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  • NEPAL, HIMALAYA.  Sherpa porter & yak driver with dzos (yak/cattle crossbreeds) carrying trekking gear up trail to Mount Everest Base Camp.
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  • A trekking porter carries firewood into Annapurna Sanctuary, Nepal.
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  • A trekking porter carries firewood into Annapurna Sanctuary, Nepal.
    AA 1016.jpg
  • NEPAL, HIMALAYA.  A porter walks through Ghandrung village, under 7219-meter Annapurna South.
    AA 0403.jpg
  • A Nepali porter rests beside the heavy basket he is carrying for trekkers en route to the khumbu region of the Himalaya.
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  • NEPAL, HIMALAYA. Expedition porters trek through lowland rain forests towards Mount Everest Base Camp during monsoon rains in August.
    L 0220.jpg
  • Sherpas women (Sherpanis) shop for apples from lowland people who have carried big loads for several days to the weekly Saturday market in Namche Bazaar, the leading Sherpa town of Nepal's Himalaya.
    S 0427.jpg
  • Hindu men from Nepal's lower hills rest after selling basketfuls of goods they have carried up to the weekly Saturday market in Namche Bazaar, the Himalaya's leading Sherpa town.
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  • A cow tries to graze at the weekly Saturday market in Namche Bazaar, the leading Sherpa town of Nepal's Himalaya. Most people pictured have carried big loads for several days up from the lowlands (probably also the source of the cow.)
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  • Goats wait to be purchased at the weekly Saturday market in Namche Bazaar, the leading Sherpa town of Nepal's Himalaya. Most people pictured have carried big loads for several days up from the lowlands (probably also the source of the goats.)
    S 0708.jpg
  • Sherpas women (Sherpanis) shop for supplies from lowland people who have carried big loads for several days to the weekly Saturday market in Namche Bazaar, the leading Sherpa town of Nepal's Himalaya.
    S 0705.jpg
  • Lowland Nepalis relax as they wait for Sherpa customers to buy goods they have carried for several days to the Saturday market at Namche Bazaar in Nepal's Himalaya.
    S 0428.jpg
  • A young lowland Hindu woman rests after carrying a basketful of goods to the weekly Saturday market in Namche Bazaar, the leading Sherpa town of Nepal's Himalaya.  Behind her is a huge mani stone carved with Tibetan Buddhist prayers.
    KF 0802.jpg
  • A young lowland Hindu woman and fellow merchants wait for buyers after carrying baskets full of goods to the weekly Saturday market in Namche Bazaar, the leading Sherpa town of Nepal's Himalaya.
    KF 0725.jpg
  • Local Sherpas bargain with lowland people who have carried big loads for several days to the weekly Saturday market in Namche Bazaar, the leading Sherpa town of Nepal's Himalaya. Although most Sherpas are Tibetan Buddhists and most lowlander are Hindu, this is not a source of conflict.
    KF 0702.jpg
  • Lowland Nepalis relax as they wait for Sherpa customers to buy goods they have carried for several days to the Saturday market at Namche Bazaar in Nepal's Himalaya.
    S 0710.jpg
  • 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
  • Pioneering Himalayn pilot Emil Wick stands beside the airstrip at Lukla In the Khumbu region of Nepal.
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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
  • A young lowland Hindu boy rests after carrying a basketful of goods to the weekly Saturday market in Namche Bazaar, the leading Sherpa town of Nepal's Himalaya.
    KF 0758.jpg
  • Pioneering Himalayn pilot Emil Wick stands beside the airstrip at Lukla In the Khumbu region of Nepal.
    IP 0113.jpg
  • Neudona, a Sherpa woman (Sherpani) carries loads for trekkers en route to Nepal's remote Hinku Valley.
    KB 2204.jpg
  • A tired porter stretches after carrying a big load to the weekly Saturday market in Namche Bazaar, the leading Sherpa town of Nepal's Himalaya. Mount Thamserku towers in the background.
    KF 0814.jpg
  • Porters cross a suspension bridge over the Po Tsangpo River in eastern Tibet.
    TS 3044.jpg
  • Porters cross a suspension bridge over the Po Tsangpo River in eastern Tibet.
    TS 3044.jpg
  • Sherpas and porters set up a camp for trekkers at Dzongla Meadows, under the North Face of Cholatse, a peak near Mount Everest in Nepal.
