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  • A local man carries electric cabling uphill on the Annapurna Sanctuary trekking route in central Nepal. With few roads that can transport supplies and raw materials up to remote foothill communities, the only way is often to carry what one needs on the back or by yak. The paths are even but often very steep in places so stamina and endurance are needed to get even modest weights uphill. Nepalis up here often want newer technology and basic electricity to power lights and showers although solar power is another answer.
    himalayas_porter02-12-12-1997.jpg
  • A local man carries tourism industry supplies downhill on the Annapurna Sanctuary trekking route in central Nepal. With the heavy load on his back, supported in the traditional Himalayan manner of a head strap that steadies the pack, the man makes his steady way down the foothill using a long pole for extra balance. Communities here partly-depend on the agriculture of rice-growing but also on the passing tourist trade. Western trekkers from all over the world walk through these tiny communities on their way up the series of climbing trails of the Annapurna Conservation Sanctuary circuit, a sometimes rigorous walk from the low hills of Pokhara to the higher altitudes of Annapurna, the (26,000 feet (8,000 metre) peak. To be greeted by so much choice is the most rewarding experience and the offer of hot showers is about the best reward for so much exertion.
    himalayas_porter01-12-12-1997.jpg
  • Outdoor showers with a magnificent Himalayan view on the Annapurna Sanctuary trekking route in central Nepal. A tourist waits for a cubical to become free beneath the spectacular backdrop of snow-peaked mountains. Communities here partly-depend on the agriculture of rice-growing but also on the passing tourist trade. Western trekkers from all over the world walk through these tiny communities on their way up the series of climbing trails of the Annapurna Conservation Sanctuary circuit, a sometimes rigorous walk from the low hills of Pokhara to the higher altitudes of Annapurna, the (26,000 feet (8,000 metre) peak. To be greeted by so much choice is the most rewarding experience and the offer of hot showers is about the best reward for so much exertion.
    himalayas_showers-12-12-1997.jpg
  • Lit by early sun that filters through mountain peaks to this remote village near Ulleri, in the Himalayan foothills, Nepal, we see the veranda of a tea shop that serves weary travellers trekking the Annapurna Circuit and traditional doko basket. Villages such as these partly-depend on the agriculture of rice-growing and also on the passing tourist trade. Western trekkers walk through these tiny communities on their way up the series of climbing trails of the Annapurna Conservation Sanctuary, a sometimes gruelling walk from the low hills of Pokhara to the higher altitudes of Annapurna, the (26,000 feet (8,000 metre) peak - and beyond. Tea houses are dotted along the trail offering lodging, refreshments and basic, but delicious food to the weary traveller and the landscapes are often shared with local livestock.
    nepal_travel2312-12_1997.jpg
  • Detail of red and white stripes and signpost showing cross-country walkers the route on French national trekking network, the GR36, on 21st May 2017, in Lagrasse, Languedoc-Rousillon, south of France. Lagrasse is listed as one of France's most beautiful villages and lies on the famous Route 20 wine route in the Basses-Corbieres region dating to the 13th century.
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  • Detail of red and white stripes painted on a rock showing cross-country walkers the route on French national trekking network, the GR36, on 21st May 2017, in Lagrasse, Languedoc-Rousillon, south of France. Lagrasse is listed as one of France's most beautiful villages and lies on the famous Route 20 wine route in the Basses-Corbieres region dating to the 13th century.
    lagrasse_france-18-21-05-2017.jpg
  • A guest house sign near Ulleri on the Annapurna Sanctuary trekking route in central Nepal. Locals meet at a table for morning tea and the sign advertises Laligurans Guest House, a well-built house on the popular route for travellers from around the world. <br />
Communities here partly-depend on the agriculture of rice-growing but also on the passing tourist trade. Western trekkers from all over the world walk through these tiny communities on their way up the series of climbing trails of the Annapurna Conservation Sanctuary circuit, a sometimes rigorous walk from the low hills of Pokhara to the higher altitudes of Annapurna, the (26,000 feet (8,000 metre) peak. To be greeted by so much choice is the most rewarding experience and the offer of hot showers and great food is about the best reward for so much exertion.
    himalayas_guesthouse01-16-11-1995.jpg
  • Passing large blocks of stone to prevent footpath erosion, walkers descend off the designated footpath from the summit of Pen-y-Ghent in the Yorkshire Dales National Park, on 13th April 2017, in Horton in Ribblesdale, Yorkshire, England.
    yorkshire-75-13-04-2017.jpg
  • Walkers pass over the limestone pavement at Ing Scar near Malham in the Yorkshire Dales National Park, on 12th April 2017, in Malham, Yorkshire, England. A limestone pavement is a natural karst landform consisting of a flat, incised surface of exposed limestone that resembles an artificial pavement. The term is mainly used in the UK where many of these landforms have developed distinctive surface patterning resembling paving blocks.
