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Everest '99 South Side Photo Gallery

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A chorten, or stupa, near Lukla. These structures, found throughout the Khumbu, are receptacles for offerings to the Gods and often house Buddhist religious relics. All chortens consists of several sections, each with a symbolic meaning. The rectangular base, for instance, symbolizes solid earth while the uppermost conical spire symbolizes fire.

photo by:
Charles Corfield

Everest '99 South Side Cybercast Photos