    SC 0133.jpg
  • NEPAL, HIMALAYA. Porters carry house beams to village in Khumbu, a cause of deforestation of Sherpa homeland & Sagarmatha National Park.  Mt. Thamserku bkg.
    K 2406.jpg
  • NEPAL, HIMALAYA.  Trekkers & porters at entrance station to Sagarmatha (Mount Everest) National Park in Jorsale village.
    K 0210.jpg
  • Kashmiri porters carry a wealthy Hindu woman in a sedan chair during a 5-day Himalayan pilgrimage to worship Shiva at Amarnath Cave.
    AY 0902.jpg
  • Porters for a trekking group descend the Thorang La pass, with Annapurna II & Gangapurna in the bkg. , Nepal Himalaya.
    AA 3004.jpg
  • Women carry mattresses in Kathmandu, Nepal,
    KT 1810.jpg
  • A Sherpa yak driver carries 3-year old Ben Wiltsie up the Everest Base Camp trail in Nepal.  Mount Kangtega looms behind.
    KF 1031.jpg
  • Sherpa women (Sherpanis) carry big loads for trekkers en route to Mount Everest Base Camp in Nepal's Himalaya.
    KF 0743.jpg
  • Women carry mattresses in Kathmandu, Nepal,
    KT 1811.jpg
  • A trekker and her porter rest besdie the trail  in the Khumbu region of Nepal.
    IP 0307.jpg
  • Meredith Wiltsie and Tibetan porter Tsering relax atop 17,769-foot Thorang La pass north of Annapurna in Nepal.
    AN 2414.jpg
  • A Nepali porter balances an awkward load during the monsoon in the foothills, 1980
    L 0216.jpg
  • A Pilateus Porter STOL plaee at Sangboche airstrip in the Khumbu region of Nepal. 1980
    KB 0425.jpg
  • Sherpani porter crossing Imja Khole Valley, Nepal
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  • Sherpa Sirdar Karma Sherpa watches over as a porter loads on an Annapurna trek
    AN 8916.jpg
  • Nepali porter tallies his wages beside the trail.
    AN 7419.jpg
  • A porter carries loads for trekkers crossing Ghorepani Pass on the around Annapurna trek, Nepal.
    AN 7612.jpg
  • Himalayan porter shows badly frostbitten hands after crossing high Nepal Pass.
    AN 6505.jpg
  • A barefoot porter carries his load across a snowy section of the trek around Annapurna in Nepal.
    AN 5106.jpg
  • A trekking porter crosse A log bridge over the  Marsyandi River inthe Manang Valley north of Annapurna in Nepal.
    AN 5019.jpg
  • A porter hikes through rice paddies on the still-unfinished trail around Annapurna in Nepal.
    AN 3208.jpg
  • A porter carries loads for trekkers in Nepal
    AA 0520.jpg
  • TIBET, Tsangpo Gorge, Porter descends treacherous hillside enroute deep into this Himalayan canyon.
    TS 1587.jpg
  • HIMALAYA, NEPAL. Trekker & porter in jungles on Lamjura Pass, enroute to Khumbu (Everest) region.
    L 0151.jpg
  • A Sherpa porter carries camp chairs for trekkers in the Khumbu region of Nepal. 1979
    K 1510.jpg
  • A trekking porter hikes througn a meadow below mount Ama Dablam in the Khumbu region of Nepal, considered one of the most beautiful mountains in the world.
    S 1714.jpg
  • Porter with expedition load, Nepal
    AN 7616.jpg
  • Nepali porter tallies his wages beside the trail.
    AN 7420.jpg
  • A trekking porter in the Manang Valley north of Annapurna in Nepal.
    AN 5013.jpg
  • 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.
    TS 2923.jpg
  • TIBET, Tsangpo Gorge, Porters enjoy fire that keeps leopards at bay in this deep Himalayan canyon.
    TS 1113.jpg
  • Expedition porters sort out loads at the beginning of a day en route to the Khumbu region of Nepal, 1980
    L 0366.jpg
  • Porters carry loads for an expedition in Nepal, 1980.
    L 0121.jpg
  • Expedition porters wait to carry loads during the monsoon in Nepal, 1980.
    L 0085.jpg
  • Nepali porters carry loads during a monsoon shower, 1980
    L 0080.jpg
  • Villagers in Lamosangu, Nepal, wait to be hired as expedition porters, 1980
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  • Trekking porters prepare to start the day in Nepal.  1980
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  • Porters cross a locally made bridge in the Khumbu region of Nepal.