    yorkshire-53-12-04-2017.jpg
  • A sheet metal Jesus crucifix (a popular local copy from an historical Rutherian church) near Jaworki, on 20th September 2019, near Szczawnica, Malopolska, Poland. The village of a thriving Rutherian community was once here in Biala Woda where over 100 farms were located - the remains of which are still seen. A wooden cross with a figure of Christ cut from sheet metal survived the culture. Similar crosses and chapels can be found in the colloquial language of White Water  in the Romanian, Ukrainian or Eastern Slovakia Carpathians. 
    poland-161-20-09-2019.jpg
  • Walkers open a farmer's gate and enter a field while keeping to a public footpath on 13th April 2017, in Settle, Yorkshire, England.
    yorkshire-84-13-04-2017.jpg
  • Polish hiking route signs that show heights, walking times and km distances, on 20th September 2019, Obidza, near Szczawnica, Malopolska, Poland.
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  • Hiking signposts on the climb up to Sarnia Skala, a mountain in the Tatra National Park, on 16th September 2019, near Koscielisko, Zakopane, Malopolska, Poland.
    poland-36-16-09-2019.jpg
  • Hiking route markers in Velika Planina, on 26th June 2018, in Velika Planina, near Kamnik, Slovenia. Velika Planina is a mountain plateau in the Kamnik–Savinja Alps - a 5.8 square kilometres area 1,500 metres (4,900 feet) above sea level. Otherwise known as The Big Pasture Plateau, Velika Planina is a winter skiing destination and hiking route in summer. The herders' huts became popular in the early 1930s as holiday cabins (known as bajtarstvo) but these were were destroyed by the Germans during WW2 and rebuilt right afterwards by Vlasto Kopac in the summer of 1945.
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  • A walker and hiking trail map outside the Bocowka log restaurant, a traditional mountain log cabin in southern Poland, on 21st September 2019, in Jaworki, near Szczawnica, Malopolska, Poland.
    poland-234-22-09-2019.jpg
  • Pilgrims visit the small chapel of St. Jana Chrzciciela at the top of Polana Chocholowska a hiking route on Dolina Chocholowska in the Tatra National Park, on 17th September 2019, near Zakopane, Malopolska, Poland.
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  • Polish families descend a rocky mountain footpath towards the village of Jaworki, on 21st September 2019, near Szczawnica, Malopolska, Poland.
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  • Young parents pass a grazing cow still nursing her calf near the collection of Slovenian herders' mountain huts in Velika Planina, on 26th June 2018, in Velika Planina, near Kamnik, Slovenia. Velika Planina is a mountain plateau in the Kamnik–Savinja Alps - a 5.8 square kilometres area 1,500 metres (4,900 feet) above sea level. Otherwise known as The Big Pasture Plateau, Velika Planina is a winter skiing destination and hiking route in summer. The herders' huts became popular in the early 1930s as holiday cabins (known as bajtarstvo) but these were were destroyed by the Germans during WW2 and rebuilt right afterwards by Vlasto Kopac in the summer of 1945.
    slovenia-459-26-06-2018.jpg
  • A walker near Malham Cove in the Yorkshire Dales National Park, on 12th April 2017, in Malham, Yorkshire, England.
    yorkshire-54-12-04-2017.jpg
  • Two Polish walkers take the path straight ahead in the Tatra National Park, on 18th September 2019, in Dolina Mietusia, near Zakopane, Malopolska, Poland.
    poland-132-18-09-2019.jpg
  • Walkers rest and make their way down a mountain footpath in  Polana Chocholowska, a hiking route in the Polish Tatra mountains, on 17th September 2019, near Zakopane, Malopolska, Poland.
    poland-111-17-09-2019.jpg
  • Hiking signposts on the climb up to Sarnia Skala, a mountain in the Tatra National Park, on 16th September 2019, near Koscielisko, Zakopane, Malopolska, Poland.
    poland-49-16-09-2019.jpg
  • A hiker walks along the footpath near Sarnia Skala, a mountain in the Tatra National Park, on 16th September 2019, near Koscielisko, Zakopane, Malopolska, Poland.
    poland-44-16-09-2019.jpg
  • Polish hikers rest at the top of Sarnia Skala, a mountain in the Tatra National Park, on 16th September 2019, near Koscielisko, Zakopane, Malopolska, Poland.
