All Article Properties:
{
"access_control": false,
"status": "publish",
"objectType": "Article",
"id": "2717420",
"signature": "Article:2717420",
"url": "https://staging.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2025-05-16-rediscovering-nepal-trekking-the-himalayas-through-forgotten-film-negatives/",
"shorturl": "https://staging.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2717420",
"slug": "rediscovering-nepal-trekking-the-himalayas-through-forgotten-film-negatives",
"contentType": {
"id": "1",
"name": "Article",
"slug": "article"
},
"views": 0,
"comments": 1,
"preview_limit": null,
"excludedFromGoogleSearchEngine": 0,
"title": "Rediscovering Nepal: Trekking the Himalayas through forgotten film negatives",
"firstPublished": "2025-05-16 11:00:14",
"lastUpdate": "2025-05-15 17:44:11",
"categories": [
{
"id": "1825",
"name": "Maverick Life",
"signature": "Category:1825",
"slug": "maverick-life",
"typeId": {
"typeId": "1",
"name": "Daily Maverick",
"slug": "",
"includeInIssue": "0",
"shortened_domain": "",
"stylesheetClass": "",
"domain": "staging.dailymaverick.co.za",
"articleUrlPrefix": "",
"access_groups": "[]",
"locale": "",
"preview_limit": null
},
"parentId": null,
"parent": [],
"image": "",
"cover": "",
"logo": "",
"paid": "0",
"objectType": "Category",
"url": "https://staging.dailymaverick.co.za/category/maverick-life/",
"cssCode": "",
"template": "default",
"tagline": "",
"link_param": null,
"description": "",
"metaDescription": "",
"order": "0",
"pageId": null,
"articlesCount": null,
"allowComments": "1",
"accessType": "freecount",
"status": "1",
"children": [],
"cached": false
}
],
"content_length": 877,
"contents": "<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-2717445 size-full\" src=\"https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/1-scaled.jpg\" alt=\" A general view of Kathmandu from Swayambhu temple.\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1735\" /> A general view of Kathmandu from Swayambhu temple.</p>\r\n\r\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-2717481 size-full\" src=\"https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/2-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Inside Swayambhu temple.\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1719\" /> Inside Swayambhu temple.</p>\r\n\r\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-2717471 size-full\" src=\"https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/3-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Sleeping man, Kathmandu.\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1719\" /> Sleeping man, Kathmandu.</p>\r\n\r\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-2717468 size-full\" src=\"https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/4-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Boudhanath Stupa, Kathmandu.\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1721\" /> Boudhanath Stupa, Kathmandu.</p>\r\n\r\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-2717466 size-full\" src=\"https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/5-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Public bathing area.\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1712\" /> Public bathing area.</p>\r\n\r\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-2717465 size-full\" src=\"https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/6-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Street scene, Kathmandu.\" width=\"1716\" height=\"2560\" /> Street scene, Kathmandu.</p>\r\n\r\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-2717463 size-full\" src=\"https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/7-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Phewa Lake, Pokhara.\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1726\" /> Phewa Lake, Pokhara.</p>\r\n\r\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-2717461 size-full\" src=\"https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/8-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Caulking a boat, Phewa Lake, Pokhara.\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1720\" /> Caulking a boat, Phewa Lake, Pokhara.</p>\r\n\r\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-2717459 size-full\" src=\"https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/9-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Boat rides, Phewa Lake, Pokhara.\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1728\" /> Boat rides, Phewa Lake, Pokhara.</p>\r\n\r\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-2717511 size-full\" src=\"https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/10-1-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Soccer, Pokhara.\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1726\" /> Soccer, Pokhara.</p>\r\n\r\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-2717575 size-full\" src=\"https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/11-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Annapurna Circuit.\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1715\" /> Annapurna Circuit.