Nepal - Manaslu

A group photo at the start Wed Nov 1, 2000 Gorkha, Nepal	A pavilion we passed on the way up to the temple Wed Nov 1, 2000 Near Gorkha, Nepal	Manaslu from the temple Wed Nov 1, 2000 Kalika Mandir temple, Gorkha, Nepal
A few sweaty hikers outside of the temple Wed Nov 1, 2000 Kalika Mandir temple, Gorkha, Nepal	Thu Dec 14, 2000 Hatiyathok, near Gorkha, Nepal	Our first campsite Wed Nov 1, 2000 Hatiyathok, near Gorkha, Nepal
Us in front of Manaslu at sunset Wed Nov 1, 2000 Hatiyathok, near Gorkha, Nepal	Ganesh Himal at sunset Wed Nov 1, 2000 Hatiyathok, near Gorkha, Nepal	Glorious Manaslu at sunset Wed Nov 1, 2000 Hatiyathok, near Gorkha, Nepal
Nepali children at the campsite Hatiyathok, near Gorkha, Nepal	Manaslu lit red by the sunset Wed Nov 1, 2000 Hatiyathok, near Gorkha, Nepal	The Kalika Mandir temple in the morning Thu Nov 2, 2000 Hatiyathok, near Gorkha, Nepal
Manaslu at sunrise Thu Nov 2, 2000 Hatiyathok, near Gorkha, Nepal	Thu Dec 14, 2000 Khanchok, Nepal	Sherpas cooking in the kitchen tent Fri Nov 3, 2000 Khanchok, Nepal
The sherpas with their new wool hats Fri Nov 3, 2000 Khanchok, Nepal	Manaslu in the distance Fri Nov 3, 2000 Khanchok, Nepal	Manaslu from the second campsite Fri Nov 3, 2000 Khanchok, Nepal
A typical house perched on ridge above the rice fields Fri Nov 3, 2000 Gorkha to Arughat trail, Nepal	Hari takes a bath Fri Nov 3, 2000 By the Maudi Khola river, Nepal	Louisa and Les pose on a suspension bridge Sat Nov 4, 2000 Gorkha to Arughat trail, Nepal
Nepali kids on the suspension bridge Sat Nov 4, 2000 Gorkha to Arughat trail, Nepal	Hiking down the trail Sat Nov 4, 2000 Arughat to Liding, Nepal	Hiking through the rice paddies Sat Nov 4, 2000 Arughat to Liding, Nepal
We pass a village Sat Nov 4, 2000 Arughat to Liding, Nepal	Crossing a stream Sat Nov 4, 2000 Arughat to Liding, Nepal	Kids in a village stare at us Sat Nov 4, 2000 Arughat to Liding, Nepal
Taking a bath in a small waterfall Sat Nov 4, 2000 Arughat to Liding, Nepal	Along the trail Sun Nov 5, 2000 Arughat to Liding, Nepal	Louisa and porters on another suspension bridge Sun Nov 5, 2000 Arughat to Liding, Nepal
Porters climb the hill with their enormous loads Sun Nov 5, 2000 Arughat to Liding, Nepal	Louisa in front of a waterfall across the gorge Sun Nov 5, 2000 Arughat to Liding, Nepal	A family husks rice the old way Sun Nov 5, 2000 Liding, Nepal
Tom tries his hand at husking rice Sun Nov 5, 2000 Liding, Nepal	Nepali kids in a family playing near the campsite Sun Nov 5, 2000 Liding, Nepal	Taking a break next to a stone building Sun Nov 5, 2000 Liding to Machhakhola, Nepal
Cooking on an earthen stove Sun Nov 5, 2000 Liding to Machhakhola, Nepal	The narrow path cut out of the rock cliff Sun Nov 5, 2000 Liding to Machhakhola, Nepal	Louisa on the trail above the valley Sun Nov 5, 2000 Liding to Machhakhola, Nepal
Climbing the stone steps cut out of the mountainside Sun Nov 5, 2000 Liding to Machhakhola, Nepal	Porters enter a small town Sun Nov 5, 2000 Liding to Machhakhola, Nepal	The three main sherpas, Duba, Hari and Lama Sun Nov 5, 2000 Liding to Machhakhola, Nepal
The trail winds through terraced rice paddies Sun Nov 5, 2000 Liding to Machhakhola, Nepal	Tom bathing Sun Nov 5, 2000 Liding to Machhakhola, Nepal	Porters cross a sandy river bed Sun Nov 5, 2000 Liding to Machhakhola, Nepal
