superdale...probably wishing that he had his crampons on, because those black rocks are barely covering ice. makes for an exciting landing! 

old Uyger man walking in front of a mosque in kashgar 

traditional Uyger woman...this is in the textile section of the market in kashgar. 

Dale the great north american stalker of breads...or little boys (hard to know which) 

some call it art...i just thought it was a cool shot of a boulder melting out of the glacier 

want some more grapes? 

the lake at 16,000' on the aksai chin plateau, we were happy to see it, but unfortunately it was saline. 

karen heading towards mt.wyatt 

this peak, just a few hours away from kashgar, has only been successfully climbed twice (over 7000 meters). 

looking down glacier from our 19,000'+ camp. 

need anymore reasons why i tried to avoid most of the meat in china? 

a grape vendor and customer weighing em out. 

a frequently climbed (skied) peak only 4.5 hours from kashgar (over 7,000 meters high). 

nice roads, eh! 

this is where my pack ended up after i dropped it while climbing the obvios couloir in the center of the rock peak. 

anybody for some produce? kashgar, china 

randall, checking to see if a falling serac could actually kill him 

i know it is only a dot, but i swear that it is a tibetan antelope. 

one of my favorites, probably because it includes two things i like a lot...garlic and bikes! 

this would be a really expensive drying rack if MH hadn't given the tent to us for free (14,000'+ basecamp) 

children in china are not shy 

karen and annie descending due to unsettled weather (somewhere around 21,000')

toma getting a little shut eye while waiting out some vehicle repairs 

more photos!

Ok, so I got a few more photos downloaded and am starting to get the hang of this web blog thing (slowly). Work is going well, I am getting together an abstract for a conference in November, I will be giving two talks, one is on my thesis work (see the alaska fish page) and the other is on the work we did this summer in Nome. Specifically I am giving a presentation on the diet of juvenile chum salmon. Oh, I also just bought a whitewater kayak...so hopefully I will get in the pool tomorrow and wednesday to work on a roll then head out to a river before they all ice up, which may just happen because we got 6" of snow in Anchorage saturday! Hopefully a sign of the winter to come. To see the other Cina photos just click on the archive list on the right.
Cheers,
Ben

here are a few photos from my recent china trip

the solo climb i attempted and failed on at 19,000'. had to remove my pack to keep from falling, when i dropped it it didn't stop for a few thousand feet 

dale wishing he had a rope