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  • Porters cross a suspension bridge over the Po Tsangpo River in eastern Tibet.
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  • Porters cross a suspension bridge over the Po Tsangpo River in eastern Tibet.
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  • A takin lives in the Tsangpo Gorge, one of earth's deepest canyons.
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  • The Tsangpo River flows below 7150m Gyala Peri in one of world's deepest canyons.
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  • A trekker scans the Tsangpo River Gorge, one of world's deepest canyons.
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  • The Tsangpo River flows below 7150m Gyala Peri in one of world's deepest canyons.
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  • A hiker passes massive trees in remote Tsangpo Gorge, one of earth's deepest canyons.
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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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  • 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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  • 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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  • Tsangpo (Brahmaputra) River Gorge, Himalaya, Tibet, China. Heat-seeking leech squirms for prey on forest floor.
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  • Explorer beside rapids in one of world's remotest and deepest gorges.
    TS 1415.jpg
  • TIBET, Tsangpo River, Village above Tsangpo Gorge in southeast Tibet.
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  • TIBET, Tsangpo Gorge. Yarlung Tsangpo River (Brahmaputra) flows below 7150m Mt. Gyala Pelri in one of world's deepest canyons (eastern Himalaya).
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  • TIBET, Tsangpo Gorge, Village near Pe, at upper end of one of earth's deeper gorges.
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  • TIBET, Tsangpo Gorge. Avalanche debris from 7150m Mt. Gyala Pelri pours into Yarlung Tsanpo River in one of world's deepest gorges (eastern Himalaya).
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  • TIBET, Tsangpo Gorge. Yarlung Tsangpo R iver (Brahmaputra) flows below 7150m Mt. Gyala Pelri in one of world's deepest canyons (eastern Himalaya).
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  • TIBET. Gnu-like takin (Budorcas taxicolor) after swimming in torrential rapid of Tibet's Yarlung Tsangpo River (Brahmaputra) in Tsangpo Gorge, one of earth's deepest canyons.
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  • TIBET, Tsangpo Gorge. Avalanche debris from 7150m Mount Gyala Pelri pours into Yarlung Tsanpo River in one of world's deepest gorges (eastern Himalaya).
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  • TIBET. Young Takin (Budorcas taxicolor) beside Yarlung Tsangpo River (Brahmaputra) in Tsangpo Gorge, a deep Himalayan canyon.
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  • TIBET, Tsangpo Gorge. Yarlung Tsangpo River (Brahmaputra) flows below 7150m Mt. Gyala Pelri in one of world's deepest canyons (eastern Himalaya).
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  • TIBET, Tsangpo Gorge, Trekker removes leech after walking through rain forest above Tsangpo (Brahmaputra) River.
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  • CHINA, TIBET. Elderly Menba mother & son relax on porch in remote Payi village, near mouth of Tsangpo River Gorge in eastern Himalaya. Note Buddhist prayer wheel & rosary beads.
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  • CHINA, TIBET. Elderly Menba mother & son relax on porch in remote Payi village, near mouth of Tsangpo River Gorge in eastern Himalaya. Note Buddhist prayer wheel & rosary beads.
    TS 3312.jpg
  • CHINA, TIBET, Tsangpo River Gorge. Village children in Gyala.  Mt. Namcha Barwa bkg.
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  • CHINA, TIBET, Tsangpo Gorge. Young mother spins wool outside family's house in Kykar village.
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  • TIBET, Tsangpo Gorge, David Breashears fords rain- swollen side stream from Namche Barwa Glac., Himalaya
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  • CHINA, TIBET, Tsangpo Gorge. Villagers use yaks to drag logs for bulding construction in Kykar.
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  • CHINA, TIBET, Tsangpo Gorge. A hunter (poacher) from Kykar village who augments his income & larder shooting takin, musk deer & other wildlife.
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  • CHINA, TIBET, Tsangpo River Gorge. Boatman rows pilgrims to holy waterfall in one of earth's deepest canyons.
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  • CHINA, TIBET, Tsangpo River Gorge. Village children in Gyala.  Mt. Namcha Barwa bkg.
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  • CHINA, TIBET, Tsangpo River Gorge. Boatman rows pilgrims to holy waterfall in one of earth's deepest canyons.
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  • CHINA, TIBET, Tsangpo River Gorge. Boatman rows pilgrims to holy waterfall in one of earth's deepest canyons.
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  • CHINA, TIBET, Tsangpo Gorge. Villager uses yaks to drag logs for bulding construction in Kykar.
    TS 1048.jpg
  • CHINA, TIBET, Tsangpo Gorge. Tibetan Buddhist traveler prays at shrine by holy waterfall in one of earth's deepest canyons.
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  • CHINA, TIBET, Tsangpo Gorge.  Tibetan Buddhist lama on pilgrimage to sacred waterfall in this deep Himalayan canyon.
