Kangchenjunga 2009

Kangchenjunga, straddling Nepal’s far eastern border with the Indian state of Sikkim, is the planet’s third-highest peak. Although visible from Darjeeling – and therefore in the days of the British Raj a much better-known peak – it is relatively remote. From the Nepalese roadhead of Taplejung to Kangchenjunga North Base Camp and back would take at least two weeks. A more circuitous and leisurely trek, such as I recently took with the fine people from Project Himalaya, takes closer to three weeks.

Here are some holiday snaps from that trip. Words to follow.

  1. Teresa O'Kane says:

    Stunning.

  2. These pictures leave you amazed . Their clarity and content are second to none. Both the road and the beehive leave you feeling that you are glad not to have been there , but the colours and feeling of the atmosphere, makes you envy the people who were priveliged to have been there. I have seen the pictures several times now and it leaves me wondering how tribes survive so well away from civilization, ( although they are no doubt much happier for the lack of it.)

  3. Larry D says:

    Good camera work !!

  4. Ananth says:

    Wow…. I mean wow…. I am from India. Maybe I should make a trip up north.

    Awesome camera work and there’s a sense of amazing calm. Its like you are in a different world.

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