Day 1 of the kora: the beautiful, barren landscape at the end of the Lha-chu Valley (2011)
Day 1 of the kora: the beautiful, barren landscape at the end of the Lha-chu Valley (2011)
Day 1 of the kora: the trail turning and climbing from the Lha-chu Valley to Dira-puk Monastery (2011)
Day 1 of the kora: the trail turning and climbing from the Lha-chu Valley to Dira-puk Monastery (2010)
Day 1 of the kora: the trail turning and climbing from the Lha-chu Valley to Dira-puk Monastery (2010)
Day 1 of the kora: the trail turning and climbing from the Lha-chu Valley to Dira-puk Monastery (2010)
Day 1 of the kora: yaks on the trail turning and climbing from the Lha-chu Valley to Dira-puk Monastery (2010)
Day 1 of the kora: yak on the trail turning and climbing from the Lha-chu Valley to Dira-puk Monastery (2010)
Day 1 of the kora: yak on the trail turning and climbing from the Lha-chu Valley to Dira-puk Monastery (2010)
Day 1 of the kora: Dira-puk Monastery (2010)
Day 1 of the kora: Dira-puk Monastery (2010)
Day 1 of the kora: Dira-puk Monastery (2011)
Day 1 of the kora: first sighting of the north face of Mount Kailash (2010)
Day 1 of the kora: the north face of Mount Kailash (2011)
Day 1 of the kora: the north face of Mount Kailash (2012)
Day 1 of the kora: the north face of Mount Kailash (2012)
Day 1 of the kora: the north face of Mount Kailash (2010)
Day 1 of the kora: the north face of Mount Kailash (2011)
Day 1 of the kora: tented restaurant next to the stone guesthouse at an altitude of about 5.000m. Resting and sleeping time after a long day walking (2010)
Day 1 of the kora: a girl playing at the guesthouse beneath the the north face of Mount Kailash, she lives here with her family during the kora season (2011)
Day 1 of the kora: the guesthouse at an altitude of about 5.000m. Resting and sleeping time after a long day walking (2010)
Day 1 of the kora: the guesthouse at an altitude of about 5.000m with the north face of Mount Kailash at the background. Resting and sleeping time after a long day walking (2011)
Day 1 of the kora: the north face of Mount Kailash at the start of darkness (2010)
Day 2 of the kora: leaving the guesthouse early in the morning (in the dark) and starting the climb to the Drolma La pass (2011)
Day 2 of the kora: leaving the guesthouse early in the morning (in the dark) and starting the climb to the Drolma La pass (2011)
Day 2 of the kora: leaving the guesthouse early in the morning (in the dark) and starting the climb to the Drolma La pass (2010)
Day 2 of the kora: leaving the guesthouse early in the morning (in the dark) and starting the climb to the Drolma La pass (2011)
Day 2 of the kora: sunrise on Mount Kailash (2011)
Day 2 of the kora: sunrise on Mount Kailash (2011)
Day 2 of the kora: sunrise on Mount Kailash (2011)
Day 2 of the kora: sunrise on Mount Kailash (2010)
Day 2 of the kora: sunrise on Mount Kailash (2010)
Day 2 of the kora: sunrise on Mount Kailash (2010)
Day 2 of the kora: sunrise on Mount Kailash (2010)
Day 2 of the kora: leaving the guesthouse early in the morning (in the dark) and starting the climb to the Drolma La pass (2011)
Day 2 of the kora: Shiva-tsal (5.330 m) where the pilgrims symbolically die and leave some clothing behind. They are reborn again on the Drolma La pass (2010)
Day 2 of the kora: Shiva-tsal (5.330 m) where the pilgrims symbolically die and leave some clothing behind. They are reborn again on the Drolma La pass (2010)
Day 2 of the kora: Shiva-tsal (5.330 m) where the pilgrims symbolically die and leave some clothing behind. They are reborn again on the Drolma La pass (2010)
Day 2 of the kora: Shiva-tsal (5.330 m) where the pilgrims symbolically die and leave some clothing behind. They are reborn again on the Drolma La pass (2010)
