Kangsar to Tilicho Base Camp

Wednesday, 1 December, 2010

Kangsar to Tilicho Base Camp elevation: 3734 metres to 4150 metres

 

A bit of a scary trail!!!

 
01 Looking back over Kangsar 02 Getting closer to Tilicho Himal 03 Prayer flag detail 04 Hoodoos in the morraines 05 Rajendra with a Himal backdrop 06 Tilicho Peak and Tilicho Peak Hotel
01 Looking back ... 02 Getting close... 03 Prayer flag d... 04 Hoodoos in th... 05 Rajendra with... 06 Tilicho Peak ...
07 La Grande Barriere 08 Nepalese Blue Sheep 09 Nepalese Blue Sheep 11 Nepalese Blue Sheep 12 The scariest part of the trek 13 Our first yak
07 La Grande Bar... 08 Nepalese Blue... 09 Nepalese Blue... 11 Nepalese Blue... 12 The scariest ... 13 Our first yak...
14 Looking back on the mountains we've left behind 15 Yak herder's sheiling 16 A Nak and her calf 17 Yaks on the move 18 Yaks 19 Yaks
14 Looking back ... 15 Yak herder's ... 16 A Nak and her... 17 Yaks on the m... 18 Yaks.jpg 19 Yaks.jpg
20 A narrow gap in the hoodoos 21 Looking at the blue sheep 22 Narrow track across loose shale slopes 23 The track ahead to Tilicho Base Camp 24 A narrow bit of exposed track 25 Crossing one o many scree slopes
20 A narrow gap ... 21 Looking at th... 22 Narrow track ... 23 The track ahe... 24 A narrow bit ... 25 Crossing one ...
26 More scree slopes 27 The track near the hoodoos is alwasy narrow and exposed 28 Nepalese mountain landscape 29 Strange hoodoo formations 30 The source of the Marsyangdi River that we've been following since Besisahar 31 Tilicho Base Camp
26 More scree sl... 27 The track nea... 28 Nepalese moun... 29 Strange hoodo... 30 The source of... 31 Tilicho Base ...
 

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