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  • Sherpa elder Kunchok Chombi relaxes by a window in a house in Namche Bazaar, Khumbu region, Nepal.
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  • Sherpa elder Kunchok Chombi drinks yak butter tea by a window in a house in Namche Bazaar, the biggest town in Nepal's Khumbu region.
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  • Sherpa elder Kunchok Chombi relaxes by a window in a house in Namche Bazaar, Khumbu region, Nepal.
    KF 0636.jpg
  • Sherpa elder Kunchok Chombi drinks yak butter tea by a window in a house in Namche Bazaar, the biggest town in Nepal's Khumbu region.
    KF 0632.jpg
  • Sherpa elder Kunchok Chombi relaxes by a window in a house in Namche Bazaar, Khumbu region, Nepal.
    KF 0636.jpg
  • Sherpa elder Kunchok Chombi drinks yak butter tea by a window in a house in Namche Bazaar, the biggest town in Nepal's Khumbu region.
    KF 0632.jpg
  • Apitak Iqaqrialu, an Inuit elder, sits on frozen tundra north of the Arctic Circle on Baffin Island, Nunavut, Canada.
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  • BAFFIN ISLAND, Nunavut, Canada.  Apitak Iqaqrialu, an Inuit clan elder of Clyde River, drives his snowmobile, wearing traditional caribou parka.
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  • MONGOLIA. A clan elder (carrying ceremonial, fermented mare's milk) leads young, costumed  winners - some who have ridden bareback- after a 20km race at a traditional naadam festival on a remote pass in Arbulag Sum, near Muren in Hovsgol Aimag, Mongolia. The medals on the horses are from earlier races and are a source of great family pride.
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  • A clan elder (who is singing) leads young, costumed  winners of a 20km horseback raceat a traditional naadam festival on a remote pass near Muren, Mongolia. Many of the youngsters rode barefoot and bareback to save weight.
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  • HIMALAYA, NEPAL. Sherpa elder Dawa Tenzing, (1907-1985), veteran of 1924 Mallory/Irvine expedition & first Nepal-side Everest expeditions. (1980 photo).
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  • BAFFIN ISLAND, Nunavut, Canada. Inuit elder Apitak Iqaqrialu - born & raised before modern era - rests on his snowmobile during long wilderness journey.
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  • HIMALAYA, NEPAL. Sherpa elder Dawa Tenzing, (1907-1985), veteran of 1924 Mallory/Irvine expedition & first Nepal-side Everest expeditions. (1980 photo).
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  • A clan elder presents prizes after a traditional naadam festival on a remote pass near Muren, Mongolia.
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  • Uygar men carry wood products on a donkey cart to the bazaar in Kashgar (Kashi), a city on the ancient Silk Road in Xinjiang, China.
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  • A proud father displays a plaque won by his costumed son, who rode bareback and barefoot in a 20km race at a traditional naadam festival near Muren, Mongolia. Victories in these competitions are a source of great family pride. (The medal on the horse is from an earlier race).
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  • A father gives his costumed son a sip of ceremonial, fermented mare's milk after he rode to victory in a 20km race at a traditional naadam festival on a remote pass near Muren, Mongolia. A victory in these competitions brings great family pride and to increase his odds, the boy rode barefoot and bareback.
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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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  • An elderly man and his dog look at Gibbon Falls in Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming.
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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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  • An elderly Sherpa woman turns a huge prayer wheel at a small temple in Namche Bazaar, the leading town for the  Sherpa culture in Nepal.
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  • An elderly Chilean huaso (cowboy) relaxes by a road near Cochrane, in Patagonia.
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  • An elderly Nepali woman carries a load of tree leaves to feed her animals, creating deforestation in order to survive.
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  • Iceplant (Carpobrotus edulis)  blooms along the Pacific Ocean at Bean Hollow State Beach near Pescadero, California.  This invasive species has taken over the biomass of many parts of the California coast.
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  • Iceplant (Carpobrotus edulis)  blooms along the Pacific Ocean at Bean Hollow State Beach near Pescadero, California.  This invasive species has taken over the biomass of many parts of the California coast.
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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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  • A Uygur villagers steers his horse cart down a rugged road on the edge of the Taklimakan Desert near Kashagar (Kashi) in Xinjiang Province, China.
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  • Inuit hunter & kayak maker, Peter Paniloo wears traditional caribou parka, Pond Inlet, Baffin Island, Nunavut, Canada.
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  • Norman and Carolyn Muegge Vaughan look back in triumph and exhaustion after they made the first ascent of Mount Vaughan in Antarctica, 2 days shy of Norman's 89th birthday.
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  • 88-year old Norman Vaughan and his wife Carolyn wait out a storm during their first ascent of Mount Vaughan, which was named after Norman for his service with Richard Byrd in 1929.
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  • A Sherpa elder in Pangboche, in the Khumbu region of Nepal. 1979
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  • A Sherpa elder in Thame village in the Khumbu region of the Nepal. 1979
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  • A Sherpa elder repairs a leather pack bag In the Khumbu region of Nepal.
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  • A Sherpa elder at the weekly market at Namche Bazar, Khumbu Region, Nepal. 1980
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  • Village elder in Manang with gold teeth from Bangkok wearing typical Tibetan coral beads.
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  • MONGOLIA, Darhad Valley.  Nomadic elder with his traditional pipe.
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  • Sherpa elder Kunchok Chombi, a veteran of Hillary's l 1952  Everest expedition, sits by a window in a house in Namche Bazaar, the biggest town in Nepal's Khumbu region.
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  • A village elder rests beside the trail in the Kali Gandaki Valley, Nepal.
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  • A Muslim village elder from Suru Valley, (Baltistan) India.
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  • MONGOLIA, Elder sisters in a nomadic family pose in their best dels (robes) in their ger.  Bayar is on the right, Ayush on the left.
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  • Uyghur elders chat outsidea mosque in Kashgar, Xinjiang Province, 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 Sherpa guide helps an elderly trekker over the 5420m Cho La pass in the Khumbu region of Nepal. 1980
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  • A Sherpa guide helps an elderly trekker over the 5420m Cho La pass in the Khumbu region of Nepal. 1980
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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
  • MONGOLIA, Darhad Valley. Elderly woman checks on her cattle as her family moves from the valley into higher, forested  hillsides for the winter.
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  • MONGOLIA, Darhad Valley. Elderly herding women with new glasses from the USA donated by BioRegions International.
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  • An elderly Tibetan Buddhist monk chants outside a temple in Kathmandu, Nepal.
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  • Family members lay one of the elders onto a funeral ghat by the Bagmati River at  Pashupatinath Temple in Kathmandu, Nepal, 1986.
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  • An elderly Uygur man walks a wooded lane near Kashgar (Kashi), a town on the ancient Silk Road in Xinjiang, China.  His hat identifies him as a Muslim and perhaps because of that the Uygur people are widely oppressed in China - almost to the extent of the Tibetans.
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  • Elderly Buddhist women in Shigatse, with once-banned prayer wheel & rosar.
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  • An elderly Inuit hunter relaxes, bathed in midnight sun.
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  • NEPAL, HIMALAYA. An elderly Tibetan Buddhist couple with prayer wheel, rosaries & tourquoise & coral jewelry stands by a trail in the Manang Valley.
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