    poland-40-16-09-2019.jpg
  • Hiking route markers in Velika Planina, on 26th June 2018, in Velika Planina, near Kamnik, Slovenia. Velika Planina is a mountain plateau in the Kamnik–Savinja Alps - a 5.8 square kilometres area 1,500 metres (4,900 feet) above sea level. Otherwise known as The Big Pasture Plateau, Velika Planina is a winter skiing destination and hiking route in summer. The herders' huts became popular in the early 1930s as holiday cabins (known as bajtarstvo) but these were were destroyed by the Germans during WW2 and rebuilt right afterwards by Vlasto Kopac in the summer of 1945.
    slovenia-472-26-06-2018.jpg
  • Walkers decend towards the collection of Slovenian herders' mountain huts in Velika Planina, on 26th June 2018, in Velika Planina, near Kamnik, Slovenia. Velika Planina is a mountain plateau in the Kamnik–Savinja Alps - a 5.8 square kilometres area 1,500 metres (4,900 feet) above sea level. Otherwise known as The Big Pasture Plateau, Velika Planina is a winter skiing destination and hiking route in summer. The herders' huts became popular in the early 1930s as holiday cabins (known as bajtarstvo) but these were were destroyed by the Germans during WW2 and rebuilt right afterwards by Vlasto Kopac in the summer of 1945.
    slovenia-450-26-06-2018.jpg
  • Passing large blocks of stone to prevent footpath erosion, walkers descend off the designated footpath from the summit of Pen-y-Ghent in the Yorkshire Dales National Park, on 13th April 2017, in Horton in Ribblesdale, Yorkshire, England.
    yorkshire-74-13-04-2017.jpg
  • Walkers near Malham Cove in the Yorkshire Dales National Park, on 12th April 2017, in Malham, Yorkshire, England.
    yorkshire-59-12-04-2017.jpg
  • Walkers pass over the limestone pavement at Ing Scar near Malham in the Yorkshire Dales National Park, on 12th April 2017, in Malham, Yorkshire, England. A limestone pavement is a natural karst landform consisting of a flat, incised surface of exposed limestone that resembles an artificial pavement. The term is mainly used in the UK where many of these landforms have developed distinctive surface patterning resembling paving blocks.
    yorkshire-49-12-04-2017.jpg
  • A display of Polish hiking train maps for the Tatra National Park and the Zakopane region of southern Poland and bordering northern Slovakia, at a trail head, on 18th September 2019, in near Zakopane, Malopolska, Poland.
    poland-137-18-09-2019.jpg
  • A landscape of spruce trees and the meadows of a farm where hikers are discouraged from crossing over wooden agricultural fencing in Dolina Chocholowska, a hiking route in the Polish Tatra mountains, on 17th September 2019, near Zakopane, Malopolska, Poland.
    poland-107-17-09-2019.jpg
  • A lady walker makes her way along the stony road in Dolina Chocholowska, a hiking route in the Polish Tatra mountains, on 17th September 2019, near Zakopane, Malopolska, Poland.
    poland-103-17-09-2019.jpg
  • A landscape of Slovenian herders' holiday mountain huts in Velika Planina, on 26th June 2018, in Velika Planina, near Kamnik, Slovenia. Velika Planina is a mountain plateau in the Kamnik–Savinja Alps - a 5.8 square kilometres area 1,500 metres (4,900 feet) above sea level. Otherwise known as The Big Pasture Plateau, Velika Planina is a winter skiing destination and hiking route in summer. The herders' huts became popular in the early 1930s as holiday cabins (known as bajtarstvo) but these were were destroyed by the Germans during WW2 and rebuilt right afterwards by Vlasto Kopac in the summer of 1945.
    slovenia-449-26-06-2018.jpg
  • A pile of muddy woodland walkers' boots which have been left outside the Bucks Head pub in Godden Green, 5th January 2019, in Kent, England.
    walkers-06-05-01-2020.jpg
  • A walker and hiking trail map outside the Bocowka log restaurant, a traditional mountain log cabin in southern Poland, on 21st September 2019, in Jaworki, near Szczawnica, Malopolska, Poland.
    poland-232-22-09-2019.jpg
  • Walkers and a hiking trail map outside the Bocowka log restaurant, a traditional mountain log cabin in southern Poland, on 21st September 2019, in Jaworki, near Szczawnica, Malopolska, Poland.
    poland-198-21-09-2019.jpg
  • A walker climbs wooden steps in Biala Woda in the Tatra mountains, passing a sheet metal Jesus crucifix (a popular local copy from an historical Rutherian church) near Jaworki, on 20th September 2019, near Szczawnica, Malopolska, Poland. The village of a thriving Rutherian community was once here in Biala Woda where over 100 farms were located - the remains of which are still seen. A wooden cross with a figure of Christ cut from sheet metal survived the culture. Similar crosses and chapels can be found in the colloquial language of White Water  in the Romanian, Ukrainian or Eastern Slovakia Carpathians. 