Attractive mossy waterfall beside the trail Sun Nov 5, 2000 Liding to Machhakhola, Nepal	A suspension bridge spans the river Sun Nov 5, 2000 Liding to Machhakhola, Nepal	Cheden, always smiling and 15 years old, carries our heavy bags Sun Nov 5, 2000 Liding to Machhakhola, Nepal
Nepali girl carries her baby sister in a basket Mon Nov 6, 2000 Machhakhola, Nepal	The trekkers at breakfast with local children Mon Nov 6, 2000 Machhakhola, Nepal	Close up of a Nepali girl with baby sister Mon Nov 6, 2000 Machhakhola, Nepal
Tom crosses a log bridge Mon Nov 6, 2000 Machhakhola to Dobhan, Nepal	Nepali children doing school work at home Mon Nov 6, 2000 Machhakhola to Dobhan, Nepal	Monkeys play in the trees Mon Nov 6, 2000 Machhakhola to Dobhan, Nepal
The river runs along the canyon Mon Nov 6, 2000 Machhakhola to Dobhan, Nepal	Les puts his face in the freshly picked maryjane Mon Nov 6, 2000 Dobhan, Nepal	A local woman weaves a blanket Mon Nov 6, 2000 Dobhan, Nepal
Porters trudge up the trail Mon Nov 6, 2000 Dobhan to Lauri, Nepal	Fields of bright red poinsetta trees Mon Nov 6, 2000 Dobhan to Lauri, Nepal	A suspension bridge with some missing floor boards Mon Nov 6, 2000 Dobhan to Lauri, Nepal
Julius 'ganja' Caesar bestowing gifts on the multitudes Mon Nov 6, 2000 Lauri, Nepal	A glimpse of snow covered Ganesh Himal Tue Nov 7, 2000 Lauri, Nepal	Nepali mountain-people engineering: a water powered flour grinder, with corn feeder Tue Nov 7, 2000 Gatte Khola, Nepal
A man-made water channel powers the grinder Tue Nov 7, 2000 Gatte Khola, Nepal	The bridge was damaged but not destroyed Tue Nov 7, 2000 Philim, Nepal	The porters climb the steep trail Tue Nov 7, 2000 Near Philim, Nepal
Tom and a few porters rest at the campsite Tue Nov 7, 2000 Ekle Bhatti, Nepal	Temba! (always smiling!) Tue Nov 7, 2000 Ekle Bhatti, Nepal	The view down the river valley Wed Nov 8, 2000 Near Deng, Nepal
Chili peppers dry on the roof of a typical Nepali house Wed Nov 8, 2000 Deng, Nepal	Tom in the midst of a crop laid out to dry Wed Nov 8, 2000 Deng, Nepal	A Tibetan child in typical dress Wed Nov 8, 2000 Deng, Nepal
A village before a snow covered mountain Wed Nov 8, 2000 Deng, Nepal	Tibetan carved prayer stones Wed Nov 8, 2000 Deng to Bihi, Nepal	Clouds float in front of the high peaks Wed Nov 8, 2000 Deng to Bihi, Nepal
A woman carries a load of harvested grass home Wed Nov 8, 2000 Deng to Bihi, Nepal	Religious paintings adorn the inside of a village gate Thu Nov 9, 2000 Deng to Bihi, Nepal	A colorful carved prayer stone Thu Nov 9, 2000 Deng to Bihi, Nepal
The gorgeous canyon Thu Nov 9, 2000 Bihi to Suksam, Nepal	Another mani wall of carved prayer stones Thu Nov 9, 2000 Bihi to Suksam, Nepal	The river passes under a natural bridge Thu Nov 9, 2000 Bihi to Suksam, Nepal
The river flows through a narrow channel Thu Nov 9, 2000 Bihi to Suksam, Nepal	The kitchen crew packs up after lunch Thu Nov 9, 2000 Suksam, Nepal	Yam, the cook, talks with some locals Thu Nov 9, 2000 Suksam, Nepal
The river descends through the canyon Thu Nov 9, 2000 Suksam, Nepal	A Tibetan woman sifts corn in the field that became our campsite Thu Nov 9, 2000 Namrung, Nepal	A Tibetan man in Namrung Thu Nov 9, 2000 Namrung, Nepal
