Weather and moods from my time whole time in Nepal. Just a brief overview.
![Monkey above Kathmandu city](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/a0cb73edb43d1329e44146c1f57c542d/06ef1d58-fff2-4102-ac09-b9994eab3624_rw_1920.jpg?h=bf1fbeed98c472d5e046ea1d33078a2a)
A Monkey at the monkey temple in Kathmandu
![A pile of rubbish behind a gate saying dreams](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/a0cb73edb43d1329e44146c1f57c542d/732befca-3d74-4533-a023-92cb3ce93f70_rw_1920.jpg?h=88669f35d0ca6dee549e5a45f6523bd7)
A very ironic photo!
![Red and white flower](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/a0cb73edb43d1329e44146c1f57c542d/e5c7a9e2-59c6-46b0-9534-3b04f00ab761_rw_1920.jpg?h=b394f753042c1edbc59359adee5d1e05)
Nice flower
![Cute black and white puppy with blue eyes](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/a0cb73edb43d1329e44146c1f57c542d/662b02ec-23d6-4977-8fed-38c4d61fe591_rw_1920.jpg?h=b3d85217e6836e99f2c84ea2c555ed2b)
Cute puppy
![Beautiful pink rhododendron](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/a0cb73edb43d1329e44146c1f57c542d/0413cb09-dcf0-4d16-9b54-f09bbe29994d_rw_1920.jpg?h=8ce12da94da63abb89304ac1029138b4)
Once we left the city the Rhododendron forests were amazing
![Brown dog lying on a wall](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/a0cb73edb43d1329e44146c1f57c542d/fd968f28-3188-416e-8596-33756f5c928d_rw_1920.jpg?h=8a0da65337c84f150c1d5ce40acd1fc0)
Dog on a wall
![Pink flowers](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/a0cb73edb43d1329e44146c1f57c542d/7e8e1075-a425-4538-a8ce-080295b888f9_rw_1920.jpg?h=5798e2659e87135ff385412aedc2df21)
Pretty flowers on a tree
![Hiker crossing a swing bridge in Nepal](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/a0cb73edb43d1329e44146c1f57c542d/bb686faa-f749-44a2-b01e-5f9e0e28145d_rw_1920.jpg?h=84445756b488148b0b27dc526ccb2ba5)
Nick crossing one of the many bridges
![Tree on a cliff edge](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/a0cb73edb43d1329e44146c1f57c542d/3eaca64d-5a72-4f9b-bc87-ee6f2ac44e17_rw_1920.jpg?h=d12efda51700539302110c6b14d0f5bc)
An improbable tree
![White tree flowers](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/a0cb73edb43d1329e44146c1f57c542d/cbd81d05-dcb2-42bd-b067-fe276a003594_rw_1920.jpg?h=cdc950ffb35cf0ee467f6790734dcf5b)
More of the lovely forest flowers
![Flowing stream](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/a0cb73edb43d1329e44146c1f57c542d/9c9bbf13-2a01-4b86-b6da-d5efa01c7aca_rw_1920.jpg?h=28778ba6b6d86d71a0b770b07f6161c2)
Beautiful stream
![Stream with nepali prayer flags](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/a0cb73edb43d1329e44146c1f57c542d/b3f6eb48-babe-46a0-b62d-aa26b3de5c5b_rw_1920.jpg?h=2f014d984336d56c64121bd630f93790)
Such a stunning wee spot
![Prayer flag behind the blossom](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/a0cb73edb43d1329e44146c1f57c542d/4d9e7253-d0df-4d26-b35d-c19481b76c6e_rw_1920.jpg?h=9ea7b58a30b80eea63fb60349c79c1c4)
Blossom and prayer flags
![Entry to Sagarmatha National Park](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/a0cb73edb43d1329e44146c1f57c542d/b3545e9a-5e2c-45f9-b57e-7a68f5a478be_rw_1920.jpg?h=171ccae79033b5f5a46041ca167bec13)
Finally, we reached the entry to Sagarmatha National Park
![Crossing a Nepali bridge](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/a0cb73edb43d1329e44146c1f57c542d/8c4466a7-f232-4d03-b868-eff0bf09f768_rw_1920.jpg?h=2569676de394bd269b88034dd07d0ca2)
