Through the Great River Trenches of Asia: Joseph Rock, National Geographic Aug 1926, originally uploaded by jiulong.
And in 2007:
Sunday, January 13, 2008
Through the Great River Trenches of Asia: Joseph Rock, National Geographic Aug 1926
Through the Great River Trenches of Asia: Joseph Rock, National Geographic Aug 1926, originally uploaded by jiulong.
Mt Kenyichunpo: 1920s and 2007
Through the Great River Trenches of Asia: Joseph Rock, National Geographic Aug 1926, originally uploaded by jiulong.
And the same peak, I think, in 2007:
Through the Great River Trenches of Asia: Joseph Rock, National Geographic Aug 1926
Friday, January 11, 2008
Joseph Rock's map of Nujiang, 1920s
For larger size click here:
Tjonson = Gongshan
Champutang = Bingzhongluo
Tjonatong = Qiunatong
Bahang = Baihanluo
Tuesday, January 08, 2008
Bingzhongluo Gongshan and Dulong valley map
The NW of Yunnan area encompassing the Three Rivers - the Dulong, the Salween (Nu Jiang) and the Lancang (Mekong) rivers. Click here for a more detailed version. Key: black cross = Protestant church, white cross = Catholic church.
Thursday, January 03, 2008
On the road to Tsarung
This is the crude road along the Nu river (Nujiang, or the Salween as Rock called it), from Bingzhongluo to Chawalong (Tsarung). I will write more of my trip when I get back to Australia. I also have plenty of other material to publish including new photos and info from Yongning.
Saturday, December 22, 2007
Chongding Catholic church, Bingzhongluo
I'm on the Nujiang river, following in Rock's footsteps throught the communities of Lisu and Nu people in NW Yunnan. I have my 8 year old son with me so won't be doing anything much adventurous.
Lonely grave, Bingzhongluo
This is the grave of Pere Genestier, the French missionary priest who gave Rock shelter during his Mekong-Salween trip that he described in "Through the Great River Trenches of Asia".
Wednesday, November 21, 2007
Friday, October 26, 2007
Mosuo families, 1926 and 2006, Yongning
First photo by JF Rock, 1926.
Second photo by Chen Qingagng, taken in 2006:
Lijiasun, Sichuan
Some great pictures of Lijiasun (a village between Lugu Lake and Muli) by photographer Chen Qingang can be seen at:
http://www.china-fpa.org/en/hpa2006/C/HPA5-0970CT.html
Sunday, September 30, 2007
Minya Konka trek - latest news
It's been many years since I did the Minya Konka trek. If you want to know what conditions are like now, try the ongoing blog by Amy West, who has blogged so far of her scary trip over a snowbound Gyazi La. She is trekking with a guide from a company called GeoEx and is accompanied by the daughter of Arthur Emmons, one of the first climbers to ascend Minya Konka.
The blog is Amy West Needs Medication
Tuesday, September 04, 2007
Above Mengdong (猛董, Mundon)
After spending a cramped night sleeping on the floor of the filthy houses in Mundon (猛董) we hitched up our horses and set off up the hill to see the mountain Maidi Gangga (麦地贡嘎, Muti Konka). This involved a long haul up the hillside through burnt out forest. It culminated in this spectacular view of the valleys below, before we turned around a spur and into the Chang Haizi valley.
This photo taken with the cheap and cheerful Olympus XA.
Mengdong (Mundon)
Arty black and white pictures of Mengdong (Rock's "dreary hamlet of Mundon") on the edge of the Yalong canyon.
Mundon, near Jiulong, Sichuan
Arty black and white pictures of Mengdong (Rock's "drearry hamlet of Mundon") on the edge of the Yalong canyon. Taken with my old Leica IIIa which is almost as old as Rock's expedition.
Wuxu Hai
This lake near Jiulong is now a tourist resort - funny how Joseph Rock never mentioned it despite passing by twice on his way between Muli and Kangding. Most people photograph it from the oppposite direction - this is looking south back towards the lake and the tourist cabins on the other side.
Chang Haizi and Maidi Gangga
View of the sacred mountain framed by prayer flags in the early morning.
Kangwu Shan Pass, near Jiulong
This is looking back towards Kangwu Shan - the pass between Jiulong and the dead-end valley (Yangwe Kong) leading to Sanyanlong.
Above Sanyanlong, Jiulong county,Sichuan
This is the view back down to Sanyanlong in the Yangwe Kong valley after climbing up towards Mundon (Mengdong).
Chang Haizi, Sichuan
This is the lake below Miadi Gangga (Muti Konka) taken from an easterly direction looking towards the Yalong.
Saturday, August 11, 2007
Visitors to Choni before Joseph Rock, 1923
In 1923, two years befor Joseph Rock arrived there, two other Americans viited and photographed the Tibetan monastery at Choni (Zhuoni) in Gansu province. They were By Janet and Frederick Wulsin, wealthy Americans who were based in Beijing. Frederick was an aspiring naturalist and took a Graflex camera on this expedition. These are some of the many photogrpahs he and his wife took - and which are now in the archives of the Peabody Museum at Harvard University. They are taken from the book Vanished Kingdoms by Mabel Cabot (daughter of Janet).
This picture is a silver breastplate worn by a Tibetan dancer at Choni, marked with astrological signs, at Cham-ngyon-wa festival, Kansu 1923.
Friday, July 27, 2007
Panchen Lama, Kumbum, 1948
A picture from Life magazine by Mark Kauffman, which shows the young Tuteng Chueh-chi at Kumbum monastery.
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