Caption: Date: 1975
Location: Hile, Dhankuta
Description: Porter resting heavy load on walking stick behind him while eyeing the westerners. The standard load for a porter was one mund or 80 pounds. Often the loads of porters exceeded 100 pounds and the porters themselves weighed only 100 - 125 pounds. Keywords: Nepal Photo History Project, Peace Corp Photo History, Peter Von Mertens, porter, transportation