Porter loads vs independent hiker loads
![Mountain under a prayer flag in Nepal](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/a0cb73edb43d1329e44146c1f57c542d/60148c36-3236-4542-941f-a73a3ad0eec7_rw_1920.jpg?h=96113206b5d4444a986bec55b76214a6)
First view of the mountains as the mist lifted a little bit
![Black and white photo of a mountain in clouds](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/a0cb73edb43d1329e44146c1f57c542d/770ee02f-55e9-4bf0-aefb-2ab05f37d871_rw_1920.jpg?h=d0221a69f2505d0c5385b5654311c3b6)
First acclimatisation day, hadn't seen anything from Namche Bazar so we climbed up to 4000m and caught this very brief view through the cloud
![Himalayan Griffon on the wing](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/a0cb73edb43d1329e44146c1f57c542d/4d247fda-e834-4d54-9199-af21909bf2d5_rw_1920.jpg?h=115eabb0ac6b8e536fd8985be34fe7b8)
Himalayan Griffon on the wing - beautiful and majestic and so big!
![Black and White mountain peeking through clouds](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/a0cb73edb43d1329e44146c1f57c542d/dd97bd31-90cd-4aed-8181-e79d40b4936d_rw_1920.jpg?h=10a99ff7cba6b76110200c58e0690b4d)
More peeks of the mountains
![Bird gathering nesting material](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/a0cb73edb43d1329e44146c1f57c542d/96a8e504-3fcd-4247-a948-f425e47847b4_rw_1920.jpg?h=a7beedfed0eff53664cd8d9cf3d9b252)
Gathering nesting material - it's that time of year
![Rhododendron bud](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/a0cb73edb43d1329e44146c1f57c542d/b90051d9-443b-4c7d-92ef-8b271b2143a5_rw_1920.jpg?h=bb78ce9c3bbc4f35460c854ac471897c)
Another rhododendron
![Black and white mountain in storm clouds](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/a0cb73edb43d1329e44146c1f57c542d/870e99d5-3089-46c3-a946-0b7634151116_rw_1920.jpg?h=041323522f56c6ffbbf686efe3d7d175)
Another moody mountain
![Crow](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/a0cb73edb43d1329e44146c1f57c542d/a8a700ac-52ff-47a0-a4af-5e063cee72ac_rw_1920.jpg?h=64f77ed16b929ddd77fc4541b527a0e1)
Which one is smarter the crow or the kea?
![Nepali child in a doorway](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/a0cb73edb43d1329e44146c1f57c542d/60b4b9f2-7dba-4815-8203-ca5485c79fdb_rw_1920.jpg?h=dd9bc52f5b07a1f903442b996d49ccfc)
Meeting the locals
![black and white photo of ama dablam in cloud](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/a0cb73edb43d1329e44146c1f57c542d/be333363-00a7-438a-ad21-b3dcea00ab40_rw_1920.jpg?h=7903f42660b18216a7ad674f9399e343)
Beautiful
![Summit textures of Ama Dablam](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/a0cb73edb43d1329e44146c1f57c542d/66647422-18be-459b-b40b-21bbd904fa32_rw_1920.jpg?h=b311c41efd511314888f5deb7a624f35)
Loving the rock textures on the mountain!
![Ama Dablam and Base Camp](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/a0cb73edb43d1329e44146c1f57c542d/a1e284c2-7706-40d4-bcda-f5036b448809_rw_1920.jpg?h=f7bc72141b554102de03890fbe818bc2)
Ama Dablam and Base Camp
![black and white photo of ama dablam just above the cloud](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/a0cb73edb43d1329e44146c1f57c542d/9838aca4-b42c-44fa-aae7-608cac3b6364_rw_1920.jpg?h=f88845de8fea7c89ba8efc525ccaeed4)
Ama Dablam
![Bird on a rock](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/a0cb73edb43d1329e44146c1f57c542d/06c82615-95ec-4b38-a96e-d6b1d17bbb97_rw_1920.jpg?h=fde449ee9bf4aa2850d7c6407bac5eaa)
I didn't see snow leopards or Tahr, but I did see this bird.
