- Allium nanodes encountered on a wind swept pass in 4500m
- Soroseris, a true total high altitude specialist. Wont find it below 4000m / 12,000ft.
- Gentiana atunsiensis, one of my favorite Gentians. Loves to grow above 4200m!
- A tiny flowered, but great colored Sedum found in 4500m.
- Rhodiola, a rose-root.
Beautiful high altitude specialist that provides powerful high altitude medicine. Lots of research on Rhodiola in Russia. - Cyananthus langiflorus, in the Bellflower / Campanulaceae family.
- Our 4 drivers and two guides, all Khampas,
Khampas are people from the Kham region in Eastern Tibet, these days divided and ruled under Tibet AR's Qamdo/Chamdo Prefecture, Sichuan's Ganzi/Kandze & Ngawa/Aba TAP, Yunnan's Deqing/Dechen TAP and parts of Qinghai's Yushu/Jyekundo TAP = Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture. - A Pheasant (Phasanius colchicus) crossing the road.
- Matsutake collector with their heavy harvest waiting until his buddy comes by motorcycle to fetch him.
- Seasonal matsutake Camp on the Chaktreng-Shangrila border
- Mountain scenery on the Deqen / Garze Prefectures border, Chinese know as Xiao Shu Shan
- A improvised building in the matsutake camp.
Matsutake is known by Tibetans as Beshing Shamo, the oak mushroom, since it grows with oaks.