This is a huge boulder where Joseph Rock sheltered on his circuit of the Konkaling peaks in 1927: here is what he said about it at the time:
"Where pilgrims stop for tea flavoured with yak butter and salt"
The expedition camped here on its first visit around the mountain. The rock, at an elevation of 15,000 feet, is a huge block of schist which has evidently fallen from the lower slopes of Mt Jambeyang. In the foreground are the Nashi boys with the lama official from Muli and a few Tibetans.
Monday, December 12, 2005
"Rock's rock" - Yading (Konkaling), 1928
"Rocks rock" - the same rock in 2005
Here is exactly the same place almost 80 years later. Not much has changed, excpet a part of the boulder has split off on the right hand side. And the modern day trekkers seem a lot more messy.
Wednesday, November 30, 2005
Yalong river gorge, Sichuan
This is the bottom of the Yalong river gorge, a bit further downastream from where I looked down on it from above at Mongdong. This section is between Jiulong and Mianning - but it gives you an idea of how steep and narrow the gorge is.
Tuesday, November 29, 2005
Roni (Lawaling) aunt and uncle
This couple are the aunt and uncle of my companion, guide and sponsor, Zago Tsering, who took me to Mt Maidi Gonga. He is the head of education in Jiulong country, and he himself is Pumi nationality. His ancestral village is Sanyanlong, which we passed through on the way to the mountain. For this reason, he was related to or knew most of the people we met in the villages on the way.This is his uncle's village, which is perched high on a ridge above the Yangwe Kong valley.
Two Pumi men at Roni (Lawaling) - near Maidi Gonga, Jiulong, Sichuan
Two Pumi men at Roni (Lawaling) - near Maidi Gonga, Jiulong, Sichuan, originally uploaded by mutikonka1.
I went through Roni (Lawaling) on my way back down to Sanyanlong after visiting the mountain called Maidi Gonga (Muti Konka) in October 2004. It's hidden in a deep valley, two days travel from the town of Jiulong in Sichuan, close to the Yalong river.
Saturday, November 19, 2005
Mt Jambeyang, Yading National Park, Sichuan
A great picture from a Chinese website (no author mentioned) of Jambeyang - very similar in appearance to the photos Rock took, except this one is in colour.
From 1928 by Joseph Rock:
Luorong pasture, with Mt Chanadorje, Yading
The view from the Chongu Si (The "Bandit monastery" that Rock visited in the 1920s) towards Chanadorje, on a rare clear day.
Sunday, November 13, 2005
Pictures from Maidilong and Maidi Gangga
THESE ARE NOT MY PICTURES. I found all these pictures on a Chinese hiking forum called doyouhike.net They were taken by a guy called Kenneth, but I can't read the rest of the information - it's all in Chinese. All I know is that these pictures were taken when he and his friends hiled up to the mountain lake called Chang Haizi, beneath Maidi Gangga - the same place I visited last year. They had cloudy weather so missed out on views of the peak itself. But they took some good pictures of the surrounding countryside and the local Pumi people. See for yourself.
Pumi woman and daughter at Chang Haizi
This is the family I stayed with at the lakeside below the mountain Muti Konka (Maidi Gangga). She must have been visited by a few other trekkers since my trip there last year.
Crossing the Yalong river near Maidilong in 2005 and 1928
Crossing by bridge in 2005.
Crossing by rope wire in 1928. Picture by Joseph Rock.
Yalong river valley in 2005 and 1928
All the following photos are from a hike between Maidilong and Maidi Gangga/Sanyanlong in Jiulong couonty of Sichuan province, in China. They were taken by a guy called Kenneth from Guangzhou. He posted them at: www.doyouhike.net/forum/160269,0,0,2.html
Yalong river valley in 1928 - hamlet near Mutirong.
Yalong river, 2005 and 1928
This is the Yalong river near Maidilong (Mutirong) in October 2005.
Here is a picture taken of the Yalong river by Joseph Rock in 1928.
Help with crossing the Yalong river.
In 2005 it is engineers who help keep the link across this mighty river open. In 1928 there were no bridges. Joseph Rock found that men with inflated pigskins helped travellers across the rivers like the Yangtze and the Yalong.
Yalong river, Maidilong in 2005 and 1928
This is the place that Rock called Mutirong.
This is almost the same place in 1928, when Joseph Rock crossed the river on his way to Mundon, Minya Konka and Kangding from Lijiang
Sunday, November 06, 2005
Old camera from a crashed US transport plane
This old KOdak Retina camera was recovered from the wrekage of an old US C47 plane that crshed in the Gaoligong mountains near Deqin. It belonged to the crew of the plane that was flying the Hump route from Assam to Kunming/Lijiang.
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