Everest!
The 2nd peak from the left is suppose to be Everest. Our driver insisted it wasn't Everest, but other people and their guides said it was. I don't know. All the mountains are really big and really really high up. We're at about 5200m here, over 16,000ft (Everest is at 8850m and the others are only 3-400m more or less shorter). I'm standing next to prayer wheels that have devices to turn it when the wind blows, which was by the way, extremely cold! It doesn't look that cold b/c it's quite barren, but don't let looks fool you!
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