</p>\r\n\r\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-2717507 size-full\" src=\"https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/12-1-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Annapurna, just before sunrise.\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1729\" /> Annapurna, just before sunrise.</p>\r\n\r\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-2717499 size-full\" src=\"https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/13-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Taken on a day trip to a monastery on the Annapurna Circuit, somewhere between the Kali Gandaki Valley and Jomsom.\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1727\" /> Taken on a day trip to a monastery on the Annapurna Circuit, somewhere between the Kali Gandaki Valley and Jomsom.</p>\r\n\r\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-2717497 size-full\" src=\"https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/14-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Marpha, Mustang District.\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1725\" /> Marpha, Mustang District.</p>\r\n\r\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-2717494 size-full\" src=\"https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/15-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Firewood stored on roofs in Marpha.\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1734\" /> Firewood stored on roofs in Marpha.</p>\r\n\r\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-2717491 size-full\" src=\"https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/16-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Siblings, Marpha.\" width=\"1738\" height=\"2560\" /> Siblings, Marpha.</p>\r\n\r\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-2717436 size-full\" src=\"https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/17-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Family making breakfast, Khumbu region.\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1718\" /> Family making breakfast, Khumbu region.</p>\r\n\r\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-2717486 size-full\" src=\"https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/18-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Porter, Khumbu region.\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1718\" /> Porter, Khumbu region.</p>\r\n\r\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-2717484 size-full\" src=\"https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/19-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"A monastery in the Khumbu region.\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1722\" /> A monastery in the Khumbu region.</p>\r\n\r\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-2717502 size-full\" src=\"https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/21-1-scaled.jpg\" alt=\" Carved and painted rocks, Khumbu Region.\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1741\" /> Carved and painted rocks, Khumbu Region.</p>\r\n\r\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-2717501 size-full\" src=\"https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/22-1-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Namche Bazar, Khumbu region.\" width=\"1721\" height=\"2560\" /> Namche Bazar, Khumbu region.</p>\r\n\r\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-2717476 size-full\" src=\"https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/23-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Gokyo Valley, looking down on to the Ngozumpa Glacier, the largest in Nepal, Khumbu region\" width=\"1721\" height=\"2560\" /> Gokyo Valley, looking down on to the Ngozumpa Glacier, the largest in Nepal, Khumbu region. <strong>DM</strong></p>",
"teaser": "Rediscovering Nepal: Trekking the Himalayas through forgotten film negatives",
"externalUrl": "",
"sponsor": null,
"authors": [
{
"id": "1127761",
"name": "Ian Wolstenholme",
"image": "",
"url": "https://staging.dailymaverick.co.za/author/ian-wolstenholme-2/",
"editorialName": "ian-wolstenholme-2",
"department": "",
"name_latin": ""
}
],
"description": "",
"keywords": [
{
"type": "Keyword",
"data": {
"keywordId": "16784",
"name": "Photography",
"url": "https://staging.dailymaverick.co.za/keyword/photography/",
"slug": "photography",
"description": "",
"articlesCount": 0,
"replacedWith": null,
"display_name": "Photography",
"translations": null
}
},
{
"type": "Keyword",
"data": {
"keywordId": "61028",
"name": "Nepal",
"url": "https://staging.dailymaverick.co.za/keyword/nepal/",
"slug": "nepal",
"description": "",
"articlesCount": 0,
"replacedWith": null,
"display_name": "Nepal",
"translations": null
}
},
{
"type": "Keyword",
"data": {
"keywordId": "261424",
"name": "escape",
"url": "https://staging.dailymaverick.co.za/keyword/escape/",
"slug": "escape",
"description": "",
"articlesCount": 0,
"replacedWith": null,
"display_name": "escape",
"translations": null
}
},
{
"type": "Keyword",
"data": {
"keywordId": "313658",
"name": "Himalayas",
"url": "https://staging.dailymaverick.co.za/keyword/himalayas/",
