/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/1.jpg "A general view of Kathmandu from Swayambhu temple.")
/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/2.jpg "Inside Swayambhu temple.")
/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/3.jpg "Sleeping man, Kathmandu.")
/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/4.jpg "Boudhanath Stupa, Kathmandu.")
/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/5.jpg "Public bathing area.")
/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/6.jpg "Street scene, Kathmandu.")
/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/7.jpg "Phewa Lake, Pokhara.")
/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/8.jpg "Caulking a boat, Phewa Lake, Pokhara.")
/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/9.jpg "Boat rides, Phewa Lake, Pokhara.")
/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/10-1.jpg "Soccer, Pokhara.")
/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/11.jpg "Annapurna Circuit.")
/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/12-1.jpg "Annapurna, just before sunrise.")
/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/13.jpg "Taken on a day trip to a monastery on the Annapurna Circuit, somewhere between the Kali Gandaki Valley and Jomsom.")
/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/14.jpg "Marpha, Mustang District.")
/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/15.jpg "Firewood stored on roofs in Marpha.")
/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/16.jpg "Siblings, Marpha.")
/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/17.jpg "Family making breakfast, Khumbu region.")
/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/18.jpg "Porter, Khumbu region.")
/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/19.jpg "A monastery in the Khumbu region.")
/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/21-1.jpg "Carved and painted rocks, Khumbu Region.")
/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/22-1.jpg "Namche Bazar, Khumbu region.")
/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/23.jpg "Gokyo Valley, looking down on to the Ngozumpa Glacier, the largest in Nepal, Khumbu region. DM")
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MAVERICK LIFE
Rediscovering Nepal: Trekking the Himalayas through forgotten film negatives
Photographer and Daily Maverick subeditor Ian Wolstenholme trekked across Nepal’s Himalayas with a film camera in hand. Decades later, he digitised the forgotten negatives — revealing a vivid, time-capsule view of Kathmandu, Pokhara and the iconic mountain trails of Langtang and Everest. All photographs were taken by Ian Wolstenholme.
16 May 2025
Teahouse, Khumbu region
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