    poland-162-20-09-2019.jpg
  • on 18th September 2019, in Dolina Mietusia, near Zakopane, Malopolska, Poland.
    poland-133-18-09-2019.jpg
  • A mother pushes her child's buggy on a footpath in the Tatra National Park, on 16th September 2019, near Koscielisko, Zakopane, Malopolska, Poland.
    poland-48-16-09-2019.jpg
  • Walkers walk in Velika Planina, on 26th June 2018, in Velika Planina, near Kamnik, Slovenia. Velika Planina is a mountain plateau in the Kamnik–Savinja Alps - a 5.8 square kilometres area 1,500 metres (4,900 feet) above sea level. Otherwise known as The Big Pasture Plateau, Velika Planina is a winter skiing destination and hiking route in summer. The herders' huts became popular in the early 1930s as holiday cabins (known as bajtarstvo) but these were were destroyed by the Germans during WW2 and rebuilt right afterwards by Vlasto Kopac in the summer of 1945.
    slovenia-445-26-06-2018.jpg
  • Walkers decend towards the collection of Slovenian herders' mountain huts in Velika Planina, on 26th June 2018, in Velika Planina, near Kamnik, Slovenia. Velika Planina is a mountain plateau in the Kamnik–Savinja Alps - a 5.8 square kilometres area 1,500 metres (4,900 feet) above sea level. Otherwise known as The Big Pasture Plateau, Velika Planina is a winter skiing destination and hiking route in summer. The herders' huts became popular in the early 1930s as holiday cabins (known as bajtarstvo) but these were were destroyed by the Germans during WW2 and rebuilt right afterwards by Vlasto Kopac in the summer of 1945.
    slovenia-443-26-06-2018.jpg
  • Walkers descend from the summit of Pen-y-Ghent in the Yorkshire Dales National Park, on 13th April 2017, in Horton in Ribblesdale, Yorkshire, England.
    yorkshire-72-13-04-2017.jpg
  • Walkers pass over the limestone pavement at Ing Scar near Malham in the Yorkshire Dales National Park, on 12th April 2017, in Malham, Yorkshire, England. A limestone pavement is a natural karst landform consisting of a flat, incised surface of exposed limestone that resembles an artificial pavement. The term is mainly used in the UK where many of these landforms have developed distinctive surface patterning resembling paving blocks.
    yorkshire-39-12-04-2017.jpg
  • Near piles of chopped wood logs, a local hotel owner makes adjustments to solar panels that powers his guesthouse business in a remote Himalayan village, and for the sake of passing trekkers wanting hot showers after the climb up to this altitude, on 12th December, Ghorepani, Nepal. Ghorepani is at a height of 2874m (9429 ft) and is located within the Annapurna Conservation Area (ACA), requiring a national park permit to visit and contains a number of "guest houses" that provide lodging and meals to mountain trekkers, many of whom spend the night before a pre-dawn trek to the top of nearby Poon Hill (3210m/10531 ft) to watch the sunrise.
    nepal_solar02-12-12-1997.jpg
  • A landscape of spruce trees and the meadows of a farm where hikers are discouraged from crossing over wooden agricultural fencing in Dolina Chocholowska, a hiking route in the Polish Tatra mountains, on 17th September 2019, near Zakopane, Malopolska, Poland.
    poland-108-17-09-2019.jpg
  • A hiker walks along the footpath near Sarnia Skala, a mountain in the Tatra National Park, on 16th September 2019, near Koscielisko, Zakopane, Malopolska, Poland.
    poland-45-16-09-2019.jpg
  • A detail of a public footpath marker in undergrowth, on 7th July 2019, near Doddington, England
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  • Walkers rest with their pet dogs in Velika Planina, on 26th June 2018, in Velika Planina, near Kamnik, Slovenia. Velika Planina is a mountain plateau in the Kamnik–Savinja Alps - a 5.8 square kilometres area 1,500 metres (4,900 feet) above sea level. Otherwise known as The Big Pasture Plateau, Velika Planina is a winter skiing destination and hiking route in summer. The herders' huts became popular in the early 1930s as holiday cabins (known as bajtarstvo) but these were were destroyed by the Germans during WW2 and rebuilt right afterwards by Vlasto Kopac in the summer of 1945.
    slovenia-470-26-06-2018.jpg
  • Walkers decend towards the collection of Slovenian herders' mountain huts in Velika Planina, on 26th June 2018, in Velika Planina, near Kamnik, Slovenia. Velika Planina is a mountain plateau in the Kamnik–Savinja Alps - a 5.8 square kilometres area 1,500 metres (4,900 feet) above sea level. Otherwise known as The Big Pasture Plateau, Velika Planina is a winter skiing destination and hiking route in summer. The herders' huts became popular in the early 1930s as holiday cabins (known as bajtarstvo) but these were were destroyed by the Germans during WW2 and rebuilt right afterwards by Vlasto Kopac in the summer of 1945.