Tom and Les stretch after the long climb Thu Nov 9, 2000 Namrung, Nepal	Grant relaxes with his book Thu Nov 9, 2000 Namrung, Nepal	Buddhist monks chanting in a home Namrung, Nepal
Louisa with the Tibetan family Thu Nov 9, 2000 Namrung, Nepal	Prayer flags flutter over Namrung Fri Nov 10, 2000 Namrung, Nepal	Women harvest wheat near Namrung Fri Nov 10, 2000 Namrung to Lho, Nepal
Buddhist gate in front of a snow-covered mountain Fri Nov 10, 2000 Namrung to Lho, Nepal	Colorful paintings in the gate Fri Nov 10, 2000 Namrung to Lho, Nepal	Us with prayer flags and the town gate Fri Nov 10, 2000 Namrung to Lho, Nepal
Us in front of a home's stone gate Fri Nov 10, 2000 Namrung to Lho, Nepal	A town situated at the base of snow covered mountains Fri Nov 10, 2000 Namrung to Lho, Nepal	Lunch spot in a corn field Fri Nov 10, 2000 Lho, Nepal
Gold domed buddhist building in front of Manaslu Fri Nov 10, 2000 Lho, Nepal	Long mani prayer wall Fri Nov 10, 2000 Lho, Nepal	Manaslu and surrounding mountains Fri Nov 10, 2000 Lho, Nepal
Nepali/Tibetan child with dad carrrying basket Fri Nov 10, 2000 Lho, Nepal	Towering Manaslu Fri Nov 10, 2000 Lho, Nepal	The dream campsite in Shyala Fri Nov 10, 2000 Shyala, Nepal
Mountain vista Fri Nov 10, 2000 Shyala, Nepal	Sunset outlines the jagged edges of the Himalayan mountains Fri Nov 10, 2000 Shyala, Nepal	Low clouds move in beneath the peaks Fri Nov 10, 2000 Shyala, Nepal
Manaslu glows in the moonlight Fri Nov 10, 2000 Shyala, Nepal	The sun rise reflects off of Manaslu Sat Nov 11, 2000 Shyala, Nepal	Approaching Samagaun (Ro) Sat Nov 11, 2000 Samagaun (Ro), Nepal
A huge pile of mani stones at a buddhist stupa Sat Nov 11, 2000 Samagaun (Ro), Nepal	Yaks carrying cargo in the village Sat Nov 11, 2000 Samagaun (Ro), Nepal	Tom serves in pinecone volleyball Sat Nov 11, 2000 Samagaun (Ro), Nepal
An action shot during pinecone volleyball Sat Nov 11, 2000 Samagaun (Ro), Nepal	Buddhas in the temple Sat Nov 11, 2000 Samagaun (Ro), Nepal	A monk chants the day's prayers Samagaun (Ro), Nepal
Sunrise on a mountain Sun Nov 12, 2000 Samagaun (Ro), Nepal	Ice forms on the tents in the frosty morning Sun Nov 12, 2000 Samagaun (Ro), Nepal	The Samagaun valley with our campsite Sun Nov 12, 2000 Nearly to Manaslu base camp
A glacial lake above Samagaun Sun Nov 12, 2000 Nearly to Manaslu base camp	The glacier that feeds into the lake Sun Nov 12, 2000 Nearly to Manaslu base camp	Manaslu Sun Nov 12, 2000 Nearly to Manaslu base camp
The glacial lake and valley framed by the Manaslu mountains Sun Nov 12, 2000 Nearly to Manaslu base camp	Lou, Grant and Duba at a mani wall with colorful prayer flags Mon Nov 13, 2000 Samagaun to Samdo, Nepal	Yaks carrying loads from Tibet Mon Nov 13, 2000 Samagaun to Samdo, Nepal
A fully loaded yak goes by Samagaun to Samdo, Nepal	Resting at Samdo before lunch Mon Nov 13, 2000 Samdo, Nepal	A giant golden eagle wheels over Samdo gate Mon Nov 13, 2000 Samdo, Nepal
The cooks prepare lunch inside the Samdo hotel Mon Nov 13, 2000 Samdo, Nepal	We enjoy post-lunch tea inside the small hotel/house Mon Nov 13, 2000 Samdo, Nepal	Hari plays with a baby Mon Nov 13, 2000 Samdo, Nepal
Our campsite perched on the edge of the valley Mon Nov 13, 2000 Samdo, Nepal	Bill batting complete with cigarette hanging from his mouth Mon Nov 13, 2000 Samdo, Nepal	Les takes a mighty swipe Mon Nov 13, 2000 Samdo, Nepal
