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A Little Detour

Lhasa to Shigatse to Tingri - Journey towards Everest

September 6th 2010
9/6/2010 Monday - Today we left Lhasa and started our journey towards Mt. Everest base camp. The first part of the drive was through some villages in a valley and then we really started to get into some mountains on the Kambala pass. The scenery was majestic and at the top which was 15,728 ft. above sea level was a view of the Yamzhog Yumco River. The English translation is “Jasper Lake”. ... read more
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