    slovenia-447-26-06-2018.jpg
  • A walker near Malham Cove in the Yorkshire Dales National Park, on 12th April 2017, in Malham, Yorkshire, England.
    yorkshire-57-12-04-2017.jpg
  • Cyclists climb along a cobbled road in Dolina Chocholowska, a hiking route in the Polish Tatra mountains, on 17th September 2019, near Zakopane, Malopolska, Poland.
    poland-97-17-09-2019.jpg
  • Hiking route markers in Velika Planina, on 26th June 2018, in Velika Planina, near Kamnik, Slovenia. Velika Planina is a mountain plateau in the Kamnik–Savinja Alps - a 5.8 square kilometres area 1,500 metres (4,900 feet) above sea level. Otherwise known as The Big Pasture Plateau, Velika Planina is a winter skiing destination and hiking route in summer. The herders' huts became popular in the early 1930s as holiday cabins (known as bajtarstvo) but these were were destroyed by the Germans during WW2 and rebuilt right afterwards by Vlasto Kopac in the summer of 1945.
    slovenia-476-26-06-2018.jpg
  • Walkers away from the collection of Slovenian herders' mountain huts in Velika Planina, on 26th June 2018, in Velika Planina, near Kamnik, Slovenia. Velika Planina is a mountain plateau in the Kamnik–Savinja Alps - a 5.8 square kilometres area 1,500 metres (4,900 feet) above sea level. Otherwise known as The Big Pasture Plateau, Velika Planina is a winter skiing destination and hiking route in summer. The herders' huts became popular in the early 1930s as holiday cabins (known as bajtarstvo) but these were were destroyed by the Germans during WW2 and rebuilt right afterwards by Vlasto Kopac in the summer of 1945.
    slovenia-446-26-06-2018.jpg
  • Walkers make their way towards Gordale Scar, on 12th April 2017, in Malham, in the Yorkshire Dales, England. Gordale Scar is a limestone ravine 1 mile (1.6 km) northeast of Malham, North Yorkshire, England.[1] It contains two waterfalls and has overhanging limestone cliffs over 100 metres high. The gorge could have been formed by water from melting glaciers or a cavern collapse. The stream flowing through the scar is Gordale Beck, which on leaving the gorge flows over Janet's Foss before joining Malham Beck two miles downstream to form the River Aire. A right of way leads up the gorge, but requires some mild scrambling over tufa at the lower waterfall.
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  • A woodland walker leaves his muddy boots next to a pile of other outdoor walkers' boots which have been left outside the Bucks Head pub in Godden Green, 5th January 2019, in Kent, England.
    walkers-05-05-01-2020.jpg
  • A sheet metal Jesus crucifix (a popular local copy from an historical Rutherian church) near Jaworki, on 20th September 2019, near Szczawnica, Malopolska, Poland. The village of a thriving Rutherian community was once here in Biala Woda where over 100 farms were located - the remains of which are still seen. A wooden cross with a figure of Christ cut from sheet metal survived the culture. Similar crosses and chapels can be found in the colloquial language of White Water  in the Romanian, Ukrainian or Eastern Slovakia Carpathians. 
    poland-160-20-09-2019.jpg
  • Hikers rest on the footpath near Sarnia Skala, a mountain in the Tatra National Park, on 16th September 2019, near Koscielisko, Zakopane, Malopolska, Poland.
    poland-46-16-09-2019.jpg
  • High above the southern Polish mountain resort of Zakopane, hikers climb near the top of Sarnia Skala, a mountain in the Tatra National Park, on 16th September 2019, near Koscielisko, Zakopane, Malopolska, Poland.
    poland-42-16-09-2019.jpg
  • A hiker walks along the footpath near Sarnia Skala, a mountain in the Tatra National Park, on 16th September 2019, near Koscielisko, Zakopane, Malopolska, Poland.
    poland-43-16-09-2019.jpg
  • Polish hikers rest at the top of Sarnia Skala, a mountain in the Tatra National Park, on 16th September 2019, near Koscielisko, Zakopane, Malopolska, Poland.
    poland-37-16-09-2019.jpg
  • A lady hiker climbs a footpath among diseased and dying spruce trees near Sarnia Skala, a mountain in the Tatra National Park, on 16th September 2019, near Koscielisko, Zakopane, Malopolska, Poland. The European spruce beetle (Ips typographus) is one of 116 bark beetles species in Poland which is killing thousands of spruces. The insect's population can grow rapidly via wind and snow etc. which eventually leaves a gap in the landscape, thereby changing the forest floor's ecology.