    IP 03111.jpg
  • Sherpa porters looking down into Gokyo Valley, from Changri La (Pass) Ngozumpa Glacier, Khumbu, Nepal.
    S 2207.jpg
  • Trekking porters play a coin game in Nepal
    AN 7709.jpg
  • A line of porters carry loads for trekkers crossing 17,769' Thorang La pass during a trek around Annapurna in Nepal.
    AN 5720.jpg
  • A line of porters carry loads for trekkers crossing 17,769' Thorang La pass during a trek around Annapurna in Nepal.
    AN 5719.jpg
  • A line of porters carry loads for trekkers crossing 17,769' Thorang La pass during a trek around Annapurna in Nepal.
    AN 5715.jpg
  • Barefoot porters adjust their loads on a snowy section of the trek around Annapurna in Nepal.
    AN 5104.jpg
  • Men in Dumre, Nepal await jobs as porters for trekkering hiking around Annapurna.
    AN 4502.jpg
  • Men in Dumre, Nepal await jobs as porters for trekkering hiking around Annapurna.
    AN 4501.jpg
  • Trekking porters ascend a trail in the Kali Gandaki Valley, Nepal.
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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.
    TS 3407.jpg
  • 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.
    TS 2543.jpg
  • TIBET, Tsangpo Gorge, Porters examine leopard-kill monkey that saves expedition from hunger.
    TS 2534.jpg
  • TIBET, CHINA. Tsangpo River Gorge, David Breashears wakes to rain in Himalayan cave below Mt.Namche Barwa (porters bkg).
    TS 1542.jpg
  • TIBET, Tsangpo Gorge, Porters on rugged trail into one of earth's deepest gorges.
    TS 1136.jpg
  • TIBET, Tsangpo Gorge, Porters enjoy fire that keeps leopards at bay in this deep Himalayan canyon.
    TS 1113.jpg
  • TIBET, Tsangpo Gorge, David Breashears tries to convince local porters to enter deep Himalayan canyon.
    TS 1103.jpg
  • Tamang villagers load baskets they will carry as porters in the foothills of the Nepal Himalaya.
    LT 0108.jpg
  • Expedition porters awai payday, en route to the Khumbu Region of Nepal, 1980
    L 0238.jpg
  • Expedition porters cross a bridge in the the monsoon, enroute to the Khumbu Region of Nepal, 1980
    L 0231.jpg
  • Expedition porters trek through the monsoon, enroute to the Khumbu Region of Nepal, 1980
    L 0223.jpg
  • Expedition porters trek through the monsoon, enroute to the Khumbu Region of Nepal, 1980
    L 0221.jpg
  • Expedition porters trek through the monsoon, enroute to the Khumbu Region of Nepal, 1980
    L 0218.jpg
  • Porters carry trade goods through a village in lowland Nepal, 1980.
    L 0065.jpg
  • Trekking porters relax in a teahouse  in Nepal
    AN 7905.jpg
  • Nepalese porters taking a smoke break on the trekking trail.
    AN 7615.jpg
  • Porters with loads of wire for Marpha hydro-electric project in the Kali Gandaki Gorge, Nepal.
    AN 7414.jpg
  • A line of porters carry loads for trekkers crossing 17,769' Thorang La pass during a trek around Annapurna in Nepal.
    AN 5718.jpg
  • Porters carry loads for trekkers hiking  around Annapurna in Nepal.
    AN 5209.jpg
  • Porters carry loads for trekkers hiking  around Annapurna in Nepal.
    AN 5208.jpg
  • Trekking porters below Annapurna Sanctuary, Nepal
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  • Trekking porters in Annapurna Sanctuary, Nepal
    AA 1020.jpg
  • Tibetan porters carry loads for an expedition into the dense forests of the Tsangpo River Gorge in remote southeastern Tibet, China.
    TS 3449.jpg
  • 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.
    TS 1598.jpg
  • TIBET, Tsangpo Gorge, David Breashears wakes to rain in Himalayan cave below Mt.Namche Barwa(porters bkg
    TS 1544.jpg
  • TIBET, Tsangpo Gorge, David Breashears wakes to rain in Himalayan cave below Mt.Namche Barwa(porters bkg)
    TS 1530.jpg
  • TIBET, Tsangpo Gorge, Porters scramble over rugged route through this deep Himalayan canyon.
    TS 1308.jpg
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