![Himalaya, Ama Dablam and prayer flags](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/a0cb73edb43d1329e44146c1f57c542d/d1458a7f-2f41-4d53-9488-b232ae2209a8_rw_1920.jpg?h=768c7d95515488b5e3b03c08efe822a4)
View back down the valley I had just come up, once the fog finally cleared.
![Nepali Tea House](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/a0cb73edb43d1329e44146c1f57c542d/bed47622-ca6a-4bcc-92d5-2e632d80bfdd_rw_1920.jpg?h=e7b630cfd5640102a62e811eb811feac)
One of the many tea houses I stayed in along the way
![Last light on Ama Dablam](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/a0cb73edb43d1329e44146c1f57c542d/2608754c-dd9b-41f7-ab51-68e581d436e3_rw_1920.jpg?h=472bfbdf4ff77f7d7fc56d92c5fa536a)
Last light on Ama Dablam - beautiful mountain
![A wall of snowy ridges](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/a0cb73edb43d1329e44146c1f57c542d/4fbd2d94-9c3d-400e-b340-88204c806cc0_rw_1920.jpg?h=b48cd395b19f5a7ad122cd0400b4133e)
Snowy ridges!
![On Chikung Ri](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/a0cb73edb43d1329e44146c1f57c542d/6fe0e6d0-fba0-4def-901f-31ec5f7e7b92_rw_1920.jpg?h=f66d71afd2e53555bbe282e15278d1e4)
Finally starting to come right at altitude on Chikung Ri, right before the first pass
![Red alpine plant](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/a0cb73edb43d1329e44146c1f57c542d/b32b5e1e-5db8-4b5e-afda-4a63f7de5bd5_rw_1920.jpg?h=2eb0a1c3349086dc953ba8d7b6a88cce)
Cute wee plant
![Hiker in the himalayas](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/a0cb73edb43d1329e44146c1f57c542d/17f8cec1-0c3c-4001-bd34-a6d2494e9094_rw_1920.jpg?h=a805361029cf09d4ba77e8639981910d)
Looking back at the valley I had struggled so much in
![Three hikers in front of a lake](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/a0cb73edb43d1329e44146c1f57c542d/abb1710a-d8b1-46bd-a508-2afbf4e206fb_rw_1920.jpg?h=dd870b93ca53d1d1b6829c8bee3957b3)
Miranda, me, and Emily. I met these two wonderful women as I struggled up the first valley and we ended up crossing all three passes together.
![Black and white spotted yak](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/a0cb73edb43d1329e44146c1f57c542d/c8f52a07-ee2f-4b22-9baa-60b878afce2a_rw_1920.jpg?h=c43d368228589f42331f6e0a26cd66ef)
A yak!
![Everest Base Camp](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/a0cb73edb43d1329e44146c1f57c542d/ce9e95e5-610e-454a-ad7b-e411dfbd4203_rw_1920.jpg?h=ada2f9c618fef13782c7045c4adfb3fd)
Everest Base Camp
![Penzy Dinsdale on Everest Base Camp rock](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/a0cb73edb43d1329e44146c1f57c542d/fdd08bac-01df-4883-8173-4fd03d8e0190_rw_1920.jpg?h=fe80ec4db53d803121ddead147a31da9)
Yes I did queue up for quite a while to get a photo on this rock
![black and white photo of glacier layers](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/a0cb73edb43d1329e44146c1f57c542d/8e325331-b270-401c-80af-5a22c6b124b7_rw_1920.jpg?h=b8811c2b97da672ca2fd8ff85ad944cd)
Glacier textures
![Hikers getting ready](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/a0cb73edb43d1329e44146c1f57c542d/4ccc6966-226a-4c6a-a483-2cbb60e08f40_rw_1920.jpg?h=b34728a356719e6b998a8262f933a2ee)
Setting out for our second pass! It ended up snowing a lot that day.
