Gokyo Ri provides a magnificent grandstand from which to study Mt Everest

Kev Reynolds describes himself as “the man with the world's best job, earning a modest crust by writing and lecturing about some of the most scenically spectacular places on earth; spending many weeks each year with camera, notebook and tape recorder wandering among mountains straight out of dreams.”

He makes welcome return to the Club to talk about his travels in Nepal, walking from the remote far west of the country to its north-eastern corner and into Sikkim. Kev has wandered among the world's highest mountains, and explored valleys rarely (if ever) visited by Westerners – as well as the classic Annapurna, Everest and Langtang ranges.

A porter crosses a makeshift bridge over a tributary of the Buri Gandaki

Prayer flags thrashed by the wind on the Baga La in Dolpo

The vast Southwest Face of Kangchenjunga seen shortly after dawn

A group of trekkers descends along a moraine wall to Bimtang meadow

East of the Annapurnas Himlung Himal carries the NepalTibet border

Evening clouds drift up-valley to hide Thamserku

Having  crossed the 5000m pass of the Larkya La, porters take a well-earned rest