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This was one of the moments I told my husband to go home and kiss the kids for me - I wasn't coming home. The beauty is unbelievable.
Taken during the recent TP loonies meet. It was a nice sunny day out, but no stunning sunset shots I'm afraid.
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This day the morning was cloudy and we decided to take a walk. Jumped to car and got to the nearest cliffs - Kepchyak.
Thursday 20 April 2017: Musi Khola camp (2890 m) - Kakkot Gaon (3358 m)
Another al fresco breakfast, under clear blue skies. No news of Chhiring, Nima or Dawa.
We set off along the trail through the cedar trees a little after 7.30am. Destination Kakkot Gaon / Kakotgoan about 5 hours further up the Barbung Chu / Barbung Khola.
A super morning’s walk. Clear skies and peaceful surroundings help. A short way out of camp we crossed the Musi Khola / Musi Chu on a relatively new suspension bridge. Further along several sections of the path were built out from the hillside, with only cedar / juniper trees between you and the river waters way below. We passed Val’s riverside gravel beach camp site, unscathed by any sign of landslide, and sections with mani walls and chortens.
An hour or so later the valley closed in leaving the river in a narrow corkscrew gorge. The trail crossed at the narrowest point, a stone stairway hugging the cliffside leading to a short suspension bridge, its older wooden predecessor close by. Upstream, the valley widened again with the river broader and braided between gravel bars. Very photogenic!
There followed a stiff uphill section weaving between large cedars to emerge onto a small area of grassy flatlands where goats and sheep grazed. Quite an alpine feel, and a lovely view back down the valley. Lots more photos. We arrived just after one of the nanny goats had given birth, her kid still covered in birth gunge. The couple tending their flocks were very shy, very Tibetan in dress.
Onwards passing a series of large chortens, half collapsed, meeting the odd dzo or two, taking in the valley views. In time the trail dropped down to the river bed where we walked on gravel and stone strand, the waters hugging the spur that forces a bend in the river here. The trail then climbed up under the high cliffs, initially on a sloped rock outcrop and then back down in a long stone staircase. Wonderful.
A final section across the grey sands and stones of the river bed and up into pine trees brought us to Kakkot Gaon / Kakotgoan, a beautiful village nestling at the base of a 400m bluff topped with Tibetan prayer flag poles. Stone built houses stacked one on top of another, with painted wooden window frames and tree trunk ladders leading up to roofs where firewood seasoned. Three well maintained chortens welcomed us into the village.
We walked through the village and on to the school where we’d camp for 2 nights. The school was on a vast sandbank raised above the river, backed with sandy cliffs leading to steep hillsides. Glacial sediment maybe? I wish I knew more geography/geology. Further along a new village was being built on the same flat section - the high lama had advised the move after a rockfall at the older village.
Ernst and I helped Budi put up the tents while the kitchen crew got to work on a late dal bhat lunch, based in one of the school buildings. Inquisitive school children came over during their break to say hello. Charles charmed them with photos. We lunched in one of the older classrooms, with primary school English language books piled on bookshelves and the windowsill.
A pottering afternoon in a beautiful setting. We’re on the north side of Putha Hiunchuli and Churen Himal, with Dhaulagiri IV occasionally visible too. A veranda provided a nice shady spot for reading, and a long hose pipe brought water through the school yard, so a chance for some washing.
As the afternoon wore on the wind got up bringing dust and clouds, and Nima and Dawa with the excellent news that they’d made contact with Chhiring who was on his way with a mule man and our supplies. Relief all round, and celebrations when Chhiring and the mule train turned up just before dinner. Val recognised the mule man, and had photos of his brother’s family, so the potentially short lived hire was extended to cover the next few days.
So good to have Chhiring back, and it was pizza and chips for dinner!
Read more on SparklyTrainers: Val Pitkethly's Dolpo Expedition 2017.
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Just north of the village of Robin Hoods Bay are some dramatic cliffs along the North Yorkshire coastline.
North Yorkshire, twixt Scarborough and Whitby, January 2009.
This was a garden directly across from one of the many amazing Meteora monasteries. The only way to get to this garden is by way of an old, rickety, wood ladder.
Cliff Gilker Park is located in Roberts Creek on the Sunshine Coast and has a network of easy hiking trails that pass several scenic waterfalls. The park offers a perfect hike for families to explore the bridges, forest, and terrain along several picturesque creeks.
This High Dynamic Range 360° panorama was tone-mapped from three bracketed 360° photographs with Photomatix, straightened with PTGUI Pro, processed with Color Efex, and touched up in Affinity Photo and Aperture.
Original size: 7000 × 3500 (24.5 MP; 141.92 MB).
Location: Cliff Gilker Park, Sunshine Coast, British Columbia, Canada
Great view of Bempton cliffs from Thornwick.
Another long exposure.
Exposure25
Aperturef/8.0
Focal Length17 mm
ISO Speed100
Best on black press L