In Through The Outdoors

Planet Earth

noreply@blogger.com (Zofo The Hermit of Wandering Thoughts) — Sun, 06 Jul 2008 17:58:23 -0500

Go to ImageShack® to Create your own Slideshow Everyone I know who has seen the BBC's phenomenal Planet Earth has been blown away by its astonishing photography. Four years in the making, the ground-breaking camera work is some of the best ever put on screen and shot for . Each 50-minute episode covers a specific geographical region and/or wildlife habitat (mountains, caves, deserts,

Lamayuru Gompa

noreply@blogger.com (Zofo The Hermit of Wandering Thoughts) — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 12:33:11 -0500

Lamayuru Gompa, originally uploaded by The Wandering Hermit. Built in the 10th Century by two practitioners of Tantric Buddhism it is located in the most fantastic geological folds and schist's rock surroundings and popularly called MOONSCAPE and it certainly looks like an alien planet.. Lamayuru also marks the meeting place of the Great Himalayan Wall & of the East Karakorum Ranges. I've been

Riders Of The Storm

noreply@blogger.com (Zofo The Hermit of Wandering Thoughts) — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 14:22:30 -0500

Riders Of The Storm (Duststorm), originally uploaded by The Wandering Hermit.A sudden dust storm sends both riders and spectators packing from the Polo Ground.

Shiva

noreply@blogger.com (Zofo The Hermit of Wandering Thoughts) — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 14:12:44 -0500

Om Namah Shivaye!!, originally uploaded by The Wandering Hermit. Shiva portrayed as the Mahayogi meditating, A statue in Rishikesh, the gateway to the "DEVBHUMI : The Land of the Gods" where amidst the soaring mountains of Garhwal & Kumoani Himal he is supposed to reside.. Frank Smythe in his now famous book : THE VALLEY OF FLOWERS quotes and old Indian sage who wrote: Not in a hundred ages of

Bhagirathi - I (6512 mtrs)

noreply@blogger.com (Zofo The Hermit of Wandering Thoughts) — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 02:59:25 -0500

.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } Bhagirathi - I (6512 mtrs), originally uploaded by The Wandering Hermit. Bhagirathi I is the farthest peak of the Bhagirathi Sisters group one of the many mountains which make up the Gangotri Group. Though many attempts

Goecha peak (6127 mtrs) at Night

noreply@blogger.com (Zofo The Hermit of Wandering Thoughts) — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 16:22:21 -0500

.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } Goecha peak (6127 mtrs) at Night, originally uploaded by The Wandering Hermit. Goecha Peak (6127 metres) below the towering East Ridge of Kangchenjunga is about a 1000 m higher than the Goecha La Pass.. As of 2001 under

Sudarshan and Its Neighbours

noreply@blogger.com (Zofo The Hermit of Wandering Thoughts) — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 16:28:17 -0500

.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } Rosy Fingered Dawn., originally uploaded by The Wandering Hermit. Dawn over Sudarshan Parbat (6507mts), Saife (6161mts), Yogeshwar, Chattrabhuj Peaks during the Kalindi Khal Trek going towards Gangotri in the Garhwal

Satopanth (7075 meters, 23212 feet)

noreply@blogger.com (Zofo The Hermit of Wandering Thoughts) — Fri, 23 May 2008 08:41:10 -0500

.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } Satopanth (7075 meters, 23212 feet), originally uploaded by The Wandering Hermit. The Summit Pyramid of Mt. Satopanth lit up in alpenglow during sunset as viewed from high up on neighboring Vasuki Parvat in the Garhwal

Neelkanth (6596 mtrs)

noreply@blogger.com (Zofo The Hermit of Wandering Thoughts) — Thu, 15 May 2008 03:23:35 -0500

.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } Neelkanth (6596 mtrs), originally uploaded by The Wandering Hermit. Elevation 6,596 metres (21,640 ft) Location Uttarakhand, India Range Garhwal Himalaya Prominence 1,200 m (3,940 ft) Coordinates 30°43′12″N, 79

Panchchuli II (6904 mtrs)

noreply@blogger.com (Zofo The Hermit of Wandering Thoughts) — Thu, 08 May 2008 02:14:17 -0500

.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } Panchchuli II (6904 mtrs), originally uploaded by The Wandering Hermit. Elevation 6,904 m (22,651 ft) LocationPithoragarh, Uttarakhand, India Range Kumaon Himalaya Prominence 1,614 m (5,295 ft) Coordinates 30°12′51″N, 80°

Road Work in Ladakh HIMANK Project.

noreply@blogger.com (Zofo The Hermit of Wandering Thoughts) — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 00:50:00 -0500

.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } Road Work in Ladakh HIMANK Project., originally uploaded by The Wandering Hermit. Every visitor to Ladakh comes away with an awe of the roads in Ladakh.. I for one was blown away the first time I visited there.. marveling

Trisul I, II , III & Mrigthuni

noreply@blogger.com (Zofo The Hermit of Wandering Thoughts) — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 14:38:13 -0500

.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } Trishul I, II , III & Mrigthuni, originally uploaded by The Wandering Hermit. Location | Bageshwar, Uttarakhand, Range | Garhwal - Kumaun Himalaya Prominence | 1,616 m(5,302 ft) First ascent | June 12, 1907 by Tom

