Tibetan pilgrim woman on Kawa Karpo circuit, Oct 2012

Tibetan pilgrim woman on the Kawa Karpo circuit, October 2012, originally uploaded by jiulong.

Taken with Rolleiflex 3.5F and Kodak Ektachrome E100G. I think this was on Day 3, after we had tackled the Doker La.

Dali Cangshan summit ridge

Dali Cangshan summit ridge, originally uploaded by jiulong.

Interlude:this is a pic I shot on the summit ridge of the Cangshan range above Dali. It use to be a right old slog to get up here - we hiked up in 1991 and it was awesome. In Oct 2012 I went back and this time was able to take the new cable car all the way to the top (or at least to that Alpine Resort you can see in the background). Still a brilliant place - around 4000m.

Looking down into Tibet from the Doker La

Looking down into Tibet from the Doker La, originally uploaded by jiulong.

Just over the steepest bit! Taken with a Bessa R2, Summicron 35mm lens and Ektachrome E100G.

Tibetan kid on the Kawa Karpo kora trail

Tibetan kid on the Kawa Karpo kora trail, originally uploaded by jiulong.

Mt Miyetzimu, NW Yunnan

Mt Miyetzimu, NW Yunnan, originally uploaded by jiulong.

Kawa Karpo (Meili Xue Shan) at sunrise

Kawa Karpo (Meili Xue Shan) at sunrise, originally uploaded by jiulong.

Bessa R2, Tele-Elmar 90mm and Ektachrome.

The trek that my kids did ...

Scanning a few pics of the Kawa Karpo kora (well half kora ...) - including some of my teenage sons who did the trek with me back in October ...

Didn't they do well?

The Doker La

Doker La, originally uploaded by jiulong.

This is the first of my (many) pics from the Kawa Karpo outer kora - just a rough scan with a cheap Canon 8000F scanner - hoping to get my Epson working soon. Pic taken with Rolleiflex 3.5F and Ektachrome.

Kawa Karpo kora - want to see some amazing photos?

Unemployed and rather skint at the moment, which is frustrating when I have about 20 rolls of 35mm film and a similar number of 120 format rolls of Ektachrome from the October Kawa Karpo kora that still have to be developed.
While I'm waiting to visit CC Imaging in Leeds, have a look at these great pictures by Peter Jost - who did the full kora at the same time as me, but with a group of fellow Aussies.
There's another album of amazing photos from the same kora taken by our other trek mate Darren Farley (from Calgary). Some great portraits there of the many pilgrims we met along the way:

Dali Cangshan - wish I was here!

Dali Cangshan, originally uploaded by jiulong.

It's cold and grey in the UK.