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  • CHINA, TIBET, Tsangpo Gorge. Villagers lunch on shared tsampa bread, chili pepper paste & salty tea.
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  • CHINA, TIBET, Tsangpo Gorge. A hunter (poacher) from Kykar village loads his venerable weapon to shoot takin or musk deer.
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  • CHINA, TIBET, Tsangpo Gorge. Tibetan Buddhist traveler prays at shrine by holy waterfall in one of earth's deepest canyons.
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  • CHINA, TIBET, Tsangpo River Gorge. Husband & wife at home in Trube village, near Kyikar.
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  • TIBET, Tsangpo Gorge, David Breashears scrambles on slick rocks in canyon under Namche Barwa, Himalays.
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  • TIBET, Tsangpo Gorge. Remnants of destroyed Himalayan monastery (Pemako- chung).
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  • TIBET, Tsangpo Gorge, Massif of Mt.Namcha Barwa, highest peak in eastern Himalaya (24,440').
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  • TIBET, Tsangpo Gorge. Sacred waterfall in one of earth's deepest canyons (Himalaya).
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  • CHINA, TIBET.  Menba villager eats lunch of roasted barley flour (tsampa) by home hearth in remote Payi, near mouth of Tsangpo River Gorge in eastern Himalaya.
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  • TIBET, Tsangpo Gorge, Massif of Mt.Namcha Barwa, highest peak in eastern Himalaya (24,440').
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  • CHINA, TIBET.  Menba villager eats lunch of roasted barley flour (tsampa) by home hearth in remote Payi, near mouth of Tsangpo River Gorge in eastern Himalaya.
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  • CHINA, TIBET, Tsangpo River Gorge. Trekkers approach village at upper end of one of earth's deepest canyons. 7,782m (25,531ft)  Namcha Barwa bkg.
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  • CHINA, TIBET, Tsangpo Gorge.  Tibetan Buddhist lama on pilgrimage to sacred waterfall in this deep Himalayan canyon.
    TS 1092.jpg
  • TIBET, Tsangpo Gorge, Trekker fords rain-swollen side stream from Namcha Barwa Glacier Himalaya
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  • CHINA, TIBET. Tsangpo River Gorge. Impenetrable jungle & cliffs at mouth of canyon between two 23,000+ foot Himalayan mountains.
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  • CHINA, TIBET, Tsangpo Gorge. Villagers lunch on shared tsampa bread, chili pepper paste & salty tea.
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  • TIBET, Tsangpo Gorge, Trekker & prayer flags under Mt.Namcha Barwa, highest mt. in eastern Himalaya(24,440')
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  • Explorer treads on slippery rocks in one of earth's deepest canyons.
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  • TIBET, CHINA. Village beside Yarlung Tsangpo River (called the Brahmaputra in India), just above Tsangpo Gorge in southeastern Tibet.
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  • CHINA, TIBET. Menba woman grinds corn at her house in remote Payi village, near mouth of Tsangpo Gorge in eastern Himalaya.
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  • TIBET, Tsangpo Gorge, Mount Namcha Barwa, highest peak in eastern Himalaya (24,440').
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  • TIBET, CHINA. Flowering fruit trees around village near Pe, beside Yarlung Tsangpo River at upper end of one of earth's deepest gorges.
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  • TIBET, CHINA. Flowering fruit trees around village near Pe, beside Yarlung Tsangpo River at upper end of one of earth's deepest gorges.
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  • TIBET, Himalaya. Yarlung Tsangpo River <br />
(Brahmaputra), below 25,446' Mt.Namcha Barwa in one of earth's deepest canyons.
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  • TIBET. Gnu-like takin (Budorcas taxicolor) after swimming in torrential rapid of Tibet's Yarlung Tsangpo River (Brahmaputra) in Tsangpo Gorge, one of earth's deepest canyons.
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  • TIBET. Goat-like takin climbing cliff above rapid in Yarlung Tsangpo River (Brahmaputra) in Tsangpo Gorge, one of earth's deepest canyons.
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  • TIBET. Gnats and flies swarm around young Takin (Budorcas taxicolor) beside Yarlung Tsangpo River (Brahmaputra) in Tsangpo Gorge, a deep Himalayan canyon.
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  • TIBET. Gnu-like takin (Budorcas taxicolor) swimming in torrential rapid of Tibet's Yarlung Tsangpo River (Brahmaputra) in Tsangpo Gorge, one of earth's deepest canyons.
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  • In a traditional ritual, a Tibetan offers a trekker barley beer (chang.)
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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. Menba woman from Payi village, near Tsangpo River Gorge in eastern Himalaya, chops fodder for her family's cattle.
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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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  • 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 upper Tsangpo River Gorge, now a doctor, rests during trek back to her isolated village home.
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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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  • TIBET, Yarlung Tsangpo River Gorge.  Takin (Budorcas taxicolor) walk through forest in the deep Himalayan canyon (this becomes Brahmaputra River).
