Ian Cumming: Nepal Trek Photos

Photo's from Ian's trek in Nepal, October-November 1997

Here are 92 photos from the trek that Ian Cumming took in the Khumbu region of Nepal in October/November 1997. He was accompanied by 3 friends from Vancouver and a group of 8 from Holland. Our trek was organized by SponsorTrek in Holland, a great group of people who combine visits and donations to local Nepalese health posts with your trek. Our trekking agency was Iceland Trekking in Kathmandu, run by the affable and capable Tendy Sherpa.

To see each photo, click on the title in the first column below, then return to the index using your browser's "Back" button. Some of the first photo's have "forward" and "back" buttons to navigate through the photo album.

#	TITLE (to click on)	File name	Date
1	Map of the trek	total_trek	Oct 16
2	Kids on elephant, Bhaktapur	kidsonelephant	Oct 13
3	View over Bhaktapur	bhaktapur	Oct 13
4	Monkey Temple, Kathmandu	monkeytemple	Oct 14
5	4 Canadians in a restaurant	4_canucks	Oct 15
6	Modern wiring in Kathmandu	jumble	Oct 16
7	The village and bridge at Shivalaya	shivalaya	Oct 17
8	Stupa by Tendy's gompa, Bhandar	stupabandar	Oct 18
9	View north from Golega ridge	golega1	Oct 19
10	Tibetan shepherd	shepherd	Oct 20
11	A young yak	wee_yak	Oct 20
12	Lodge at Junbesi	junbesi_lodge	Oct 21
13	Breakfast in Junbesi lodge	junbesi_dinner	Oct 21
14	Woman and child	woman_child	Oct 22
15	Reading a mani wall in Pangkongma	read_mani	Oct 23
16	Bad weather on Zatara Danda	tents_in_snow	Oct 24
17	Mera Peak	merapeak	Oct 25
18	Snow everywhere	snowy1	Oct 25
19	Turned back because of snow	groupturnsback	Oct 25
20	Kids on the trail above Kharikhola	kids1	Oct 26
21	On the trail near Khari La	trail2	Oct 26
22	Group photo at Khari La	group1	Oct 26
23	Typical lunch stop	lunchBnA	Oct 26
24	Woman drying grain near Lukla	woman_grain	Oct 27
25	Yaks crossing a small bridge	yaks_bridge	Oct 27
26	A new bridge over the Dudh Kosi	new_bridge	Oct 28
27	Entering the Everest National Park	park1_entr	Oct 28
28	Ama Dablam mountain	amadablam1	Oct 28
29	Jim seeing Mt. Everest	jim_everest	Oct 29
30	Sanasa market	sanasa_market	Oct 29
31	View south from Sanasa	sanasa_view	Oct 29
32	Water-powered prayer wheel	prayer_wheel	Oct 29
33	The Tengboche Monastery	teng_monast	Oct 29
34	Buddha in the Tengboche Monastery.	buddha1	Oct 29
35	Camp at Tengboche Monastery	teng_camp	Oct 30
36	Supermarket at Tengboche Monastery	teng_super	Oct 30
37	View of Everest at sundown from Deboche	yak_deboche	Oct 30
38	Goats near the trail	goats	Oct 31
39	Richard and Jim by old stupa	stupa2	Oct 31
40	Fields and river near Pangboche	fields	Oct 31
41	New school at Dingpoche	ding_school	Oct 31
42	"Penthouse" lodge in Dingpoche	penthouse	Nov 1
43	Lhotse mountain	lhotse1	Nov 1
44	Makalu	makalu	Nov 2
45	On the trail above Dingpoche	trail1	Nov 2
46	Jim & Richard on the trail	jim_richard	Nov 2
47	Yak carrying our duffles	tak_duffel	Nov 2
48	The four Canadians	all4	Nov 2
49	Everest from Gorak Shep	everest4	Nov 3
50	Everest from Kala Pattar	south_col	Nov 3
51	Nuptse at sunset	nuptse_sunset	Nov 3
52	Sunset on Everest	sunset2	Nov 3
53	Last rays on Mt. Everest	everest_sunset	Nov 3
54	Kala Pattar panorama	ever3p	Nov 3
55	Mandala in Pangboche Gompa	mandala	Nov 5
56	Ama Dablam	amadablam3	Nov 5
57	Chukhung Ri	chukhung_ri	Nov 5
58	Tengboche Monastery from across valley	tengboche1	Nov 5
59	Jim on the trail above Phortse	jim_trail	Nov 5
60	Phortse village	phortse	Nov 5
61	Sanasa guest lodge	sanasa_lodge	Nov 6
62	Village of Khumjung	village2	Nov 6
63	Kids at Khumjung	kids3	Nov 6
64	Long mani wall in Khumjung	long_mani	Nov 6
65	The Everest View Hotel	ever_view_lodge	Nov 6
66	View from the Everest View Hotel	everest_view	Nov 6
67	Fuel drying on a wall	fuel_drying	Nov 6
68	Namche Bazaar from above	namche	Nov 6
69	The Ama Dablam Lodge in Namche	namche_lodge	Nov 6
70	The bazaar at Namche	the_bazaar	Nov 6
71	The trail from Namche down to the river	namche_trail	Nov 6
72	Entrance to the Sagarmatha National Park	park_entrance	Nov 6
73	Our cook making supper	cooking	Nov 6
74	Playing cards in tent	play_cards	Nov 6
75	Tying the loads on our yaks	loading_yak	Nov 6
76	Showing our GPS receiver to kids	jim_gps	Nov 7
77	A butcher on the trail	butcher	Nov 7
78	Street scene in Lukla	lukla_street	Nov 7
79	Adding up the porter's bills	accounting	Nov 7
80	End-of-trek party	party_time	Nov 7
81	Our Lukla-Kathmandu transportation	helicopter	Nov 8
82	The giant stupa, Boudhanath	boudhanath	Nov 10
83	The ghats at Pashupatinath	ghats	Nov 10
84	Saying goodbye at Tribhuvan Airport	airport_goodbye	Nov 11
85	Delhi attraction	snake_charmer	Nov 12
86	Qutb Minar with schoolkids	qutb_minar	Nov 12
87	Courtyard the Jama Masjid	jama_masjid1	Nov 13
88	Doorway of the Jama Masjid	jama_masjid2	Nov 13
89	A sleepy fruit vendor	fruit_vendor	Nov 13
90	Door in Old Delhi	delhi_door	Nov 13
91	Ian at the Taj Mahal	taj1	Nov 15
92	Uppi's family in New Delhi	dilly	Nov 16

Some of the photos above were taken by Jan van der Hoek. They are the ones with the file names shown in green.

If you are going to trek above 4000m, be sure to take altitude sickness VERY seriously. I recommend stopping at Pheriche or Manang to attend the 3pm lecture by the Himalayan Rescue Association. Also see the High Altitude Medicine Guide.

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