As spring gives way to early summer across Nepal's high Himalayas, villages in districts bordering Tibet have fallen silent. Homes are locked, streets are empty, and the only signs of life are found hours away, on alpine meadows above 4,000 metres, where entire communities have pitched tents and set up temporary camps in pursuit of one of the world's most valuable natural commodities: yarsagumba.
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