The last camp on the Amarnath Yatra, an annual pilgrimage that brings hundreds of thousands of worshipers to a remote mountain cave. Gray snow and trash mar the scene.
Showing posts with label Himalayas. Show all posts
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Sunday, March 18, 2012
Amarnath Yatra
The last camp on the Amarnath Yatra, an annual pilgrimage that brings hundreds of thousands of worshipers to a remote mountain cave. Gray snow and trash mar the scene.
Wednesday, August 17, 2011
Mount Everest
Upon seeing Mount Everest clearly for the first time in 1921 after weeks of travel, George Leigh Mallory wrote, "It was a prodigious white fang, an excrescence from the jaw of the world. We saw Mount Everest."
Mount Everest is the world's highest mountain, with a peak at 8,848 metres (29,029 ft) above sea level. It is located in the Mahalangur section of the Himalayas on the Nepal side of Nepal-China (Tibet) border
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