Wood chopped down to be used as fuel for cooking by Nepalese locals living in the Annapurna Himalayas

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Wood chopped down to be used as fuel for cooking by Nepalese locals living in the Annapurna Himalayas is carried down the mountain by an old woman. Much of the native forest of the Himalayas has been heavily deforested by the locals peoples, for whom, until recently it was their only source of power. This shot shows a tourist trying to lift the heavy load.

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