Yak Kharka to Thorung High Camp

Sunday, 5 December, 2010

Yak Kharka to Thorung Base Camp elevation: 4018 metres to 4850 metres

At Thorung Base Camp we were sleeping at a height 600 metres higher than the top of Mont Blanc!!

 
01 Nepalese blue sheep in hordes 02 A yak herder's ten 03 This yak won't get cold in the winter 04 Looking back to the Annapurna massif 05 Very high chorten for someone's ashes 06 Tebetan Buddhist script under the chorten
01 Nepalese blue... 02 A yak herder'... 03 This yak won'... 04 Looking back ... 05 Very high cho... 06 Tebetan Buddh...
07 L to r - Annapurna II, Annapurna III and Gangapurna 08 Grant trundling ever higher along the track 09 Grant negotiating a VERY scary bit of ice 10 The track going up on the other side fo the river 11 Thorung Pheidi and the mountains behind 12 Chortens in Thorung Pheidi With Gangap;urna and the Great Ice Dome
07 L to r - Anna... 08 Grant trundli... 09 Grant negotia... 10 The track goi... 11 Thorung Pheid... 12 Chortens in T...
13 The track from Thorung Pheidi to Thorung High Camp 14 The high track 15 The Chulus from Thornung High Camp 16 Tomorrow's track up to Thorung La Pass 17 Annapurna III (left) and Gangapurna (right) from the High Camp
13 The track fro... 14 The high trac... 15 The Chulus fr... 16 Tomorrow's tr... 17 Annapurna III...

 

Go to the next day and Grant and Johnny's trip to the very summit of Thorung La Pass!!!!!

 

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