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| Thiessen | profile | all galleries >> Asia 2012 >> Tibet 2012 >> Himalayan Trek to Mt. Everest | tree view | thumbnails | slideshow |
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 Hittin' the road! |
 ...and so are the sheep |
 Himalayan trek to Mt. Everest |
 Himalayan Cairn |
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 Yamdrok Lake |
 T & the Yak |
 High altitude Pool |
 The Versatile Chopstick |
 The Tibetan Legend |
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 The Himalayas |
 Yamdrok Lake |
 Yamdrok lake |
 Yamdrok lake |
 The Himalayas |
 Pelkhor Choede of Gyantse |
 The impossibly blue sky of Tibet |
 Gyantse |
 Kumbum (shrine) of Gyantse, 32 meters, 9 floors, 108 chapels |
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 Shigatse |
 The Thangka at the Tashilhunpo Monastery |
 Tashilhunpo Monastery |
 Tashilhunpo Monastery |
 Tashilhunpo Monastery |
 Yak butter |
 Seat of the Panchen Lama or "Tashi" |
 Tashilhunpo Monastery |
 The Library |
 Tashilhunpo Monastery |
 Prayer Wheels around the Kora |
 Kora |
 Kora |
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 Shigatse Dzong |
 Throngs of people flocking to the festival to reveal the Thangka |
 Throngs of people flocking to the festival to reveal the Thangka |
 Fascinated with Philip's blond arm hair, Tibetan boy pets his arm. |
 "....because you never know when you'll need a pair of panties during a re-build." Philip Thiessen |
 Monks "hittin' the road" in a mini-van |
 Shigatse Market |
 Nothing says, "I'm hot" like a pair of wolf pants |
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 Shigatse motorcycle repair shop |
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 Road repair warning |
 Shigatse |
 Shigatse |
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 Ubiquitous police checks in Tibet |
 Tibetan "Lineman" |
 Philip hangs out with the Monks at the Sakya Monastery who were fascinated with his arm hair and smartphone |
 Stunning bathroom remodel at he Sakya monastery |
 Sakya Monastery |
 Monk's bachelor pad at the Sakya Monastery |
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 ..#14 of 24 police check points.... |
 Qomolangma (Mt. Everest) Pass (17,000 ft) |
 Qomolangma (Mt. Everest) Pass (17,000 ft) |
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 Qomolangma (Mt. Everest) Pass (17,000 ft) |
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 Yak-skin Nomadic tents of the Himalayas |
 The Moonscape Himalayan terrain |
 The Snow Leopard bathroom, as found (Old Tingri's finest accommodations) |
 The Australian's! Fraser, Brian, Jhodie, and Harry |
 The Morning After the Snow Leopard with Minjia and Will |
 Snow capped Himalayas adjacent to Mt. Everest |
 Mt. Everest (Qomolangma)... at last and as close as the unscrupulous Chinese govt would let us get to it |
 Tibetan bathroom with a view |
 Tibetan bathroom with a view |
 The Tibetan variation of the "Love Commode" |
 Pushups at 17,000 feet |
 ...not to be shown up by Mrs. T, Mr. T hammers out a few hypoxic reps |
 ....and not to be shown up by a Canadian, Will sets the record! |
 One monk monastery at 17,000 ft |
 T builds his Himalayan Cairn |
 Mr. T in a Full Puffy Jacket on top of the world |
 "(Asian) chicks dig me." (var. reeneactment from 1990) |
 Himalayan adventure nearly complete |
 In full costume, the Australians wait with us to be "searched and released" from China and into the lush jungle of Nepal |
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