    poland-34-16-09-2019.jpg
  • Polish hikers rest on seats and benches on the footpath leading towards the climb up to Sarnia Skala, a mountain in the Tatra National Park, on 16th September 2019, near Koscielisko, Zakopane, Malopolska, Poland.
    poland-30-16-09-2019.jpg
  • Walkers enjoy lunch at the chapel dedicated to Our Lady of the Snows, built in 1938 by the Slovenian architect Jože Plečnik, above the collection of Slovenian herders' mountain huts in Velika Planina, on 26th June 2018, in Velika Planina, near Kamnik, Slovenia. Velika Planina is a mountain plateau in the Kamnik–Savinja Alps - a 5.8 square kilometres area 1,500 metres (4,900 feet) above sea level. Otherwise known as The Big Pasture Plateau, Velika Planina is a winter skiing destination and hiking route in summer. The herders' huts became popular in the early 1930s as holiday cabins (known as bajtarstvo) but these were were destroyed by the Germans during WW2 and rebuilt right afterwards by Vlasto Kopac in the summer of 1945.
    slovenia-463-26-06-2018.jpg
  • Walkers near Malham Cove in the Yorkshire Dales National Park, on 12th April 2017, in Malham, Yorkshire, England.
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  • A walker near Malham Cove in the Yorkshire Dales National Park, on 12th April 2017, in Malham, Yorkshire, England.
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  • A dawn landscape of a mountain hostel at Ghorepani in the Annapurna Sanctuary, a preservation area of Nepal, high in the Himalayan foothills, on 16th January 1997, in Ghorepani, Nepal. Villages like this partly-depend on the agriculture of rice-growing and also on the passing tourist trade. Western trekkers walk through these tiny communities on their way up the series of climbing trails of the Annapurna Conservation Sanctuary circuit, a sometimes rigorous walk from the low hills of Pokhara to the higher altitudes of Annapurna, the (26,000 feet (8,000 metre) peak. (Photo by Richard Baker / In Pictures via Getty Images)
    himalayas_hostel-16-01-1997.jpg
  • A woodland walker leaves his muddy boots next to a pile of other outdoor walkers' boots which have been left outside the Bucks Head pub in Godden Green, 5th January 2019, in Kent, England.
    walkers-07-05-01-2020.jpg
  • A hiking trail map outside the Bocowka restaurant, a traditional mountain log cabin in southern Poland, on 21st September 2019, in Jaworki, near Szczawnica, Malopolska, Poland.
    poland-225-21-09-2019.jpg
  • With the mountains of the Tatra National Park and the Slovakian border in the distance, Polish walkers rest on spruce log benches, on 18th September 2019, in Dolina Malejlaki, near Zakopane, Malopolska, Poland.
    poland-131-18-09-2019.jpg
  • Two walkers make their way alongside the Siwa Woda river in Dolina Chocholowska, a hiking route in the Tatra National Park, on 17th September 2019, near Zakopane, Malopolska, Poland.
    poland-88-17-09-2019.jpg
  • High above the southern Polish mountain resort of Zakopane, hikers climb near the top of Sarnia Skala, a mountain in the Tatra National Park, on 16th September 2019, near Koscielisko, Zakopane, Malopolska, Poland.
    poland-39-16-09-2019.jpg
  • Walkers leave the chapel dedicated to Our Lady of the Snows, built in 1938 by the Slovenian architect Jože Plečnik, above the collection of Slovenian herders' mountain huts in Velika Planina, on 26th June 2018, in Velika Planina, near Kamnik, Slovenia. Velika Planina is a mountain plateau in the Kamnik–Savinja Alps - a 5.8 square kilometres area 1,500 metres (4,900 feet) above sea level. Otherwise known as The Big Pasture Plateau, Velika Planina is a winter skiing destination and hiking route in summer. The herders' huts became popular in the early 1930s as holiday cabins (known as bajtarstvo) but these were were destroyed by the Germans during WW2 and rebuilt right afterwards by Vlasto Kopac in the summer of 1945.
    slovenia-465-26-06-2018.jpg
  • Walkers decend towards the collection of Slovenian herders' mountain huts in Velika Planina, on 26th June 2018, in Velika Planina, near Kamnik, Slovenia. Velika Planina is a mountain plateau in the Kamnik–Savinja Alps - a 5.8 square kilometres area 1,500 metres (4,900 feet) above sea level. Otherwise known as The Big Pasture Plateau, Velika Planina is a winter skiing destination and hiking route in summer. The herders' huts became popular in the early 1930s as holiday cabins (known as bajtarstvo) but these were were destroyed by the Germans during WW2 and rebuilt right afterwards by Vlasto Kopac in the summer of 1945.
