The small Himalayan Sherpa village of Namche Bazaar (3,440 m, 11,286 ft) is the main trading centre for the Khumbu region of northeastern Nepal. Near Nepal’s border with Tibet to the north and several days further east on the high-altitude trek to Tengboche Monastary, the Khumbu Glacier and Everest base camp.A stunning Kongde Ri with a fresh dusting of December snow looms in the backdrop at 6,187 metres (20,299 ft). Noritsu Koki QSS-31 digital slide scan, shot with an Asahi Pentax Spotmatic in the Winter of 1973.
Postscript: Trekking in Nepal more than five decades ago was no simple matter for most travellers and non-professional climbers - little or no information or trekking infrastructure and no serious maps readily available. Opted to trek solo from teahouse to teahouse along the classic high-altitude foot highways and caravan trade routes, first from Pokhara north to the Mustang district of northcentral Nepal and the border with Tibet (unfortunately without a camera, but with a required police permit obtained in Kathmandu), then to Namche and Tengboche in the Khumbu region of northeastern Nepal.
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