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Annapurna Images Posted

I have posted photos and words from the first 70% of our 2011 trek around the Annapurna range in Nepal HERE. There are quite a few photos on the pages linked to that page. If you only have a short time, here is a brief slide show.

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Monadnock-Sunapee Greenway with SRKG

Up Andrew’s Brook Trail and south on the Monadnock-Sunapee Greenway, we hiked in beautiful though slightly-crusty snow. Gerry Gold led three of us on the most challenging of the SRKG winter hikes. It was snowing lightly as we set out. Gerry confided the “secret” of this hike to Lucia’s Lookout—groups never make it all the [...]

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Cattle Egrets in Nepal

During my first two trips to Nepal I would go to the balcony of the Hotel Tibet in Kathmandu and watch many flocks of birds fly away from the main part of the city at dawn and back toward the city at dust. Occasionally I would see white birds in the distance that I guessed were egrets. Those two [...]

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Solar and Wood

Solar and wood are often used together in cold climates. Last year I came across an interesting example in the Mustang district of Nepal two days after crossing the nearly 18,000 foot high Thorung La. A group of friends were trekking around the Annapurna range, doing the parts of the Annapurna Circuit that haven’t been [...]

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