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Fritz
Trad climber
Choss Creek, ID
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Jan 17, 2012 - 12:54am PT
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Mattq331: Please!
Do not post any more Photoshoped photos. like your "Mia culpa"Everest photo.
I think photos like that: remove any credibility from your other posts.
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Fritz
Trad climber
Choss Creek, ID
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I found this fine Nepal adventure thread again in the:
Thread appreciation thread!
Bump!
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Charlie D.
Trad climber
Western Slope, Tahoe Sierra
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Thanks Fritz for the bump, missed a lot the first time around. The images of those living there and their immediate context are incredible. Please post up some more people!
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McCfly
climber
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Great thread,,
spent hours looking it over last night.
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steve shea
climber
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Saw a celestial burial, visited Milarepas Cave, cremated a lama who died in an avalanche, extracted a fallen yak from a crevasse at 20,000' then had sherpa yak stew for three weeks at ABC, spent more time in Tibet than I could have hoped for with entry from Nepal, spent time with Messner after his run across the Himal, spent a lot of time with Hillary for an interview, got to visit Tibetan villagers who had never seen westerners, generally had the time of my life each visit, and did some fine climbing too. Too many stories to list but that is why you go.
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martygarrison
Trad climber
Washington DC
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Thoron La Pass 17,700' with a special friend Carol Harris. 1979
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Fritz
Trad climber
Choss Creek, ID
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Apr 12, 2015 - 09:50pm PT
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This thread needs a "big mountain" bump!
North Face of Dhaulagiri, the 7th highest mountain in the world, from around 11,000 Ft. on my 2008 Mustang Nepal trek.
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steve shea
climber
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Apr 13, 2015 - 08:20am PT
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OK. Maybe the single most memorable thing from my Himalayan trips was spending time with Tibetans who had never seen westerners. It was in the headwaters of the Rongshar before getting into the gorge.
Our exped was only the third ever allowed in the area. The first was Shipton's '53 exploration. The Chinese deemed it politically sensitve because at the other end of the Rongshar Gorge was the Nepali frontier. An easy trip to the dark side. That area is the Rolwaling. We had a permit for Menlungtse, unclimbed and just over the Tibetan border.
So with a closed border and the nearest town, Tingri, two weeks by foot, no wonder they had seen no westerners. The elders that had been to Lhasa of course had western contact but none of the younger villagers we ran across. They were rustically dressed in animal skins and homespun clothing. Almost all had on Chinese sneakers. We spent three days in that village and partied with the locals with liberal amounts Tongba every night. Great memories.
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