Solukhumbu Trek - Page 12
Gorak Shep - Dzonglha - Cho La - Thangnak (Days 17 - 18)
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Day 17 - Gorak Shep - Dzonglha
Above - Basu, on the way to Dzonglha
Above - Looking down the main valley to Pheriche and Ama Dablam
Above - Kantega
Above - Taboche and Cholatse
Above - Cholatse
Above - John crossing a small creek near Dzonglha
Day 18 - Dzonglha - Cho La - Thangnak
Above - our crowded lodge at Dzonglha
Above - Heading up to the pass
Above - now on snow. We get out microspikes
Above - at Cho La - looking down the other side - a lot more peaks.....
Above - John arrives at the pass
Above - Chuin Nee approaches
Above - Basu and John at Cho La (5330m)
Above - John, Chuin Nee and Dave
Above - on the western side of the pass
Above - the pass is in the middle of the photo - in the snowy V, in
front of the more distant peak
Above - as usual - the valley mist rolls in
Above - it was cold valley
Above - late afternoon - yaks are brought down from higher pasture
Above - John
Above - a water powered prayer wheel
Above - our lodge at Thangnak
Above - nearby, stone walls, a stone house with a stone roof
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