Tengboche
Published in Conrad Anker, Bernadette McDonald, David Breashears et al., "The Call of Everest: The History, Science, and Future of the World's Tallest Peak," National Geographic, May 2013, p.114.
A renowned Tibetan Buddhist monastery in the remote Himalayan Sherpa village of Tengboche at an altitude of 3,867 metres (12,687 ft) - a couple of days away on the classic trek to Everest Base Camp in the Khumbu region of northeastern Nepal.
A stunning Kongde Ri with a fresh dusting of December snow looms large in the backdrop at 6,187 metres (20,299 ft).
The monastery was destroyed by a fire in 1989 when Nepal was still a Kingdom. It has since been rebuilt. Today, several family households and an active monastic community of about 60 monks reside here. Life centres around prayer, meditation, and Buddhist studies in the Tibetan Mahayana tradition.
The devotional way of monastic life in Tengboche now stands out in stark contrast to the yearly hustle and flow of climbers, trekkers, tourists, and sadly, an incursive environmental footprint of rubbish and human waste that seriously compromises the original charm and pristine beauty of this spectacular mountain refuge.
Noritsu Koki QSS-31 digital slide scan, shot with an Asahi Pentax Spotmatic (SMC Pentax Zoom 45~125mm f/4) in the Winter of 1973. expl#46
© David Schweitzer/Getty Images
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Tengboche
Published in Conrad Anker, Bernadette McDonald, David Breashears et al., "The Call of Everest: The History, Science, and Future of the World's Tallest Peak," National Geographic, May 2013, p.114.
A renowned Tibetan Buddhist monastery in the remote Himalayan Sherpa village of Tengboche at an altitude of 3,867 metres (12,687 ft) - a couple of days away on the classic trek to Everest Base Camp in the Khumbu region of northeastern Nepal.
A stunning Kongde Ri with a fresh dusting of December snow looms large in the backdrop at 6,187 metres (20,299 ft).
The monastery was destroyed by a fire in 1989 when Nepal was still a Kingdom. It has since been rebuilt. Today, several family households and an active monastic community of about 60 monks reside here. Life centres around prayer, meditation, and Buddhist studies in the Tibetan Mahayana tradition.
The devotional way of monastic life in Tengboche now stands out in stark contrast to the yearly hustle and flow of climbers, trekkers, tourists, and sadly, an incursive environmental footprint of rubbish and human waste that seriously compromises the original charm and pristine beauty of this spectacular mountain refuge.
Noritsu Koki QSS-31 digital slide scan, shot with an Asahi Pentax Spotmatic (SMC Pentax Zoom 45~125mm f/4) in the Winter of 1973. expl#46
© David Schweitzer/Getty Images
National Geographic | Social Documentary | Lonely Planet
Nepal - Flickr’s Top Photos of 2016