Yak Jam in Khumjing

Yak Jam in Khumjing, originally uploaded by matthewharrup.

Everything runs on yaks and porters. Commercial porters carry shocking amounts of weight - oen guy had 75kg, he can't have weighed over 60kg himself, and he was going up and down mountains in sandals. They get paid by the kilo you see.

The other stalwarts are Yaks, Naks, half yak half cow thingimajigs... they have about 20 words for yak out here. Its really hard to make a yak move when it doesn't want to.