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2012-11: Trekking in the Khumbu (public)

Those are pictures from flying from Kathmandu into Lukla, and hiking up to Gokyo. And the return. Glacier / caving pictures are in their own gallery: http://pics.ochel.net/Caving/2012-11-Ngozumpa-Glacier/27350761_MM9j8J
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Corrals for herding yaks.
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Corrals for herding yaks.

  • Corrals for herding yaks.
  • Note the waterfall above that (used to) feed(s) the prayer wheel.
  • More prayer wheels.
  • Building a new home.
  • Firewood.
  • Cell phone reception everywhere in the Khumbu. (Well, at least along the trekking routes.)
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  • On the way to Machermo.
  • Machermo.
  • The Machermo Rescue Post, run by UK volunteers.
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  • Organized tourist trekking. Paying extra for staying in tents instead of lodges?
  • The yak that chased Jason and Pati across the yard. ;-)
  • Throwing stones to drive the yak off.
  • Solar cooking.
  • At the terminal moraine of the Ngozumpa glacier.
  • Back in Lukla.
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