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Tibet - country of origin in the Himalayan Range

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AMA DABLAM RANGE THYANGBOCHE MONASTERY
FOR YEARS OUR LHASA APSOS LIVED IN MOUNTAIN VALLEYS PROTECTED BY THE TOWERING HIMALAYAS WITH THEIR INHOSPITABLE TERRAIN WHERE THE VALLEYS RUN HIGHER THAN ANY MOUNTAIN IN EUROPE, CANADA OR THE USA.

EXPLORERS IN 1800 REMARKED ON THE LAND AS ONE OF THE LEAST FAVOURED UNDER HEAVEN, SO THAT EVEN THE SMALLEST OF  TIBETAN BREEDS HAD TO BE RUGGED AND STURDY TO SURVIVE.

INHOSPITABLE MIGHT DESCRIBE  THE TERRAIN BUT IT MAY AT THE SAME TIME BE AWE-INSPIRING...


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THE DHAULAGIRI RANGE
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THE ANNAPURNA RANGE WITH MOUNT MACHHA PUKHARRE
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NUPTSE AND LHOTSE IN THE EVEREST RANGE
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NISANGO LA PASS
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KHAM in EASTERN TIBET
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THE HIMALAYAS
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MOUNT EVEREST and the ruins of THE RONGBUK MONASTERY

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THE BLUE HIMALAYAN POPPY
More HIMALAYAN photographs are available in the following publications:

THE HIMALAYAS, A JOURNEY TO NEPAL,
Takehida Kazami,1968

NOTHING VENTURE, NOTHING WIN
Edmund Hillary, 1975

EVEREST, THE HARD WAY
Chris Bonnington, l976

TIBET,
Nebojsa Tomasevic,Ed. et al,1981

TIBET, a travel survival kit,
Lonely Planet,1986

A GUIDE TO TIBET,
Elizabeth B. Booz, 1986

THE TIBET GUIDE,
Stephen Batchelor,1987

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