Himalayan porters
- Gallery:
- Werblich
- Description:
- Pheriche is a village in the Khumbu region of eastern Nepal. Situated at an altitude of about 4,371 m (14,340 ft), above the Tsola River Pheriche is a popular stop for trekkers and climbers. It is the home of the Himalayan Rescue Association which runs the hospital built in 1975 by the Japanese Pheriche was primarily a farming village raising potatoes and buckwheat, and keeping yaks. However, now in the summer many of its men are employed by trekkers as guides and bearers.
- Copyright:
- © akspix/hamid-m
- Keywords:
- #._Khumbu_._Nepal_._Phakding_._Base_Camp_._Himalaya_._Trekking_._Asia_._Everest_._Mountain_hiking_._Mountain_._Spring_._Nature_._Sagarmatha_._beautifu_._Travel_._Climbing_._Tourism_._Hiking_._Peak_._tourism_industry_._exciting_._Dream_._Sagarmatha_National_Park_._Mountaineering_._peaks_._Yak_._Porter_._Pheriche_._Animal_._Cow_._Nepali_man_.
- recording date:
- 21.02.2011
- resolution of the original:
- 5120 x 3413 px