Many readers of “the house” come here from Facebook. If that’s you, you might have already seen some of the photos I put up there. But for many more readers, Facebook is not the gateway. So I thought I post a handful of photos from the trip.
Tea house at a mountain pass.
I mention in the post, From Manang, that we took a day hike to visit a mountain mystic, a Lama. Here are three images from that visit.
Outside the lama’s mountain gumpa.The Lama.View across the valley.
I write about the snow, the high camp and the Lorong La, in the last two posts, Thorong High Camp, and Thorong La.
Ponies in the snow at high camp.Ram, our guide, and the morning approach to Lorong La.Uphill slog.Water break, Scott and Tim.The team on the world’s highest mountain pass, 17, 700 feet. Tim, our porters LaLi and Santos, our guide Ram, me, Scott.
As always, thanks for stopping and reading–or in this case, looking.
With an undergraduate degree in Religion and Philosophy, complimented with graduate work in the History of Ideas, Doug has spent his life chasing some of life’s big questions. As a result he has delved deeply into wisdom traditions both ancient and modern, including the philosophical schools of Existentialism, Pragmatism, and Stoicism; he has also explored several of the Eastern traditions, principally Zen Buddhism and Taoism. Admittedly, he is no expert on anything, being a simple pilgrim.
Thanks for stopping in and commenting. I’ve visited both mountain ranges and find a surprising difference. Accessibility, surrounding cultures, development and so forth make for an interesting comparison. It’s been a few years, but just in general I’d have to say my visits to Patagonia offered a more remote experience and my visits to the Himalayas offered a more diverse experience. Regards, d.
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