Mera, Island, and Khumbu Circuit
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Day 12: Mera High Camp : acclimatisation & alpine practice |
| Day 12: Mera glacier We spent 1 day acclimatising at high camp. Shown here is the side view of Mera glacier seen from high camp. |
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| Day 12: Kangchengjunga Kangchengjunga, the world's 3rd highest mountain, at a very far distance on the right. |
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| Day 12: Me at high camp Me taking a picture at high camp, with Kangchengjunga as background. |
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| Day 12: Our tents at high camp The campsite was real small, surrounded by gully on the left and with the rock outcrops on the right. |
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| Day 12: Our guides and kitchen crews They are collectively known as 'sherpas'. They followed us up to high camp while the porters only carried the stuffs up and returned back to Khare to wait for us. |
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| Day 12: Mera South Not sure what peak this is. According to Assim, it is supposed to be Mera South, but I kind of doubt it. |
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| Day 12: Toilet break The campsite at the high camp is so small that we had to 'do our business' very close to the tents, and so had absolutely no privacy at all. |
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| Day 12: Mera high camp Our tents at Mera high camp viewed from the kitchen area which is a flat ground higher up at the rock outcrops. |
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| Day 12: Scavenging crow We were doing nothing at high camp, so I tried to pass time by shooting some crows scavenging around the campsite. |
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| Day 12: Scavenging crow Another crow. |
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| Day 12: Scavenging crow A crow flying in the blue sky. |
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| Day 12: More crows More crows. |
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| Day 12: Ok last one Now you see I had nothing better to do. |
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