Day 2 of the kora: Shiva-tsal (5.330 m) where the pilgrims symbolically die and leave some clothing behind. They are reborn again on the Drolma La pass (2011)
Day 2 of the kora: Shiva-tsal (5.330 m) where the pilgrims symbolically die and leave some clothing behind. They are reborn again on the Drolma La pass (2011)
Day 2 of the kora: Shiva-tsal (5.330 m) where the pilgrims symbolically die and leave some clothing behind. They are reborn again on the Drolma La pass (2011)
Day 2 of the kora: last view on Mount Kailash (2012)
Day 2 of the kora: last view on Mount Kailash (2010)
Day 2 of the kora: last view on Mount Kailash (2010)
Day 2 of the kora: last view on Mount Kailash (2010)
Day 2 of the kora: pilgrims ascending to Drolma La pass (2010)
Day 2 of the kora: pilgrims ascending to Drolma La pass (2010)
Day 2 of the kora: last view on Mount Kailash (2011)
Day 2 of the kora: looking back on the trail (2010)
Day 2 of the kora: the final and steep ascent to Drolma La (2010)
Day 2 of the kora: the final and steep ascent to Drolma La (2010)
Day 2 of the kora: view during the the final and steep ascent to Drolma La (2010)
Day 2 of the kora: pilgrims ascending to Drolma La pass (2011)
Day 2 of the kora: pilgrims ascending to Drolma La pass (2011)
Day 2 of the kora: pilgrims ascending to Drolma La pass (2011)
Day 2 of the kora: the final and steep ascent to Drolma La (2010)
Day 2 of the kora: the final and steep ascent to Drolma La (2010)
Day 2 of the kora: the final and steep ascent to Drolma La (2011)
Day 2 of the kora: the final and steep ascent to Drolma La (2011)
Day 2 of the kora: the final and steep ascent to Drolma La (2011)
Day 2 of the kora: the final and steep ascent to Drolma La (2011)
Day 2 of the kora: pilgrims on Drolma La pass (5.660m) (2012)
Day 2 of the kora: pilgrims on Drolma La pass (5.660m) (2012)
Day 2 of the kora: prayer flags at Drolma La pass at an altitude of 5.660m (2010)
Day 2 of the kora: prayer flags at Drolma La pass at an altitude of 5.660m (2012)
Day 2 of the kora: prayer flags at Drolma La pass at an altitude of 5.660m (2010)
Day 2 of the kora: prayer flags at Drolma La pass at an altitude of 5.660m (2010)
Day 2 of the kora: prayer flags at Drolma La pass at an altitude of 5.660m (2010)
Day 2 of the kora: prayer flags at Drolma La pass at an altitude of 5.660m (2011)
Day 2 of the kora: pilgrims on Drolma La pass (5.660m) (2010)
Day 2 of the kora: pilgrims on Drolma La pass (5.660m) (2010)
Day 2 of the kora: pilgrims on Drolma La pass (5.660m) (2010)
Day 2 of the kora: pilgrims on Drolma La pass (5.660m) (2011)
Day 2 of the kora: pilgrims on Drolma La pass (5.660m) (2011)
Day 2 of the kora: pilgrims on Drolma La pass (5.660m) (2011)
Day 2 of the kora: pilgrims on Drolma La pass (5.660m) (2011)
Day 2 of the kora: pilgrims on Drolma La pass (5.660m) (2011)
Day 2 of the kora: pilgrim on Drolma La pass (5.660m) (2011)
Day 2 of the kora: portrait of a pilgrim on Drolma La pass (5.660m) (2011)
Day 2 of the kora: pilgrims on Drolma La pass (5.660m) (2011)
Day 2 of the kora: portrait of a pilgrim on Drolma La pass (5.660m) (2011)
Day 2 of the kora: portrait of a pilgrim on Drolma La pass (5.660m) (2011)
Day 2 of the kora: the Gauri Kund lakes just below Drolma La pass at 5.608m (2010)
Day 2 of the kora: the Gauri Kund lake just below Drolma La pass at 5.608m (2010)
Day 2 of the kora: the Gauri Kund lake just below Drolma La pass at 5.608m (2010)
Day 2 of the kora: the Gauri Kund lake just below Drolma La pass at 5.608m (2010)
Day 2 of the kora: pilgrims on the steep descend from Drolma La pass (2010)
Day 2 of the kora: pilgrims on the steep descend from Drolma La pass (2010)
