Nepal – Thorong La

Nepal – Near Thorong La Pass (5'416 m)

Translation: "Thunder Pass".
The crossing of Thorong La is technically harmless under normal weather conditions (you never have to hold on the rock). The only realistic objective danger is the crossing of a rockfall area about 50 m wide about one hour before Thorong Phedi (the valley base on the east side) at about 4'000 m.

Tibetan prayer flags usually have the colors blue, white, red, green and yellow with the sequence from left to right or in the case of flags hung in a star shape from the inside to the outside.
The number five plays a central role in Tibetan Buddhism and embodies the four cardinal points as well as the center. The colors stand for one element each:
- Blue for emptiness (the space, the sky).
- White for the air (the clouds, the wind)
- Red for the fire
- Green for the water
- Yellow for the earth element.
The flags are exposed to the wind until they are completely weathered, so that, according to the belief of the faithful, the prayers written on them are carried to heaven.

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