It is about time that I posted some of my shots from our trek! I haven't provided any other commentary aside from the captions under most of the photos.
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| Kathmandu street |
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| Durbar Square |
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| Kathmandu |
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| Kathmandu Panorama |
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| On the way to Lukla |
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| Tenzing-Hillary Airport. Lukla |
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| Andrea called this Coles online! Typical porter haulage! |
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| Bridge on our way to Namche |
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| Namche From our accommodation |
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| Kongde from our bedroom window! 250mm |
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| On the way up! |
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| The load that this porter was carrying had to be seen to be believed! |
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| View from Tenzing Stupa |
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| View of Lhotse and Everest from our bedroom in Tengboche, Andrea is at 3860m While Everest is 8848m above! |
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| Tengboche |
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| Sunrise on Everest |
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| Our accommodation in Tengboche |
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| Ama Dablam on the right and Lhotse and Everest in the middle. |
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| Ama Dablam |
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| Morning view in Dingboche - Nangkar(?) 5616 |
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| Not on fire, just didn't have a chimney! |
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| Farm yard on the way to Chukhung. |
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| Imja Valley |
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| Descending from Chukhung Ri 5450m - 100m short of the Summit of Chukhung Ri, cloud impacted on our visibility. |
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| On the way down from Chukhung Ri |
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| Team Nepal and Ama Dablam (6856m) |
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| Heading back into Chukhung! |
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| Early morning view of Ama Dablam - Kongma La Pass day. |
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| Ama Dablam (6856) with Amphu Gyabjen in the foreground left (5630m) |
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| Panorama of the area heading to Kongma La Pass |
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| Andrea on the cliff edge traversing around to the pass. Not for the faint hearted or those anxious about heights! |
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| Kongma La Pass (5535m) - From the front: Andrea, Me, Liz, Anjan (guide) Kaji (porter) Richard and Doji (porter). |
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| Descending from Kongma La - Khumbu Glacier (around 1km wide) on the other side Lobuche. This took around 5hrs to walk! |
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| "Phen Kamal" - High Altitude lotus. |
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| Heading to Gorek Shep - Lhotse in the the background |
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| Andrea surveying the Khumbu Glacier - the day started out with blue skies but as is the norm the afternoon cloud set in... closely followed by snow! |
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| Everest Base Camp? My advice to anyone is not to make this the high point of a trip to the area. You will be disappointed! |
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| Beautiful morning on Kala Patthar - 5550m |
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| Descending to Gorek Shep |
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| Khumbu Glacier and Gorek Shep |
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| View from our bedroom door Dzongla. Arakam 6423m |
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| Looking down the valley from Dzongla - Cholatse North face 6335m |
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| Heading towards Cho La Pass. One of the rare times that you don't walk up or down a near vertical hill!!! |
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| Looking backdown the valley to Dzongla |
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| The rock scramble prior to the Glacier crossing below Cho La Pass. |
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| About to cross the Glacier |
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| Look back down the Glacier. |
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| Happy having completed our second and my favourite pass Cho La! 5420m |
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| The step descent into Dragnag 720m (in altitude) below. |
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| The sun was shining but it was cold! Dragnag or Thangnak in front of Ngozumba Glacier. |
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| Gokyo Lake - Behind us our last pass Renjo! |
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| Gokyo lake morning |
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| On the way out of Gokyo |
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| Gokyo Ri - 5360m - The Village of Gokyo on the left of the lake. |
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| Everest viewed on the way to Renjo Pass |
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| Everest and Lohtse - our final glimpse! |
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| The final Pass Renjo! |
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| Descending from Renjo Pass |
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| With the three passes behind us we return to vegetation and farms and villages |
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| A stupa outside of Thame |
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| The welcome view of Namche |
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| The last steps!!! Andrea heading up to the gates at Lukla - Richard and Liz over her shoulder. |
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| Full Circle walking through the gates at Lukla. |
