The porters' world's most powerful "

TTO - Dubbed as "people with small but powerful body in the world", the Himalayan porters always made travelers coming here must respect previous admiring endurance, willpower and crystal their optimism.They are known by the common name is "porter".

The heavy baskets will be supported by the forehead and back of the porter, which they often degenerated cervical spine and lumbar spine, from early

Every day they will have to carry luggage weighing more than half of the body behind and uphill, over the mountain between the prickly chill of the snow mountain, the sun burning the skin of the sun and constant movement in low oxygen conditions.

Usually every porter in the Himalayas will work 4-8 ​​hours / day. Unless those days had shocked visitors to the lower height than the height of their working time when more than a dozen languages, because "we have carried guests down to a lower altitude, regardless of the night, the police full customer is the most important "- porter Sundas Ram (31 years old) said.

Average a heavy baskets they carry from 25-40kg will be higher than 2,000m to 5,000m. Depending on the difficulty of each stretch of road and weather that each person will receive salaries of $ 12-25 / day. However, they must pay their own living expenses.

Every day they will have to Porter than half their body weight behind and uphill, over the mountain between harsh climate

The porter here shipper very own way, they always used a rope to tie corduroy and make the whole basket of goods. One end of the rope will be cut over the forehead as they round score keeping, while the entire row will put on the back as the fulcrum. And so, the heavy baskets will be supported by the forehead and back, on the day they reached the slope carry in extreme weather conditions. For that reason, "we often degenerated cervical spine and lumbar spine, from the early" - Ubrat Sundas (44), a porter was a clown for 10 years, sharing.

"Every year there are many die on Himalayan porter because snowstorms, avalanches, earthquakes ... We all know this profession more dangerous but if not do not know what else to do" - Janak Karki (40 years), a who worked as porters navigation and guidance 5 years 22 years, said.

The suspension bridge connecting the two on their way to the Himalayan peaks

Despite sticking with the profession for four years, but the beauty of the snow mountains and the vastness of the Himalayas has caused porter Sundas Ram (31 years old) to stupor

Minute rest stop

Ful Porter. Bhahadur Tamang, 40, enlisted nap on the go

Photographic memories with visitors at the store stop

Pham Mai Huong