Prayer flags flying from Tyangboche monastery stupa. Prayers are written on these cloths and rags. The action of their blowing with the wind allows the prayers to be taken away the wind. Nuptse (7200m). Raven on the crown of a chorten, an iconic structure from which to hang religious objects. Nepalese girl from a remote community of Gurung people in the Ganesh Himal. © John Beatty