Across The Changthang {On The Rupshu Trek}

noreply@blogger.com (Zofo The Hermit of Wandering Thoughts) — Thu, 08 May 2008 02:21:22 -0500

.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } Across The Changthang, originally uploaded by The Wandering Hermit. A group of Changpa Yak herders cajole their herd across the Changthang Desert in search of greener pastures. Changthang is a high altitude plateau in

A Pinkish Dawn on Sudarshan Parvat 6,057 m,

noreply@blogger.com (Zofo The Hermit of Wandering Thoughts) — Thu, 08 May 2008 02:11:14 -0500

.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } A Pinkish Dawn on Sudarshan Parvat 6,057 m, , originally uploaded by The Wandering Hermit. Towering over an altitude of 6,057 m, Sudarshan Parvat commands a scintillating view of the Gangotri Peaks and valley, a little of

In The Valley of Flowers Uttarkhand, India.

noreply@blogger.com (Zofo The Hermit of Wandering Thoughts) — Thu, 08 May 2008 02:11:14 -0500

.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } In The Valley of Flowers Uttarkhand, India., originally uploaded by The Wandering Hermit. In 1982, the smallest national park in the Himalayas was created to protect the catchment area of the Pushpavati River and

Granite Walls of Bhrigu Patthar

noreply@blogger.com (Zofo The Hermit of Wandering Thoughts) — Thu, 08 May 2008 02:11:14 -0500

.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } Granite Walls of Bhrigu Patthar, originally uploaded by The Wandering Hermit. Sunrise on the subsidiary peaks of Bhrigu Parvat as viewed from Chirabasa, in the Garhwal Himal, Uttarakhand India.. Chirbasa peak on extreme

THE OLD AULI FOREST

noreply@blogger.com (Zofo The Hermit of Wandering Thoughts) — Thu, 08 May 2008 02:11:14 -0500

.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } THE OLD AULI FOREST, originally uploaded by The Wandering Hermit. Enroute Auli from Joshimath you cross this old ..old forest which is unlike anything I have seen there are some old willows but mainly you find a jumble of

Even Cowbells Get The Blues...

noreply@blogger.com (Zofo The Hermit of Wandering Thoughts) — Sat, 15 Mar 2008 20:57:34 -0500

.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } Even Cowbells Get The Blues..., originally uploaded by The Wandering Hermit. A fashion accessory that no self respecting Yak or Dzo will be seen without..

Meru turns golden during sunrise

noreply@blogger.com (Zofo The Hermit of Wandering Thoughts) — Thu, 08 May 2008 02:18:18 -0500

.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } Meru turns golden during sunrise, originally uploaded by The Wandering Hermit. Mt. Meru'su 6672mNorth WALL turns golden during sunriseMeru peak is situated in the center of Gangotri glacier in Garhwal Himalayas between

Last Light on the West Ridge of Mt. Pandim.(6191 mtrs)

noreply@blogger.com (Zofo The Hermit of Wandering Thoughts) — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 05:52:53 -0600

.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } Last Light on the West Ridge of Mt. Pandim.(6191 mtrs), originally uploaded by The Wandering Hermit. The West Ridge is lit up with Alpenglow as another day sets over Mt. Pandim, viewed from the huts at Zemathang and the

Ridges after Ridges of the Singilla Range

noreply@blogger.com (Zofo The Hermit of Wandering Thoughts) — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 05:57:23 -0600

.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } Ridges after Ridges of the Singilla Range, originally uploaded by The Wandering Hermit. Perched on a hillside lies the idyllic village of Tshokha in Sikkim, It has a small gompa and a small oval lake and reminded me the

A golden sunset on placid Pehwa Lake in Pokhara Nepal.

noreply@blogger.com (Zofo The Hermit of Wandering Thoughts) — Sun, 02 Mar 2008 05:04:10 -0600

.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } A golden sunset on placid Pehwa Lake in Pokhara Nepal., originally uploaded by The Wandering Hermit. This beautiful lake 4.4 sq km lake is the pearl in Pokhara's necklace, in the middle sits an island with a temple..

The Reclusive Changabang 2

noreply@blogger.com (Zofo The Hermit of Wandering Thoughts) — Thu, 08 May 2008 02:18:18 -0500

.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } The Reclusive Changabang 2, originally uploaded by The Wandering Hermit. The one night I spent at the base camp 4ft. of new snow fell covering the landscape in a quilt of white. Where there had been black rock(see earlier

The Reclusive Changabang 6,864 m (22,520 ft)

noreply@blogger.com (Zofo The Hermit of Wandering Thoughts) — Thu, 08 May 2008 02:14:17 -0500

.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } The Reclusive Changabang 6,864 m (22,520 ft), originally uploaded by The Wandering Hermit. Changabang (THE SHINING MOUNTAIN) Elevation 6,864 m (22,520 ft) Location Garhwal Division, Uttarakhand, India Range Garhwal

Searching for Shangri La

noreply@blogger.com (Zofo The Hermit of Wandering Thoughts) — Sun, 17 Feb 2008 13:22:49 -0600

, originally uploaded by The Wandering Hermit. Searching for Shangri La I grew up on stories of ancient yogis and fearsome sadhu's and mystics who meditated for thousands of years rooted to a particular spot somewhere in the Himalaya. They were supposed to have performed legendary feats and there are thousands of natural formations one can find all over India which are still attributed