Photos by Tamotsu Nakamura - The extraordinary Japanese explorer Tamotsu Nakamura and companions have completed another photographic expedition to the Nyainqentanglha East and Kangri Garpo regions of eastern Tibet. Starting from the town of Qamdo, the team completed a 4,800-kilometer counterclockwise loop, with several forays deep into the mountains, over five weeks in October and November, despite unusually tight controls on foreign visitors to Tibet. Nakamura has been exploring the mountains of eastern Tibet and southwestern China since 1990, sometimes twice a year. Read more.
2009 expedition route.
Aigagong Glacier and Nenang 6,870m beyond ridge, Niwu Qu, NE.
Baby-Sichuan Tibet Highway (N route).
E & N faces of Jonlamapo 6605m east of Jingling, NE.
E face of Jonlamapo 6605m seen from the right bank of the Lake Jambo Tso east of Jingling, NE.
E face of Kona I 6378 in the headwaters of Puyu valley, NE.
E face of unnamed 6,030m on the left bank of Aigagong Glacier, Niwu Qu, NE.
E face of unnamed 6,252m on the left bank of Aiagong Glacier, Niwu Qu, NE.
E face of unnamed 6005m peak in the eastern rim of Nyainqentanglha East.
E face of unnamed ca 5800m peak seen from Shargung La, NE.
Lake Jambo Tso and floating ices east of Jingling, NE.
Lake Jambo Tso, Maraipo Glaciers and 6,000m peaks east of Lingling 2, NE.
Lake Jambo Tso, Maraipo Glaciers and 6,000m peaks east of Lingling, NE.
N face of Delupora III 6140m south of Songzong, KG.
N face of Gara 6,260m seen from Biyong village, Niwu Qu, NE.
N face of Kang Ri Karpo ca 5,800m in the headwaters of Dongchu valley, KG.
N face of Nenang 6,870m seen from Niwu Qu, NE.
N face of Richen (large mountain) 5611m east of Jingling, NE.
N face of unnamed 6018m peak on the left bank of the Maraipo Glacier, NE.
N face of unnamed ca 6,000m peak near Alando south of Jingling, NE.
N face of unnamed rock peak ca 5.700m seen from Yi'gong Tsangpo near Lhari, NE.
N face of Yuri II 6,108m, Botoi Tsangpo north of Bomi, NE.
Niwu Qu motor bike 2, NE.
S face of Dinpernalason 6136m north of Bomi, Botoi Tsangpo, NE.
S face of rock peaks (left is the highest, 5,500m) west of Songzong, NE.
S face of unnamed 6,001m, Botoi Tsangpo north of Bomi, NE.
Skulls wall at Sky Burial place of Damu Monastery.
Tree burial in Drawalong Valley of Bomi.
Vulture on the way to Jingling, NE.
W face of Delupora I 6343m seen from Donchu valley, south of Songzong, KG.
W face of Dinpernalason 6,135m, Botoi Tsangpo north of Bomi, NE.
W face of Gutonchalagebo 5,511m, Botoi Tsangpo north of Bomi, NE.
W face of Yuri I 6,100m, Botoi Tsangpo north of Bomi, NE.
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