I spent two months in Nepal after the climb, in a little village near Nanda Devi, called Gogan, working for Himalayan Light Foundation, a service established by Sir Edmund Hillary, along with his school building program, to improve Nepalese lives. We set up solar electric panels for schools and homes for light and electricity.
Gogan on the distant mountainside
End of the road
Solar panels we backpacked in by foot.
Installing solar panels on a roof
Wiring panels to batteries
Panels on the Gogan school
Nawang and his friends, a little boy fascinated by music.
Giving back for the privilege of climbing Cho Oyu
Cremation of a dead man on the river in Kathmandu
Downtown Kathmandu
Kodari bus station
This side Nepal, that side Tibet. See the Chinese flag above the Customs building?