Mero Dhangadhi

kicker-of-elves:

Thami Buddhist  Nepal National Geographic June 1982  Jonathan T Wright 

rootsrockice:

My October:

High-altitude training in the legendary Khumbu region of Nepal! Home to many of the classics including Lhotse, Everest, Ama Dablam, Cho Oyu, Makalu…

From Kathmandu, our team will fly to Lukla airstrip, and hike to Island Peak base camp while following the lush river valleys leading to Namche Bazar, Tengboche monastery, and Dingboche, and more. A leisurely pace will be taken through the scenic Sherpa villages to ensure the climbers are properly acclimatized, and ready to acsend peaks exceeding twenty thousand feet!

Why October? Spring and fall constitute the most reliable weather windows; the jet stream moves off the high peaks with enough regularity to provide opportunities for safe climbing. With only Denali topping 20k feet in North America, this is an excellent time to test our bodies at altitude, and introduce our physiology’s to life with low oxygen. Island Peak, a relatively straight forward climb will bring us to 20k feet, and Lobuche East will bring us to 19k+ feet over more challenging terrain and exposure. The emphasis, however, like in all things is to practice by doing in the company of those who have done…..

Annapurna mountain range. Nepal

poppysnowy:

sans titre by Monica Forss on Flickr.

contemporaryexistence:

a bird stealing from a market stand

poppysnowy:

sans titre by Monica Forss on Flickr.

seventoinfinity:

Thamel according to Family Guy.

loved this episode btw. 

xusa4life:

The Gift by Michael Anderson by AndersonImages on Flickr.

wonderlanephoto:

Vajrayogini Front Facing Shrine Mandala Offering, His Holiness Jigdal Dagchen Sakya leading the empowerment into practice, Tharlam Monastery, Boudha, Kathmandu, Nepal on Flickr.

Gokyo Lake. Nepal.