Mountain and the Environment

 The Tibetan name is Chomolungma, which means “Mother Goddess of the World.” The Nepali name is Sagarmatha, which has various meanings.

Tibetan monks spend time meditating and fasting to arrive at a tantric state of being, towards what the Buddhists call, a state of Nirvana.

They make baskets to carry on their backs and physically carry feed for their animals and gather the harvest for their families. They walk many miles across hilly terrain. In the foothills of Everest…

 This is modernised village as there are concrete houses and modern materials such as concrete and metal roofs, sloping for the snow and rain. We can see the terraces built into the mountain. 

 This is an affluent area. The maximum you can build is two floors because of the risk of avalanches.

 Here is the modern village is a traditional Hindu temple

 A traditional village in the upper ranges of the Himalayas just below the snow line. We see thatches roofs and wooden buildings. They would keep the animals on the ground floor. 

 A traditional house with Everest in the background. Water and electricity must be used sparsely and with generators and wells in the remotest areas. 

Here we see the cobbled stoned steps and walls that facilitate life in the mountains. All the buildings here would have been resourced from local and natural materials. Although politics is never far…

 This a thatched outhouse used for drying crops and animals.