    slovenia-442-26-06-2018.jpg
  • A traditional Polish mountain shepherd's hut selling cheeses to visitors, on 21st September 2019, in Jaworki, near Szczawnica, Malopolska, Poland. Log cabins houses such as these often sell Oszczypek, a smoked cheese made of salted sheep milk exclusively in the Tatra Mountains region of Poland.
    poland-214-21-09-2019.jpg
  • Pilgrims visit the small chapel of St. Jana Chrzciciela at the top of Polana Chocholowska a hiking route on Dolina Chocholowska in the Tatra National Park, on 17th September 2019, near Zakopane, Malopolska, Poland.
    poland-113-17-09-2019.jpg
  • A lady walker makes her way along the stony road in Dolina Chocholowska, a hiking route in the Polish Tatra mountains, on 17th September 2019, near Zakopane, Malopolska, Poland.
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  • Walkers pass grazing cows in Velika Planina, on 26th June 2018, in Velika Planina, near Kamnik, Slovenia. Velika Planina is a mountain plateau in the Kamnik–Savinja Alps - a 5.8 square kilometres area 1,500 metres (4,900 feet) above sea level. Otherwise known as The Big Pasture Plateau, Velika Planina is a winter skiing destination and hiking route in summer. The herders' huts became popular in the early 1930s as holiday cabins (known as bajtarstvo) but these were were destroyed by the Germans during WW2 and rebuilt right afterwards by Vlasto Kopac in the summer of 1945.
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  • Walkers pass grazing cows near the collection of Slovenian herders' mountain huts in Velika Planina, on 26th June 2018, in Velika Planina, near Kamnik, Slovenia. Velika Planina is a mountain plateau in the Kamnik–Savinja Alps - a 5.8 square kilometres area 1,500 metres (4,900 feet) above sea level. Otherwise known as The Big Pasture Plateau, Velika Planina is a winter skiing destination and hiking route in summer. The herders' huts became popular in the early 1930s as holiday cabins (known as bajtarstvo) but these were were destroyed by the Germans during WW2 and rebuilt right afterwards by Vlasto Kopac in the summer of 1945.
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  • A pile of muddy woodland walkers' boots which have been left outside the Bucks Head pub in Godden Green, 5th January 2019, in Kent, England.
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  • Trekkers sit in morning sunshine on the terrace of their guesthouse as gathering dark clouds approach the Himalayan village of Ghandrung, on 12th December 1997, In Ghandrung, Nepal. Also called Ghandruk or Gandruk, this settlement is situated in what is known as the Annapurna Sanctuary (conservation region), a 55-km-long massif whose highest point, Annapurna I, stands at 8,091 m (26,538 ft), making it the 10th-highest summit in the world. The village is also a stopping-off point for trekkers and backpackers who pass-by on their way to the walk in high peaks. The Mountain Region is situated at 4,000 meters or more above sea level. Houses and dwellings are substantial structures with properties well-swept and well-maintained.
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  • A pile of muddy woodland walkers' boots which have been left outside the Bucks Head pub in Godden Green, 5th January 2019, in Kent, England.
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  • A walker and hiking trail map outside the Bocowka log restaurant, a traditional mountain log cabin in southern Poland, on 21st September 2019, in Jaworki, near Szczawnica, Malopolska, Poland.
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  • Polish families descend a rocky mountain footpath towards the village of Jaworki, on 21st September 2019, near Szczawnica, Malopolska, Poland.
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  • Polish families descend a rocky mountain footpath towards the village of Jaworki, on 21st September 2019, near Szczawnica, Malopolska, Poland.
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  • A hiking trail map outside the Bocowka restaurant, a traditional mountain log cabin in southern Poland, on 21st September 2019, in Jaworki, near Szczawnica, Malopolska, Poland.
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  • A single hiker descends from the tops of southern Polish mountains, on 20th September 2019, Biala Woda, Jaworki, near Szczawnica, Malopolska, Poland.
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  • A single hiker descends from the tops of southern Polish mountains, on 20th September 2019, Biala Woda, Jaworki, near Szczawnica, Malopolska, Poland.
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  • With the Slovakian border on the distant forested ridge, a lady walker climbs uphill from Biala Woda in southern Poland, on 20th September 2019, Biala Woda, Jaworki, near Szczawnica, Malopolska, Poland.
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  • A Polish hiking route sign on a spruce tree where others have been badly affected by the European spruce beetle, in Dolina Mietusia, a hiking route in the Polish Tatra National Park, on 18th September 2019, in Dolina Mietusia, near Zakopane, Malopolska, Poland. The European spruce beetle (Ips typographus) is one of 116 bark beetles species in Poland which is killing thousands of spruces. The insect's population can grow rapidly via wind and snow etc. which eventually leaves a gap in the landscape, thereby changing the forest floor's ecology.
