180-image photo gallery of trekking the Mt. Everest / Gokyo Ri region
November 3 - 17, 2007
Pictures of trekking 14 days from Lukla to Namche Bazaar, Tengboche, Chhukhung & Gokyo Ri, by photographer Tom Dempsey / Photoseek.com
File number: 07NEP-3130
A Twin Otter airplane loads on the tarmac at Lukla Airport, with Khumbila in the background, in the Mount Everest region of Nepal. Because local Sherpa people traditionally consider Khumbila (18,900 feet / 5761 meters; or Khumbi Yul Lha) to be a sacred warrior spirit and guardian of the Khumbu District, Nepal has declared this mountain illegal to climb.