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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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  • Tibet’s Tsangpo River (Brahmaputra) turns abruptly east after flowing north between two 23-000+ foot peaks in the Tsangpo Gorge, one of the world’s deepest canyons. In the foreground it merges with the Po Tsangpo River. Clouds hide Mount Namcha Barwa.
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  • Gordon Wiltsie photographs a vaillager crossing a cable bridge over the Po Tsangpo River in the Tsangpo Gorge of eastern Tibet, China, one of the world's deepest canyons.
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  • TIBET, Tsangpo Gorge. Yarlung Tsangpo River <br />
(Brahmaputra) flows below 7150m Mt. Gyala Peri in one of world's deepest canyons (Himalaya).
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  • Dense forest cling to cliffs at the bottom of Mount Gyala Pheri above the Tsangpo River Gorge in remote southeastern Tibet, China. (The Tsangpo River becomes the Brahmaputra after it crosses the Himalaya into India.) Many call this the deepest canyon on earth.
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  • TIBET, Tsangpo Gorge. Yarlung Tsangpo River <br />
(Brahmaputra) flows below 7150m Mt. Gyala Peri in one of world's deepest canyons (Himalaya).
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  • Tibet’s Yarlung Tsangpo River flows through the most impenetrable part of the Tsangpo Gorge between two 23,000+ foot Himalayan mountains. This is one of the world’s deepest canyons.
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  • A villager crosses a cable bridge over the Po Tsangpo River in the Tsangpo Gorge of eastern Tibet, China, one of the world's deepest canyons.
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  • The ridge lines of Namcha Barwa (back) & Gyala Peri (right) embrace the dramatically winding Yarlung Tsangpo (Brahmaputra) River as it winds through the Tsangpo Gorge, one of the world’s deepest canyons.
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  • The Yarlung Tsangpo River carves through the narrowest section of the in the Tsangpo Gorge of eastern Tibet, China, one of the world's deepest canyons.
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  • The Yarlung Tsangpo River (Brahmaputra) turns south after cutting through the Himalaya in the almost impenetrable Tsangpo Gorge of remote southeastern Tibet, China. This is one of the world’s deepest canyons.
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  • Gordon Wiltsie in the Tsangpo River Gorge, one of the deepest canyons in the world, in the Himalaya of eastern Tibet, China.
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  • A Memba matriarch plays with her grandson’s puppy at their farm in Bayi village in the Tsangpo River Gorge, one of the deepest canyons in the world, in the Himalaya of eastern Tibet, China.
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  • Dense forests grow on the lower slopes of Mount Gyala Pheri above the Tsangpo River Gorge (upper Brahmaputra) in remote eastern Tibet, China. Some call this the deepest canyon on earth.
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  • CHINA, TIBET.  Young father & son, reading at home in Pe village, near Tsangpo River Gorge.
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  • Porters carry loads for a National Geographic expedition into the Tsangpo River Gorge, one of the deepest canyons in the world, in the Himalaya of eastern Tibet, China.  The lower reaches of the canyon are dense subtropical rain forest.
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  • Memba womenin wash potatoes in Bayi village at the downstream end of the Tsangpo River Gorge, one of the deepest canyons in the world, in the Himalaya of eastern Tibet, China.
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  • CHINA, TIBET.  Young father & son, reading at home in Pe village, near Tsangpo River Gorge.
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  • A villager pulls himself across a cable bridge in the Tsangpo Gorge of eastern Tibet, China, one of the world's deepest canyons.
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  • Himalayan trekkers walk through downed subtropical hardwoods lay in a newly cleared plot that will later be used for subsistence farming in the Tsangpo River Gorge of remote southeastern Tibet, China. The wood may be used for local home contruction; it is too far from a road to export.
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  • A Memba family shows off their ox at their farm in the Tsangpo River Gorge, one of the deepest canyons in the world, in the Himalaya of eastern Tibet, China.
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  • Downed subtropical hardwoods lay in a newly cleared plot that will later be used for subsistence farming in the Tsangpo River Gorge of remote southeastern Tibet, China. The wood may be used for local home contruction; it is too far from a road to export.
    TS 3552.jpg
  • Fruit trees bloom around Kyikar Village, nestled in the Himalaya just above the Tsangpo River Gorge in remote southeastern Tibet, China,
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  • 24,440-foot Namcha Barwa, highest mountain in eastern Himalaya, towers above the Tsangpo River Gorge in remote southeastern Tibet, China.
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  • TIBET, Tsangpo Gorge. David Breashears in jungle below Mt.Namche Barwa in one of earth's deepest canyons.
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  • TIBET, Tsangpo Gorge. David Breashears in jungle below Mt.Namche Barwa in one of earth's deepest canyons.
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  • A Memba matriarch plays with her grandson’s puppy at their farm in Bayi village in the Tsangpo River Gorge, one of the deepest canyons in the world, in the Himalaya of eastern Tibet, China.
    TS 3391.jpg
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