Nomad kids in front of their summer grazing grounds near Dzogchen / Zogqen, in the North of Derge County. In the background are the glacier peaks of the impressive Cho La /Tro La Mountain Range with Trori Dorje Ziltrom Peak (5,816m). Dzogchen Tsachuka Hot Spring (ca. 4020m) are about 30 km to the West down the Manigango-Jyekundo (Yushu) Road. © Daniel Winkler Photo: July 1998, 4500m, Derge/Dege County, Ganzi TAP, West Sichuan.

These yaks are not crossing the river, they are cooling off. Not that it seemed to me as a hot day, but I do not have that kind of a wool coat. Below the rough outer hair, which is used for tents and many other things, is a layer of very soft wool, known to Tibetans as Kulu. When Kulu is cleaned and spun, it makes a very warm and soft wool. © Daniel Winkler Photo: June 1997, Tengchen/Dengqen County, Qamdo Prefecture, Tibet AR.

A farm boy is showing a stuffed dzo calves [Yak-cow cross bread]. When a calf is lost the mother is fooled into continued milk production by such a device. Barkam / Ma'erkang April 2002 © Daniel Winkler