Standing on top of the world... Nearly!
March 21st 2014 After a chilly night at Gorak Shep (we had snow coming in our window when we went to bed!) we decided not to push for the pre-dawn trek to the summit of Kala Pattar (5550m). By all accounts as long as we were up there by mid-morning, and being blessed by clear weather it would be a spectacular view. And it was!
It took over 3 hours to climb up due to the altitude, i found it really hard to get
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