During our final two days on the trail, the change in scenery was quite dramatic. This was my final, high-altitude glimpse of Everest. I really miss those views!
I'm thrilled that I'll be returning to the region early next year, joining my friend Jon Miller and many others on Everest Trek 2010--can't wait!!
As we entered the town of Phortse, it was great to be at tree level again!
Children on their way home from school stop to take in a view. I have no idea what they were looking at.
These siblings were thrilled to see their picture on my viewing screen.
The next morning we walked through a huge construction site on our way out of Phortse.
In the high Himalayan region, power tools are not an option. If something here is not hand-built, it must be carried in on the back of a human or yak.
The man is using an adz to square up a post.
Shaping stones by hand to be used on homes, stairways and walls.
I was fascinated by these guys. It's unbelievable to think about all the stairs and walls and buildings made from these hand-shaped stones!!
Cutting a mortise using a hand-built mallet and chisel.
The carpenter's hands in the previous picture belong to the man on the left. The man on the right is his brother and was one of our expedition's yak drivers, Laurel Frame Brandt.
Danika, followed by Dipendra, cross a primative bridge over a vein of the Dudh Kosi.
Always a welcome site along our trek route!
Only a few more suspension bridges left...
Oblivious to the traffic on the road in front of his home, a young boy washes his hands.
The dust kicked up by yaks and trekkers is quite remarkable.
Kaia is well-equipped for dust trekking.
The average weight of a sheet of plywood is 25 pounds per 1/4 inch of thickness. This plywood is at least 1/2 if not 3/4 inches and he is carrying five according to my eyes! Unbelievable!!
Sign on the outskirts of Lukla
From the high glacial peaks to low, rolling green hills in just one day!
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