![rock texture](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/a0cb73edb43d1329e44146c1f57c542d/deed8ca2-e534-42ae-9b01-98f64dcc0823_rw_1920.jpg?h=a2689af5e8e31d0a357610e0367c2317)
Rock textures
![black and white photo, moody mountains and clouds in the himalayas](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/a0cb73edb43d1329e44146c1f57c542d/36bd6e5a-0c31-49e7-9258-a455c8a6bd24_rw_1920.jpg?h=dfa2dbc1648d186016cdaad864ce6fa5)
Such moody landscapes!
![Guide in the himalayan](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/a0cb73edb43d1329e44146c1f57c542d/2af3f10e-e797-4821-8c9e-fd76bc67fd2d_rw_1920.jpg?h=83e06bb76a693f5cf404d43496c1a916)
Sudeep, a guide who we ended up spending a bit of time with. He and his clients were going the same way and staying at most of the same places as us
![ice texture on a glacier](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/a0cb73edb43d1329e44146c1f57c542d/3a39a0bd-82a5-482b-9dfe-f3053fbc6dd9_rw_1920.jpg?h=358f98ee0559ee216f94d138fc9608e0)
Texture on the glacier
![Very big moon in the himalayas](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/a0cb73edb43d1329e44146c1f57c542d/f028e53d-c037-499b-a876-d93ac2240f7c_rw_1920.jpg?h=64f538cee9cff283d3e6e430c07d307d)
The Moon!
![black and white photo of the himalayas](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/a0cb73edb43d1329e44146c1f57c542d/36a11cd0-1acc-4d55-8b65-1c42b8a173f8_rw_1920.jpg?h=211de5a3b1d9a31c5bd3fc29abfbc4f3)
More beautiful scenes
![Prayer flags on the summit of gokyo ri](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/a0cb73edb43d1329e44146c1f57c542d/490a1171-6174-486f-80b4-3a26f23e972d_rw_1920.jpg?h=70136cc3937e55fa2902e906e538c792)
Prayer flags on the summit of Gokyo Ri
![Charging yak](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/a0cb73edb43d1329e44146c1f57c542d/eafbc107-7288-4d30-8355-1c75c0bbaf37_rw_1920.jpg?h=b011e25e2239a1a970460cacbf502271)
Another Yak
![Gokyo lake with prayer flags and mountains](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/a0cb73edb43d1329e44146c1f57c542d/52bc90f8-59db-4142-b5d6-dbdd95c7a010_rw_1920.jpg?h=ade84cd50efe168cbaa23384a900232a)
Last look back and Gokyo lake
![Penzy Dinsdale with prayer flags in Nepal](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/a0cb73edb43d1329e44146c1f57c542d/b02cab8a-d5e0-431a-bd92-3f370f5c4fad_rw_1200.jpg?h=30211e32dcaf0e4b45464f8c7d3807aa)
Me with the prayer flags on our final pass
![Hiker in the Himalayas](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/a0cb73edb43d1329e44146c1f57c542d/247c7911-ef09-469b-a282-98b35e2a157c_rw_1920.jpg?h=2579b56efc1117a9a6bbe4c7c3900aa7)
Miranda leads the way, heading down into our final valley of the trip, it's all downhill to much more sensible altitudes from here
![Four small white flowers](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/a0cb73edb43d1329e44146c1f57c542d/3578f0d9-dbe9-451b-a579-53f97d7d5719_rw_1920.jpg?h=5d3a279435bc5034645fdbb22f3f26c7)
Cute wee flowers
![White Rhododendron flower](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/a0cb73edb43d1329e44146c1f57c542d/5345c222-bf10-43e0-9b1e-9414f4a49f23_rw_1920.jpg?h=0fae2638eaf9670e91666aec003d8854)
Finally back down to Rhododendron altitude