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  • A lady walker makes her way along the stony road in Dolina Chocholowska, a hiking route in the Polish Tatra mountains, on 17th September 2019, near Zakopane, Malopolska, Poland.
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  • A walker rests with a background of spruce trees and the meadows of a farm where hikers are discouraged from crossing over wooden agricultural fencing in Dolina Chocholowska, a hiking route in the Polish Tatra mountains, on 17th September 2019, near Zakopane, Malopolska, Poland.
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  • Polish hikers rest at the top of Sarnia Skala, a mountain in the Tatra National Park, on 16th September 2019, near Koscielisko, Zakopane, Malopolska, Poland.
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  • Polish hikers rest at the top of Sarnia Skala, a mountain in the Tatra National Park, on 16th September 2019, near Koscielisko, Zakopane, Malopolska, Poland.
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  • Hikers rest among deceased and dying spruce trees, near the top of Sarnia Skala, a mountain in the Tatra National Park, on 16th September 2019, near Koscielisko, Zakopane, Malopolska, Poland. The European spruce beetle (Ips typographus) is one of 116 bark beetles species in Poland which is killing thousands of spruces. The insect's population can grow rapidly via wind and snow etc. which eventually leaves a gap in the landscape, thereby changing the forest floor's ecology.
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  • Walkers leave the chapel dedicated to Our Lady of the Snows, built in 1938 by the Slovenian architect Jože Plečnik, above the collection of Slovenian herders' mountain huts in Velika Planina, on 26th June 2018, in Velika Planina, near Kamnik, Slovenia. Velika Planina is a mountain plateau in the Kamnik–Savinja Alps - a 5.8 square kilometres area 1,500 metres (4,900 feet) above sea level. Otherwise known as The Big Pasture Plateau, Velika Planina is a winter skiing destination and hiking route in summer. The herders' huts became popular in the early 1930s as holiday cabins (known as bajtarstvo) but these were were destroyed by the Germans during WW2 and rebuilt right afterwards by Vlasto Kopac in the summer of 1945.
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  • Walkers pass grazing cows near the collection of Slovenian herders' mountain huts in Velika Planina, on 26th June 2018, in Velika Planina, near Kamnik, Slovenia. Velika Planina is a mountain plateau in the Kamnik–Savinja Alps - a 5.8 square kilometres area 1,500 metres (4,900 feet) above sea level. Otherwise known as The Big Pasture Plateau, Velika Planina is a winter skiing destination and hiking route in summer. The herders' huts became popular in the early 1930s as holiday cabins (known as bajtarstvo) but these were were destroyed by the Germans during WW2 and rebuilt right afterwards by Vlasto Kopac in the summer of 1945.
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  • Walkers pass grazing cows near the collection of Slovenian herders' mountain huts in Velika Planina, on 26th June 2018, in Velika Planina, near Kamnik, Slovenia. Velika Planina is a mountain plateau in the Kamnik–Savinja Alps - a 5.8 square kilometres area 1,500 metres (4,900 feet) above sea level. Otherwise known as The Big Pasture Plateau, Velika Planina is a winter skiing destination and hiking route in summer. The herders' huts became popular in the early 1930s as holiday cabins (known as bajtarstvo) but these were were destroyed by the Germans during WW2 and rebuilt right afterwards by Vlasto Kopac in the summer of 1945.
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  • Walkers visiting the collection of Slovenian herders' mountain huts in Velika Planina, on 26th June 2018, in Velika Planina, near Kamnik, Slovenia. Velika Planina is a mountain plateau in the Kamnik–Savinja Alps - a 5.8 square kilometres area 1,500 metres (4,900 feet) above sea level. Otherwise known as The Big Pasture Plateau, Velika Planina is a winter skiing destination and hiking route in summer. The herders' huts became popular in the early 1930s as holiday cabins (known as bajtarstvo) but these were were destroyed by the Germans during WW2 and rebuilt right afterwards by Vlasto Kopac in the summer of 1945.
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  • Walkers walk in Velika Planina, on 26th June 2018, in Velika Planina, near Kamnik, Slovenia. Velika Planina is a mountain plateau in the Kamnik–Savinja Alps - a 5.8 square kilometres area 1,500 metres (4,900 feet) above sea level. Otherwise known as The Big Pasture Plateau, Velika Planina is a winter skiing destination and hiking route in summer. The herders' huts became popular in the early 1930s as holiday cabins (known as bajtarstvo) but these were were destroyed by the Germans during WW2 and rebuilt right afterwards by Vlasto Kopac in the summer of 1945.
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  • Countryside ramblers walk up a hill on a quiet minor road beneath summer skies, on 27th August 2017, near Cobham, Kent, England.
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