Kathmandu to Ghunsa

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Kangchenjunga 01 01 Kathmandu Boudhanath Long View Boudhanath is the largest stupa in Nepal and one of the largest in the world. With three square tiers surrounding the central circle of the dome, Boudhanath is…
Kangchenjunga 01 02 Kathmandu Boudhanath Statue Around the base of the Kathmandu’s Boudhanath Stupa’s circular mound are 108 niches, each containing the Dhyani Buddha Akshobhya, with a decidedly Hindu…
Kangchenjunga 01 03 Kathmandu Mountain Flight Boarding Buddha Air Jerome, alias Big Nose, Danger Dangles and the Zig-Zagger prepare to board Buddha Air for the mountain flight from Kathmandu’s domestic airport in October 2004.
Kangchenjunga 01 04 Mountain Flight Shishapangma Long View
Kangchenjunga 01 05 Mountain Flight Shishapangma Close Up
Kangchenjunga 01 06 Mountain Flight Cho Oyu
Kangchenjunga 01 07 Mountain Flight Makalu West Face
Kangchenjunga 01 08 Mountain Flight Everest and Lhotse
Kangchenjunga 02 01 Stuck On Drive To Basantpur In the afternoon, we took a 40-minute Buddha Air flight to Biratnagar, Nepal’s second largest city, on the flat Terai. The next day our Royal Nepal flight to…
Kangchenjunga 02 02 Makalu South Face From Basantpur
Kangchenjunga 02 03 Relaxing in our lodge in Mitlung
Kangchenjunga 02 04 Log Bridge on the way to Chirwa The next day, we trekked from Mitlung (880m) to Sakathum (1640m) in just over seven hours, ascending only 760m. The morning is perfectly clear after yesterday…
Kangchenjunga 02 05 Typical Nepalese Terraced Village Near Chirwa A typical Nepalese terraced small village shines in the morning sun on the trek from Mitlung to Chirwa (1190m) on the way to Kangchenjunga North Base Camp.
Kangchenjunga 02 06 Amjilassa House The next day we trekked from Sakathum (1640m) to Gyapra (2730m) in seven hours, ascending 1230m. Merciless! Climb 100m only to descend 80. Climb 200m only to…
Kangchenjunga 02 07 Phole Gompa
Kangchenjunga 02 08 Phole Gompa Maitreya