Solukhumbu Trek - Page 11
Lobuche - Gorak Shep - Kala Patthar (Day 16)
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Above - Dzopio train on the way to Gorak Shep
Above - Gorak Shep
We arrived at lunchtime. After lunch we started climbing Kala Patthar.
Above - mist came up the valley as we were climbing the peak. You can
see Mt Everest (left middle - behind) and Nuptse on the right
Above - we continued up in the mist - hoping to get above it
Above - near the summit of Kala Patthar with Pumo Ri behind
Above - icefall coming off Pumo Ri
Above - Mt Everest - South West Face, West Ridge and the South Col (on
the right). You can see the South Summit high on the right of the peak
Above - Nuptse
Above - Mt Everest (8850m)
Above - Pumo Ri
Above - Ama Dablam on the far right
Above - we watch and see if a Brocken spectre forms
Above - it does! Brocken spectre and Mt Everest (top right)
Above - the mist clears - and you see the Khumbu icefall leading into
the Western Cwm
Above - dusk
Above - Everest and Nuptse
Above - Pumo Ri
Above - Nuptse (7861m)
Above - Everest
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