Climber and archaeologist Pete Athans attaches safety ropes to a cliffside high above Samdzong, Upper Mustang, Nepal, to access ancient funerary caves dating back thousands of years.
Climber and archaeologist Pete Athans rappels a cliffside high above Samdzong, Upper Mustang, Nepal, to access ancient funerary caves dating back thousands of years.
Dirty work: Pete Athans holsters a hammer after extracting a large horse mandible from the shaft tombs high above Samdzong, Upper Mustang, Nepal.
