Mt. Everest - Rongphu

Rongphu Monastery 4980m (16,338 ft) the highest monastery in the world	Everest Base Camp Hotel at Rongphu	The checkpoint and Rongphu	Cyclist returning from Everest Base Camp
Land Cruisers waiting at the Rongphu checkpoint	Crazy!	Land Cruiser at Rongphu	Rongphu Checkpoint - we got held up here for about 4 hours because the f*** agency didn't have the permits in order
Mt. Everest, in Tibetan Qomolangma and in Nepali Sagarmatha	Mount Everest to Rongphu is around 25	From Rongphu the view of Everest is excellent but I paid good money to get here so I want to get as close as I can	Everest from Rongphu
Stupa of Rongphu Monastery	North face of Mt Everest 25 km away from Rongphu	Weather-beaten old marker near Rongphu Monastery	Strong wind blowing across the summit of Everest
The Rongphu Checkpoint - we weren't the only ones held up at the checkpoint	Killing time at Rongphu checkpoint	We had been booked to stay at Rongbuk Monastery hotel, a very very simple accomodation	Lunch at Rongphu Monastery guesthouse while waiting for the guide and the agency in Lhasa to sort out the red tape
The stupa of Rongphu Monastery with the north face of Mt Everest	I used some more of the delay to visit Rongphu Monastery on my own	Entrance to Rongphu Monastery	Prayer flag at Rongphu - clouds moving in...
Stupa (chörten) of Rongphu Monastery	Courtyard, Rongphu Monastery	Rongphu Monastery was founded in 1902	Interior, Rongphu Monastery
Rongphu Monastery guesthouse ("Hotel" is pushing it)	Buddha images, Rongphu Monastery	Chana Dorje (Vajrapani) Bodhisattva of Energy	Rongphu Monastery
TibetOct08 4076.jpg	Buddhas of the Three Ages, Past, Present and Future	Tamdrin (Hayagriva) with Palden Lhamo (Sri Devi) in Tantric yab yam	Guru Rinpoche, Rongphu Monastery
Another image of Guru Rinpoche at Rongphu Monastery	TibetOct08 4084.jpg	Tantric deities in yab yam pose	Yab Yam = Honorable Father, Honorable Mother
TibetOct08 4087.jpg	TibetOct08 4088.jpg	Sacred Tibetan books carefully wrapped, Rongphu Monastery	TibetOct08 4091.jpg
Thousand-armed Chenresi, Rongphu Monastery mural	Guru Rinpoche at Rongphu Monastery	Palden Lhamo (Shri Devi) mural, Rongphu Monastery	Rongphu Monastery
Rongphu Monastery	Rongphu Monastery	At this point, the driver came and fetched me saying they'd made a breakthrough	We would be allowed past the checkpoint for 30 minutes at Everest Base Camp with military escort
But the soldiers were at lunch...and the clouds are moving in	Rongphu Monastery, after the visit to EBC	The summit was hidden in clouds during our 30 minuntes at Everest Base Camp, but it cleared by as soon as we were back	Mt Everest with the stupa of Rongphu Monastery
The best view of Everest	Rongphu Monastery with Mt Everest	Top of the Rongphu stupa with Mt. Everest	Rongphu Monastery
Mt Everest with Rongphu Monastery	Mount Everest, late afternoon	Rongphu Glacier at the foot of Everest	Prayer flags and a shrine on the slope above Rongphu Monastery
Shrine with Mt Everest	Rongphu Monastery from the hillside	Wandering around Rongphu	The road to New Tingri from Rongphu
Climbing the slopes above Rongphu	There was no path so I didn't get very high	Rongphu Monastery	The summit of Mt Everest 8848m (29,029 ft)
The summit of Mt Everest 8848m (29,029 ft)	TibetOct08 4258.jpg	Mt Everest from the slopes above Rongphu	Stone cairns with Mt Everest, Rongphu
Prayer flags at Rongphu with Mt Everest	A forest of green prayer flags on the slope above Rongphu Monastery	Mt Everest through the forest of green flags	Mount Everest - Qomolangma - from Rongphu
Rongphu	Rongphu Monastery	The stupa at Rongphu Monastery looking north, late afternoon	Stones carved with Tibetan inscriptions
Pile of seemingly discarded stones next to Rongphu	Rongphu Monastery	Rongphu Monastery	The tour company upgraded me to the Government Hotel
I feel sorry for the guys in tents	It's cold and windy up here	Rongphu Monastery Guesthouse (primitive)	Government Hotel at Rongphu (better)
Mt Everest north face	Rongphu	Rongphu Monastery	Rongphu weather station
Rongphu Monastery and the guesthouse flanking the road to Everest Base Camp	Rongphu Monastery Guesthouse with Mount Everest	Rongphu Monastery	Rongphu Monastery
Strong wind blowing, Mt Everest	North face of Mt Everest from Rongphu, late afternoon	North face of Mt Everest from Rongphu, late afternoon	North face of Mt Everest from Rongphu, late afternoon
North face of Mt Everest from Rongphu, late afternoon	North face of Mt Everest from Rongphu, late afternoon	Everest retreating into shadow	End of the day at Rongphu
Nearing sunset at Mt Everest	North face of Mt Everest	Moon high above Mt Everest	Sundowner from the terrace of the Rongphu Hotel
It's soooo cold out!	The driver	Mt Everest at sunset from the terrace of the Rongphu Hotel	Mt Everest sunset from Rongphu
Mt Everest sunset from Rongphu	Mt Everest sunset from Rongphu	Mt Everest sunset from Rongphu	Mt Everest sunset from Rongphu
Mt Everest sunset from Rongphu	Early morning, north face of Mt Everest from Rongphu	Calm, clear morning with very little wind blowing around the summit of Mt Everest	First light, Mt Everest
Mt Everest catching the morning's first light with the valley at Rongphu in shadow	Early morning, Mt Everest north face from Rongphu	Early morning, Mt Everest north face from Rongphu	The morning sun reaches the white peak west of Rongphu
Mural of Shegar Dzong at the Rongphu Government Hotel	Early morning around Rongphu