3 more from the Himalayas
Posted: Thu Jan 27, 2005 4:46 pm
Hi All,
Have put up 3 more images from my Himalayan travels.
001.jpg = A mountain called Pandim which was about 23,500 feet (about 7000 meters) high. Also that was not a cloud blowing at the peak it was actually snow drift. Aproached from the state of Sikkim, this was a 15 day walk requiring permission from the Sikkim govt. The trek took us to a place called "Goicha La" which is a pass between the third highest mountain in the world - Kanchenjunga and Pandim itself.
004.jpg = From a village I have visited quite a few times called Sandakphu, which has one of the most panaromic views of the Himalayas, as you can even see Everest from here. (not in the pic though)
007.jpg = One of the more scarier walks I have done. 22 days, some of which were spent walking in the most dense of mountain forests I have ever seen. In the pic, we were walking on a Glacier for a whole 2 days. The path made up from rocks that have fallen off the mountains, and gathered on the Glacier ice. Ocasionally (read very often) the ice could not support the weight of the piled up rocks. It caved in, and we could hear a splash a bit later as there was a river flowing underneath.
All images taken with the FM3A. Batteries were frozen, so I was glad I had this camera. In places where there was extreme cold, the metal shutter was sometimes jamming up, and after ripping a film inside my camera, I quickly learnt to wind the film lever real slow. Dont know where I could have charged batteries if I has a D70!!!
Looking forward to hearing from all.
Nosh.
http://nosh1776.fotopic.net/c410498.html
Have put up 3 more images from my Himalayan travels.
001.jpg = A mountain called Pandim which was about 23,500 feet (about 7000 meters) high. Also that was not a cloud blowing at the peak it was actually snow drift. Aproached from the state of Sikkim, this was a 15 day walk requiring permission from the Sikkim govt. The trek took us to a place called "Goicha La" which is a pass between the third highest mountain in the world - Kanchenjunga and Pandim itself.
004.jpg = From a village I have visited quite a few times called Sandakphu, which has one of the most panaromic views of the Himalayas, as you can even see Everest from here. (not in the pic though)
007.jpg = One of the more scarier walks I have done. 22 days, some of which were spent walking in the most dense of mountain forests I have ever seen. In the pic, we were walking on a Glacier for a whole 2 days. The path made up from rocks that have fallen off the mountains, and gathered on the Glacier ice. Ocasionally (read very often) the ice could not support the weight of the piled up rocks. It caved in, and we could hear a splash a bit later as there was a river flowing underneath.
All images taken with the FM3A. Batteries were frozen, so I was glad I had this camera. In places where there was extreme cold, the metal shutter was sometimes jamming up, and after ripping a film inside my camera, I quickly learnt to wind the film lever real slow. Dont know where I could have charged batteries if I has a D70!!!
Looking forward to hearing from all.
Nosh.
http://nosh1776.fotopic.net/c410498.html