"slug": "himalayas",
"description": "",
"articlesCount": 0,
"replacedWith": null,
"display_name": "Himalayas",
"translations": null
}
},
{
"type": "Keyword",
"data": {
"keywordId": "349715",
"name": "trek",
"url": "https://staging.dailymaverick.co.za/keyword/trek/",
"slug": "trek",
"description": "",
"articlesCount": 0,
"replacedWith": null,
"display_name": "trek",
"translations": null
}
},
{
"type": "Keyword",
"data": {
"keywordId": "381767",
"name": "Kathmandu",
"url": "https://staging.dailymaverick.co.za/keyword/kathmandu/",
"slug": "kathmandu",
"description": "",
"articlesCount": 0,
"replacedWith": null,
"display_name": "Kathmandu",
"translations": null
}
},
{
"type": "Keyword",
"data": {
"keywordId": "433747",
"name": "Nepal’s Himalayas",
"url": "https://staging.dailymaverick.co.za/keyword/nepals-himalayas/",
"slug": "nepals-himalayas",
"description": "",
"articlesCount": 0,
"replacedWith": null,
"display_name": "Nepal’s Himalayas",
"translations": null
}
},
{
"type": "Keyword",
"data": {
"keywordId": "433749",
"name": "Pokhara",
"url": "https://staging.dailymaverick.co.za/keyword/pokhara/",
"slug": "pokhara",
"description": "",
"articlesCount": 0,
"replacedWith": null,
"display_name": "Pokhara",
"translations": null
}
},
{
"type": "Keyword",
"data": {
"keywordId": "433750",
"name": "Annapurna",
"url": "https://staging.dailymaverick.co.za/keyword/annapurna/",
"slug": "annapurna",
"description": "",
"articlesCount": 0,
"replacedWith": null,
"display_name": "Annapurna",
"translations": null
}
},
{
"type": "Keyword",
"data": {
"keywordId": "433751",
"name": "Kali Gandaki",
"url": "https://staging.dailymaverick.co.za/keyword/kali-gandaki/",
"slug": "kali-gandaki",
"description": "",
"articlesCount": 0,
"replacedWith": null,
"display_name": "Kali Gandaki",
"translations": null
}
},
{
"type": "Keyword",
"data": {
"keywordId": "433752",
"name": "Marpha",
"url": "https://staging.dailymaverick.co.za/keyword/marpha/",
"slug": "marpha",
"description": "",
"articlesCount": 0,
"replacedWith": null,
"display_name": "Marpha",
"translations": null
}
},
{
"type": "Keyword",
"data": {
"keywordId": "433753",
"name": "Jomsom",
"url": "https://staging.dailymaverick.co.za/keyword/jomsom/",
"slug": "jomsom",
"description": "",
"articlesCount": 0,
"replacedWith": null,
"display_name": "Jomsom",
"translations": null
}
},
{
"type": "Keyword",
"data": {
"keywordId": "433754",
"name": "Gokyo",
"url": "https://staging.dailymaverick.co.za/keyword/gokyo/",
"slug": "gokyo",
"description": "",
"articlesCount": 0,
"replacedWith": null,
"display_name": "Gokyo",
"translations": null
}
}
],
"short_summary": null,
"source": null,
"related": [],
"options": [],
"attachments": [
{
"id": "72128",
"name": "",
"description": "[caption id=\"attachment_2717445\" align=\"alignnone\" width=\"2560\"]<img class=\"wp-image-2717445 size-full\" src=\"https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/1-scaled.jpg\" alt=\" A general view of Kathmandu from Swayambhu temple.\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1735\" /> A general view of Kathmandu from Swayambhu temple.[/caption]\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_2717481\" align=\"alignnone\" width=\"2560\"]<img class=\"wp-image-2717481 size-full\" src=\"https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/2-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Inside Swayambhu temple.\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1719\" /> Inside Swayambhu temple.[/caption]\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_2717471\" align=\"alignnone\" width=\"2560\"]<img class=\"wp-image-2717471 size-full\" src=\"https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/3-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Sleeping man, Kathmandu.\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1719\" /> Sleeping man, Kathmandu.[/caption]\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_2717468\" align=\"alignnone\" width=\"2560\"]<img class=\"wp-image-2717468 size-full\" src=\"https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/4-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Boudhanath Stupa, Kathmandu.\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1721\" /> Boudhanath Stupa, Kathmandu.[/caption]\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_2717466\" align=\"alignnone\" width=\"2560\"]<img class=\"wp-image-2717466 size-full\" src=\"https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/5-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Public bathing area.\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1712\" /> Public bathing area.[/caption]\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_2717465\" align=\"alignnone\" width=\"1716\"]<img class=\"wp-image-2717465 size-full\" src=\"https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/6-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Street scene, Kathmandu.\" width=\"1716\" height=\"2560\" /> Street scene, Kathmandu.