The Himalaya Research Bulletin, in conjunction with Portland State University and the <a href="http://www.macalester.edu/%7Eguneratne/">Association for Nepal and Himalayan Studies (ANHS)</a>, has produced a 2006 Calendar <a href="http://www.himalayan.pdx.edu/Calendar.htm">Journey to High Asia – Nepal</a>, which is now available for purchase.

At least two SP members have photos in the calendar, <a href="http://www.summitpost.org/mountains/user_link.pl/user_id/23655">grayfolded</a>, and yours truly.

Note that use of the photos was donated, and 100% of the proceeds go to the above mentioned organizations.

Here is the month with my photo, which SP members have previously honored with Photo of the Week status.

<img src="http://home.comcast.net/~nchenkin/Jan.jpg" width=295 height=577>

Hey Nelson, nice work! Im just curious which shot grayfolded got in, I like the one with the yak better, although the Pumori pic got all the attention it seems..

Cheers,

Rick

Thanks Rick.

I have not received my copy of the calendar yet, so I'm not sure which photo by Gary (grayfolded) they decided to use for a large month image. On the January page above the small horizontal photo at the bottom was taken by him. There was initially some confusion on that one since he and I have very similar shots (prayer flags at the north base camp of Kangchenjunga), even though we were there one year apart.

As we speak Gary is currently on a 3+ week trek in the Nanda Devi region, presumably getting some more great photos!

Congratulations to both of you!

I just learned that to date they have sold 1200 of the 1500 calendars printed, and orders are still coming in. She is considering a second printing, but will probably not do one.

By the way, the editor of the calendar is Barbara Brower, the daughter of David Brower, a noted American environmentalist.