canyon.
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  • 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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  • 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.
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  • 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 navigates huge boulders in  the Tsangpo River Gorge, one of the world’s deepest canyons, in remote southeastern Tibet, China.
    TS 2481.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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  • 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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