[/caption]\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_2717463\" align=\"alignnone\" width=\"2560\"]<img class=\"wp-image-2717463 size-full\" src=\"https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/7-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Phewa Lake, Pokhara.\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1726\" /> Phewa Lake, Pokhara.[/caption]\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_2717461\" align=\"alignnone\" width=\"2560\"]<img class=\"wp-image-2717461 size-full\" src=\"https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/8-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Caulking a boat, Phewa Lake, Pokhara.\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1720\" /> Caulking a boat, Phewa Lake, Pokhara.[/caption]\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_2717459\" align=\"alignnone\" width=\"2560\"]<img class=\"wp-image-2717459 size-full\" src=\"https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/9-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Boat rides, Phewa Lake, Pokhara.\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1728\" /> Boat rides, Phewa Lake, Pokhara.[/caption]\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_2717511\" align=\"alignnone\" width=\"2560\"]<img class=\"wp-image-2717511 size-full\" src=\"https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/10-1-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Soccer, Pokhara.\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1726\" /> Soccer, Pokhara.[/caption]\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_2717575\" align=\"alignnone\" width=\"2560\"]<img class=\"wp-image-2717575 size-full\" src=\"https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/11-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Annapurna Circuit.\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1715\" /> Annapurna Circuit.[/caption]\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_2717507\" align=\"alignnone\" width=\"2560\"]<img class=\"wp-image-2717507 size-full\" src=\"https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/12-1-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Annapurna, just before sunrise.\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1729\" /> Annapurna, just before sunrise.[/caption]\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_2717499\" align=\"alignnone\" width=\"2560\"]<img class=\"wp-image-2717499 size-full\" src=\"https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/13-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Taken on a day trip to a monastery on the Annapurna Circuit, somewhere between the Kali Gandaki Valley and Jomsom.\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1727\" /> Taken on a day trip to a monastery on the Annapurna Circuit, somewhere between the Kali Gandaki Valley and Jomsom.[/caption]\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_2717497\" align=\"alignnone\" width=\"2560\"]<img class=\"wp-image-2717497 size-full\" src=\"https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/14-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Marpha, Mustang District.\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1725\" /> Marpha, Mustang District.[/caption]\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_2717494\" align=\"alignnone\" width=\"2560\"]<img class=\"wp-image-2717494 size-full\" src=\"https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/15-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Firewood stored on roofs in Marpha.\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1734\" /> Firewood stored on roofs in Marpha.[/caption]\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_2717491\" align=\"alignnone\" width=\"1738\"]<img class=\"wp-image-2717491 size-full\" src=\"https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/16-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Siblings, Marpha.\" width=\"1738\" height=\"2560\" /> Siblings, Marpha.[/caption]\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_2717436\" align=\"alignnone\" width=\"2560\"]<img class=\"wp-image-2717436 size-full\" src=\"https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/17-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Family making breakfast, Khumbu region.\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1718\" /> Family making breakfast, Khumbu region.[/caption]\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_2717486\" align=\"alignnone\" width=\"2560\"]<img class=\"wp-image-2717486 size-full\" src=\"https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/18-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Porter, Khumbu region.\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1718\" /> Porter, Khumbu region.[/caption]\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_2717484\" align=\"alignnone\" width=\"2560\"]<img class=\"wp-image-2717484 size-full\" src=\"https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/19-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"A monastery in the Khumbu region.\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1722\" /> A monastery in the Khumbu region.