Photo's from a trek in the Mera Peak region of Nepal, September/October 1998.

Here are photos from a trek in the Mera Peak region of Nepal in September and October 1998. To see each one, click on the title in the first column below, then return to the index using your browser's "Back" button.

TITLE (to click on)File nameDate
299 KByte map of the Mera Peak trek, from Jiri (bottom left), to Mera Peak (top right) and Lukla (left of Mera Peak)merama98 Sept/Oct 1998
Mera Peak, 6500 m, view to the North-East from the Hinku Valley at 4300 m altitude.temple Sept/Oct 1998
Photos from Jean van Berkel
Prayer flags at the summit of Mera Peak at 6500 m altitude. View at Mount Everest (8846 m), Lhotse (8516 m) and Nuptse (7879 m), about 20 kilometers to the NNW.meratop Sept/Oct 1998
Mera Glacier and two summits of Mera Peak in the far distancemeraglac Sept/Oct 1998
Village of Goli Gompa with millet (green) fields at 3000 m altitude near Pike (4100 m). Back-ground Rolwaling Himal mountains. valley Oct/Nov 1998
Village of Nuntala (Jiri - Lukla trail) with young boy carrying leaves back home.nuntala Sept/Oct 1998
Boy of around 6-8 years carrying leaves out of the woods high up the mountains near Nuntala.nuntboy Sept/Oct 1998
Lukla, Everest Regionluklavil Sept/Oct 1998
Himalaya Lodge in Lukla, Everest Regionhimlodge Sept/Oct 1998
Porters in the Hinku valley with broken moraine of Sabai Tsho Lake causing a major flood on the 3th of September, 1998.mporthol Sept/Oct 1998
Porter girls at the end of the trek in the Hinku valley with broken moraine of Sabai Tsho Lake causing a major flood on the 3rd of September, 1998.porthole Sept/Oct 1998
Porters smoking during a rest. All the porters smoke cigarets and pipe, including the porter girls.girlsmok Sept/Oct 1998
Karikhola, South of Luklakarikola Sept/Oct 1998
Kitchen boy/cook Lokendra on the Mera Glacier (5400 m altitude), view towards Khare and Tangnag.lokengla Sept/Oct 1998
Lukla airstrip with a Twin Otter plane landing.luklairp Sept/Oct 1998
Photos from Rokus Graafland
Last meters to the top of Mera Peak.rokus1 Sept/Oct 1998
Big rock at high camp, 5800 meters altitude. Our camp was behind this rock.rokus2 Sept/Oct 1998
Above Tangnag, view at Sabai Tsho Lake with broken moraine dam (left) and Mera Glacier (middle).rokus3 Sept/Oct 1998
Woman cooking inside on an open wood fire, vilalge of Pagongma.rokus90 Sept/Oct 1998
Basket maker and woman (with red dress) with golden ring in her nose, near vilalges of Pahplu and Loding.rokus91 Sept/Oct 1998
Dancing kitchen boys, simple lodge near village of Goli Gomparokus92 Sept/Oct 1998
Tamang porters smoking a pipe in their natural overhanging "big rock" shelter, village of Tangnag, Hinku Valleyrokus93 Sept/Oct 1998