Day 2 of the kora: portrait of a pilgrim descending from Drolma La pass (2010)
Day 2 of the kora: portrait of a pilgrim descending from Drolma La pass (2010)
Day 2 of the kora: portrait of a pilgrim descending from Drolma La pass (2010)
Day 2 of the kora: a bit of flat, rocky landscape after the descend from Drolma La (2010)
Day 2 of the kora: a bit of flat, rocky landscape after the descend from Drolma La (2010)
Day 2 of the kora: a bit of flat, rocky landscape after the descend from Drolma La (2010)
Day 2 of the kora: a bit of flat, rocky landscape after the descend from Drolma La (2010)
Day 2 of the kora: the last steep descent to the Lham-chu Valley, Below the tea tents already can be seen. Lunchtime there (2010)
Day 2 of the kora: the last steep descent to the Lham-chu Valley, Below the tea tents already can be seen. Lunchtime there (2010)
Day 2 of the kora: the last steep descent to the Lham-chu Valley, Below the tea tents already can be seen. Lunchtime there (2010)
Day 2 of the kora: walking the kora in the Lham-chu Valley (2010)
Day 2 of the kora: nomad tents in the Lham-chu Valley (2012)
Day 2 of the kora: pilgrims in the Lham-chu Valley (2012)
Day 3 of the kora: starting early at the guesthouse near Zutul-puk Monastery (2010)
Day 3 of the kora: starting early at the guesthouse near Zutul-puk Monastery (2010)
Day 3 of the kora: the Lham-chu Valley early in the morning (2010)
Day 3 of the kora: the Lham-chu Valley early in the morning (2010)
Day 3 of the kora: the Lham-chu Valley early in the morning (2010)
Day 3 of the kora: pilgrims having spent the night in the open air in the Lham-chu Valley early in the morning (2010)
Day 3 of the kora: prostrating pilgrim (2010)
Day 3 of the kora: prostrating pilgrim (2010)
Day 3 of the kora: prostrating pilgrim (2010)
Day 3 of the kora: prostrating pilgrim (2010)
Day 3 of the kora: prostrating pilgrim (2010)
Day 3 of the kora: prostrating pilgrim (2010)
Day 3 of the kora: reaching the end of the Lham-chu Valley (2012)
Day 3 of the kora: yaks reaching the end of the Lham-chu Valley (2012)
Day 3 of the kora: reaching the end of the Lham-chu Valley (2010)
Day 3 of the kora:
Day 3 of the kora:
Day 3 of the kora: reaching the end of the Lham-chu Valley (2010)
Day 3 of the kora: reaching the end of the Lham-chu Valley (2011)
Day 3 of the kora: reaching the end of the Lham-chu Valley (2011)
Day 3 of the kora: reaching the end of the Lham-chu Valley (2011)
Day 3 of the kora: coming out of the Lham-chu Valley and reaching the Barkha Plain again (2010)
Day 3 of the kora: coming out of the Lham-chu Valley and reaching the Barkha Plain again (2010)
Day 3 of the kora: coming out of the Lham-chu Valley and reaching the Barkha Plain again (2012)
Day 3 of the kora: coming out of the Lham-chu Valley and reaching the Barkha Plain with view on the Gurla Mandata again (2010)
Day 3 of the kora: coming out of the Lham-chu Valley and reaching the Barkha Plain with view on the Gurla Mandata again (2010)
Day 3 of the kora: coming out of the Lham-chu Valley and reaching the Barkha Plain with view on the Gurla Mandata again (2011)
Day 3 of the kora: porters at (almost) the end of the kora (2010)
Day 3 of the kora: porter at (almost) the end of the kora (2011)
Day 3 of the kora: porters having a rest at (almost) the end of the kora (2011)
Day 3 of the kora: a wall of mani stones at the trail at the Barkha plain (2010)
Pilgrims returning to Darchen after walking the kora around Mount Kailash (2010)
Pilgrims returning to Darchen after walking the kora around Mount Kailash (2010)
Pilgrims returning to Darchen after walking the kora around Mount Kailash (2011)
Last view on Mount Kailash from Chui Monasatery at the Lake Manasarovar (2012)