[/caption]\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_2717502\" align=\"alignnone\" width=\"2560\"]<img class=\"wp-image-2717502 size-full\" src=\"https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/21-1-scaled.jpg\" alt=\" Carved and painted rocks, Khumbu Region.\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1741\" /> Carved and painted rocks, Khumbu Region.[/caption]\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_2717501\" align=\"alignnone\" width=\"1721\"]<img class=\"wp-image-2717501 size-full\" src=\"https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/22-1-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Namche Bazar, Khumbu region.\" width=\"1721\" height=\"2560\" /> Namche Bazar, Khumbu region.[/caption]\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_2717476\" align=\"alignnone\" width=\"1721\"]<img class=\"wp-image-2717476 size-full\" src=\"https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/23-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Gokyo Valley, looking down on to the Ngozumpa Glacier, the largest in Nepal, Khumbu region\" width=\"1721\" height=\"2560\" /> Gokyo Valley, looking down on to the Ngozumpa Glacier, the largest in Nepal, Khumbu region. <strong>DM</strong>[/caption]",
"focal": "50% 50%",
"width": 0,
"height": 0,
"url": "https://dmcdn.whitebeard.net/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/20.jpg",
"transforms": [
{
"x": "200",
"y": "100",
"url": "https://dmcdn.whitebeard.net/i/losCQaSXxN9Pjq1X5hI8j_RlKiE=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif()/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/20.jpg"
},
{
"x": "450",
"y": "0",
"url": "https://dmcdn.whitebeard.net/i/8WVjR56lnEpskUmplN7r2MYEleU=/450x0/smart/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/20.jpg"
},
{
"x": "800",
"y": "0",
"url": "https://dmcdn.whitebeard.net/i/JtlRUtD-GUIkf-ZUbC5Bg2MbNoo=/800x0/smart/filters:strip_exif()/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/20.jpg"
},
{
"x": "1200",
"y": "0",
"url": "https://dmcdn.whitebeard.net/i/nLwuKV12h6BOnAMSbnmzy_nN_qo=/1200x0/smart/filters:strip_exif()/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/20.jpg"
},
{
"x": "1600",
"y": "0",
"url": "https://dmcdn.whitebeard.net/i/RNWDe4xKrJ-Kc9AZesm4WTzls_k=/1600x0/smart/filters:strip_exif()/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/20.jpg"
}
],
"url_thumbnail": "https://dmcdn.whitebeard.net/i/losCQaSXxN9Pjq1X5hI8j_RlKiE=/200x100/smart/filters:strip_exif()/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/20.jpg",
"url_medium": "https://dmcdn.whitebeard.net/i/8WVjR56lnEpskUmplN7r2MYEleU=/450x0/smart/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/20.jpg",
"url_large": "https://dmcdn.whitebeard.net/i/JtlRUtD-GUIkf-ZUbC5Bg2MbNoo=/800x0/smart/filters:strip_exif()/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/20.jpg",
"url_xl": "https://dmcdn.whitebeard.net/i/nLwuKV12h6BOnAMSbnmzy_nN_qo=/1200x0/smart/filters:strip_exif()/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/20.jpg",
"url_xxl": "https://dmcdn.whitebeard.net/i/RNWDe4xKrJ-Kc9AZesm4WTzls_k=/1600x0/smart/filters:strip_exif()/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/20.jpg",
"type": "image"
}
],
"summary": "Photographer and Daily Maverick subeditor Ian Wolstenholme trekked across Nepal’s Himalayas with a film camera in hand. Decades later, he digitised the forgotten negatives — revealing a vivid, time-capsule view of Kathmandu, Pokhara and the iconic mountain trails of Langtang and Everest. All photographs were taken by Ian Wolstenholme.",
"template_type": null,
"dm_custom_section_label": null,
"elements": [],
"seo": {
"search_title": "Rediscovering Nepal: Trekking the Himalayas through forgotten film negatives",
"search_description": "<p><img class=\"wp-image-2717445 size-full\" src=\"https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/1-scaled.jpg\" alt=\" A general view of Kathmandu from Swayambhu temple.\" width=\"2560\" height=\"",
"social_title": "Rediscovering Nepal: Trekking the Himalayas through forgotten film negatives",
"social_description": "<p><img class=\"wp-image-2717445 size-full\" src=\"https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/1-scaled.jpg\" alt=\" A general view of Kathmandu from Swayambhu temple.\" width=\"2560\" height=\"",
"social_image": ""
},
"cached": true,
"access_allowed": true
} 
A general view of Kathmandu from Swayambhu temple.
Inside Swayambhu temple.
Sleeping man, Kathmandu.
Boudhanath Stupa, Kathmandu.
Public bathing area.
Street scene, Kathmandu.
Phewa Lake, Pokhara.
Caulking a boat, Phewa Lake, Pokhara.
Boat rides, Phewa Lake, Pokhara.
Soccer, Pokhara.
Annapurna Circuit.
Annapurna, just before sunrise.
Taken on a day trip to a monastery on the Annapurna Circuit, somewhere between the Kali Gandaki Valley and Jomsom.
Marpha, Mustang District.
Firewood stored on roofs in Marpha.
Siblings, Marpha.
Family making breakfast, Khumbu region.
Porter, Khumbu region.
A monastery in the Khumbu region.
Carved and painted rocks, Khumbu Region.
Namche Bazar, Khumbu region.
Gokyo Valley, looking down on to the Ngozumpa Glacier, the largest in Nepal, Khumbu region. DM