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Day 8 - Dughla - Lobuche (4970m/16,306ft) April 12, 2000
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Having breakfast Al Fresco on a sunny Dughla morning |
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This photo was taken 700ft above our camp at Dughla. The next photo shows what awaited us at the top of the ridge |
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Numerous chortens, which are memorials to those who died on the mountain, dot the landscape above Dughla. This was a veritable graveyard. |
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Those of you who know the players in the 1996 Everest tragedy will recognize the name Scott Fischer. Next to his memorial lies that of his protege and good friend Lopsang Jangbu Sherpa. |
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On the road from Dughla to Lobuche. The large mountain on the left is Pumori, 23,600ft / 7200m. This trek was fairly easy after the initial steep ascent above Dughla. |
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These collection of lodges comprise Lobuche, 16,200ft / 4940m ...................................................... Those of you who read Into Thin Air will recall how John Krakauer described this place as filthy, covered in dung. We bought a tube of Pringles here for $4.5 U.S.$ |
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Another view of Lobuche |
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Our camp(center) in Pyramid, 20 minutes past Lobuche. To the right of our camp is an Italian research center. |
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