Day 10: October 7, 2006
Reting Monastery, 4,100 meters above sea level





















Beautiful old juniper









































































Statue of Tsongkhapa

















































Juniper parkland

















Steep climb to the viewpoint





















A vulture/buzzard resting on the ground

















Looking back down over the monastery and river























The view from a rock outcrop:






























Pete burning some juniper
















The beautiful Rong-chu valley















































The residence of the current Reting Rinpoche, the monastery's abbot, currently under Chinese 'protection'.

































































































Some hermitages high up in the cliffs















































Light snow on its way...









































































Hermitage of Tsongkhapa's teacher





































Some ruins from the Cultural Revolution and a restored chapel.


















Beneath this ornate roof is the seat where Tsongkhapa composed his famous text: "The Gradual Path to Enlightenment"
















Painting of Tsongkhapa marking where the treatise was written.





















Young boy at the chapel, grandson of the caretaker?





















Pete talking with the chapel caretaker.




















































"Om mani padme hung," the mantra of compassion, carved into a rock

















Fall foliage
















Grazing yak
















































Overlooking the expanse of Reting Monastery

































Another rock carving and piles of yak horns























































































Our campsite visible in the lower right

















A local inspecting the tents

















Reting sprawling out at the base of the mountain
















Fellow travellers on the route back to Lhasa