Snowball fight! Mon Nov 13, 2000 Samdo, Nepal	Brushing snow off the tents in the morning Tue Nov 14, 2000 Samdo, Nepal	Empty spaces where the tents were during the snow fall Tue Nov 14, 2000 Samdo, Nepal
Looking down the snow covered valley Tue Nov 14, 2000 Samdo to Larkya Base Camp, Nepal	Snow covered peaks await us Tue Nov 14, 2000 Samdo to Larkya Base Camp, Nepal	The Manaslu glacier Tue Nov 14, 2000 Samdo to Larkya Base Camp, Nepal
A giant eagle wheels above snow covered mountains by base camp Tue Nov 14, 2000 Samdo to Larkya Base Camp, Nepal	Larkya La base camp (Dharamsala) Tue Nov 14, 2000 Larkya Base Camp, Nepal	Moonlight on the Manaslu range Wed Nov 15, 2000 Larkya Base Camp, Nepal
Sunlight hits the top of the peaks on the way up to the pass Wed Nov 15, 2000 Crossing Larkya La pass, Nepal	The sun gets a little higher Wed Nov 15, 2000 Crossing Larkya La pass, Nepal	Taking a break near the top of Larkya La pass Wed Nov 15, 2000 Crossing Larkya La pass, Nepal
We made it! Wed Nov 15, 2000 Top of Larkya La pass, Nepal	The valley that we walked on the way up Wed Nov 15, 2000 Top of Larkya La pass, Nepal	Group photo at the top (without Tom or John) Wed Nov 15, 2000 Top of Larkya La pass, Nepal
The entire group, with sherpas, at the top Wed Nov 15, 2000 Top of Larkya La pass, Nepal	Us on top of Larkyla with snow covered peaks and prayer flags Wed Nov 15, 2000 Top of Larkya La pass, Nepal	A close up of us at the top Wed Nov 15, 2000 Top of Larkya La pass, Nepal
Les and Grant on the pass Wed Nov 15, 2000 Top of Larkya La pass, Nepal	Stone pinnacle built for good fotune in front of snow covered Manaslu mountains Wed Nov 15, 2000 Top of Larkya La pass, Nepal	Looking at mountains coming down from Larkya La pass Wed Nov 15, 2000 Crossing Larkya La pass, Nepal
Glaciers tumble from the mountains Wed Nov 15, 2000 Crossing Larkya La pass, Nepal	Snow covered mountains surround Bimtang Thu Nov 16, 2000 Bimtang, Nepal	Snowy mountains down valley from Bimtang Thu Nov 16, 2000 Bimtang, Nepal
Towering Manaslu with the sun behind Thu Nov 16, 2000 Bimtang to Surti Khola, Nepal	The Dudh (Milk) river runs through tree lined banks and snow covered mountains Thu Nov 16, 2000 Bimtang to Surti Khola, Nepal	The forest with mossy trees Thu Nov 16, 2000 Bimtang to Surti Khola, Nepal
Snowy peaks dominate the valley Thu Nov 16, 2000 Bimtang to Surti Khola, Nepal	Fields fill the valley Thu Nov 16, 2000 Bimtang to Surti Khola, Nepal	Monkeys run away from us Thu Nov 16, 2000 Surti Khola to Tilije, Nepal
A man loads his horse along the trail Thu Nov 16, 2000 Surti Khola to Tilije, Nepal	The roaring Dudh Khola (Milk River) Thu Nov 16, 2000 Surti Khola to Tilije, Nepal	Snowy Annapurna peak from our campsite Fri Nov 17, 2000 Tilije, Nepal
Louisa with a cute puppy Fri Nov 17, 2000 Tilije, Nepal	Marigolds used for festivals Fri Nov 17, 2000 Tilije, Nepal	A whole litter of puppies on top of each other Fri Nov 17, 2000 Tilije, Nepal

Revised: Tue Jan 29 16:16:08 2008 on www.shieldsaroundtheworld.com. Copyright © 2000 Tom & Louisa Shields. All rights reserved.

Revised: Tue Jan 29 16:16:08 2008 on www.shieldsaroundtheworld.com.
Copyright © 2000 Tom & Louisa Shields. All rights reserved.