Along the Way

(You should see Nepal!)

This page includes photos from a couple of treks in 1981 and 1988. The dog is Namche, an Irish Wolfhound, a breed probably never seen before in Nepal. She provoked a lot of guesses as to what species she might belong to; the most common was "goat."

Tourist stopping for tea on the Everest Trail, an hour above Lamosangu

Rice field, early on the Everest Trail

Young porters, probably on their first Everest trail gig

Empty teahouse

Meanwhile, at the other end of town, a wedding celebration

Hillside farm

Meadow above Changma/Bandar

Woman descending from Lamjura Pass toward Jumbesi

Hillside just east of Jumbesi

Booking office next to Lukla airstrip

Arriving at the bridge below Namche, fit after a 10-day hike from Lamosangu

Namche Bazar, gateway to Everest National Park

Namche at Namche

Above and below: Teaching Sherpanis a new stitch

See? It's easy!

Haat Bazaar (weekly market) at Namche

Above and below: Tourist in Namche Bazar, struggling to find Tibetan boots large enough for her Western feet

Sherpani and child, at Syangboche

Looking down on Namche Bazar

Namche on the ridge above Namche Bazar

Seth and Namche, his Irish Wolfhound, on a knoll above Syangboche

The pass between Syangboche and Khumjung

Dzo (half yak) on trail near Syangboche

Plowing field in Khumjung

Digging up cached potatoes in Khumjung

Puja (ritual) on the lower slopes of Khumbila, the sacred mountain above Khumjung

Above and below: water delivery system above Khumjung, set up by Ed Hillary

Khumjung

Yak drivers, passing through Khumjung

Kantega (left) and Tamserku (right), from Khumjung

Trailside Mani stones near Khumjung

Chorten on the trail between Namche and Tengboche

Preparing for the Mani Rimdu festival at Tengboche

At Tengboche for Mani Rimdu festival

The late Abbot of Tengboche Monastery, Ngawang Tenzing Jangpo

Blessings from His Holiness

Mani Rimdu festival, Tengboche

Mani Rimdu dancer

Spectators at Mani Rimdu, Tengboche

Monks on trail from Pangboche to Tengboche

Kids on the trail near Pangboche

Drying yak dung for fuel in Pangboche

Monk at Pangboche gompa, holding so-called yeti scalp

Drying yak dung for fuel in Pangboche

Tourist relaxing on the ridge between Pheriche and Dingboche, with the western wing of Ama Dablam rising behind

Cairns above Duglha

Trekker approaching Lobuche

Can someone remind us where this is? Probably above Lobuche

The late Igor Gamow at Pheriche with his portable hyperbaric chamber, designed for the treatment of high altitude sickness

Climbers at Pheriche tea house

Pheriche valley

Evacuation helicopter at Pheriche

Looking south down Dudh Kosi from ridge above Pheriche

Seth perched on ridge above Pheriche; photo by Peter Hackett, Himalayan Rescue Association doctor, subsequent Everest summiteer

View from Pheriche ridge

Above and below: Taboche, above Pheriche valley

Above and below: Namche, at Kala Pattar

Seth at Kala Pattar, with Pumori in the background

Pumori and other peaks in Everest cirque

Khumbu glacier, Nuptse on left and Makalu on right

Khumbu glacier

Seracs on Khumbu glacier

Above and below: Mushrooms on Khumbu glacier

At the western foot of Everest

Everest Base Camp

Stacy Allison, she became the first successful American female to summit Everest

Above and below: Everest (with plume) and Nuptse