A Sherpa carries luggage in the vicinity of the Tengboche Monastery, Nepal [photo]

[beoram]

A Sherpa carries luggage in the vicinity of the Tengboche Monastery, Nepal [National Geographic photo of the day]:

 

[JayGoliath]

Awesome!
Here's another:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...ursuit-prize--attack-worlds-largest-bees.html

"The honey seekers fashion ladders out of braided bamboo to access their prize, the toxic rhododendron honey produced by the Apis laboriosa bee."

 

[sweetcostarica]

Beautiful picture beoram. Thanks for my new wallpaper . The guy in the second pic is crazy Jay.

 

[JayGoliath]

The guy in the second pic is crazy Jay.

The honey collector belongs to a Rai tribe. That means :Kaatar Hunnu Bhanda Marnu Ramro

 

[Steve Tall]

The peak in the photo looks like Kantenga.

 

[Shinook]

This is a great video(it's in French.. But the visuals are amazing)
http://vimeo.com/12820576

http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/4342830/Toxic-honey-farming-is-a-real-cliffhanger.html

 

[Yangdu]

Awesome pix, thank you for sharing

 

[sweetcostarica]

This is a great video(it's in French.. But the visuals are amazing)
http://vimeo.com/12820576

You are right that is a great video. I didn't know the worlds largest bee is from Nepal.
Fantastique Shinook

 

[Gorog]

Amazing photographs, that honey collector is out of this world! Either he is the world's finest Bee Whisperer, or something! NO FEAR!
Well, maybe 'no fear' is an exaggeration, but still...that dude must have bear blood in his veins. Thanks for making my Wednesday morning, peace.
David

 

[Steve Tall]

...that honey collector is out of this world! Either he is the world's finest Bee Whisperer, or something! NO FEAR!...

Another "Bee Whisperer" (the photo caption is "Kissing the Bees"):

 

[MacHete]

"...their prize, the toxic rhododendron honey produced by the Apis laboriosa bee."

I'm a little curious why toxic honey is prized?

 

[Shinook]

I was curious about the toxicity and why anyone would go through that ordeal for poison honey..
From the article above:
"the Rai people believe it has therapeutic healing powers, and leave their homes in the Bung valley every spring to brave the cliffs in the search of bees’ nests."

 

[Shinook]

You are right that is a great video. I didn't know the worlds largest bee is from Nepal.
Fantastique Shinook

Do you speak French? I don't, my wife and I just turned the sound down and enjoyed the sideshow.

 

[Thunderoussilence]

Beautiful Thank you.