Mt Everest

[glenc]

On Oct 27 we spent the night at the Rongbok Monastery Guest House in Tibet. It is 5,000m above sea level and we felt like we were suffocating from lack of air. We took deep breaths and went to sleep then woke up from lack of oxygen and repeated the process all night. Fortunately we did not get headaches or nausea. Our room was not heated. It was clear and the stars were magnificent.

Next morning we drove up to the Everest Base Camp at sunrise and took some pictures. It was about minus 10C and a freezing cold wind was blowing off the mountain. I looked at Everest with 12x32 binoculars. When we returned to the van my hands were blue despite my gloves.
We were away for 5 weeks, 5 nights in Tokyo and the rest in China.

[Dennis]

Sounds like a really memorable and thrilling experience. Lovely photo of what looks like the N face and NE ridge. The clarity of the overall scene is quite breathtaking.

Cheers

Dennis

[glenc]

Thanks Dennis.
This picture of Everest was taken a bit later in the day from the monastery.

[gregbradley]

Beautiful photo and an interesting tale. I found shortness of breath for a while in Switzerland Jungfraujoch mountain which was about 3,500 metres so 5000 seems extremely high. I thought the "kill zone" for parachutists and planes was around 5000 metres.

Greg.

[astroron]

Splendid pics Glen:)
Sounds like you had a great time anyway.
Cheers:thumbsup:

[multiweb]

John (John K (http://www.iceinspace.com.au/forum/member.php?u=471)) walked right to the top of it and wrote a pretty cool book (http://www.iceinspace.com.au/forum/showthread.php?t=125977&highlight=everest)about it.

[glenc]

Well done John, an amazing feat.
http://www.reachyoureverest.com/everest_2010.htm

[Dennis]

Another awesome photo Glen. I can only imagine what the British expeditions of the 1920’s felt when they first saw this stunning panorama.:)

Cheers

Dennis

[gary]

Fantastic Glen! :thumbsup:

I have been lucky enough to see it from the southern side so your northern
views are wonderful to see. Fabulous you got lucky with the weather.

[xelasnave]

Excellent shots
It must be amazing to be there.
Thanks

[glenc]

Gary did you walk in?

[uwahl]

I have rarely seen photos or video of Everest that has no cloud / mist obscuring at least part of the mountain and surrounds - great photo!!:thumbsup: