Simple restaurant for lunch break Overnight camp in Deraphuk Famose vista to the Kailash peak Kailash peak Crossing near the spring of Brahmaputra Kailash glacier Gang Rimpoche Start the climb to the high Drolma La pass Creeping through very cramped rock boulders Along the hill-climbing to the Drolma La pass The climb to the Drolma La pass 5.665m Mt. Chyangresi and its icefall The top of the pass at an altitude of 5.665 m Drolma La pass 5.665 m Drolma La pass 5.665 m Drolma La pass 5.665 m Mountain guide Sheilah at the Drolma La pass Myself in front of thousand prayer flags Gauri Kund lake Crossing a crusty snow field Bizarre rock formation Deep step down into the Lhachu valley Shabje Drakthok Lhachu valley The Kailash peak Looks out the Kailash peak Yaks do the Kora Mountain scape before Deraphuk Steep faces at the left side Measure in length with its own body Pilgrim on its own way to circle the Kailash Manasarovar lake and Rakshastal lake First day on the Kora Walking the Kora Chukhu also called Chogu Gompa Kailash peak Chorten along the way The Kora starts moderate Chorten and the Kailash peak The first Kilometer of the Kora near Tarboche The first Kilometer of the Kora Prayer flags and the Kailash peak Ganges Guesthouse in Darchen Darchen village Mount Kailash Inside the Seralung Gompa