Mera, Island, and Khumbu Circuit
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Day 19: Amphu Camp-Island Peak Base Camp (5150m) |
| Day 19: Passang and I Meng Hui and Chia decided not to continue with the trek, and Passang was leading them down. Passing and I took a picture before they left. |
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| Day 19: Lhotse and Island Peak The rest of the team moving on to Island base camp. |
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| Day 19: Point 6230 Point 6230 near Amphu camp. |
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| Day 19: Lhotse (8501m), Lhotse Shar, and Island Peak Lhotse (world's 4th highest) at top left, Lhotse Shar at top right, and Island Peak (directly below Lhotse Shar) was overshadowed by Lhotse's south face. |
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| Day 19: Snow slope Dal Bardor, Susan and Anthony moving down a slippery icy slope. |
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| Day 19: Imja Khola Looking west from the river crossing below Imja Tsho. From Amphu camp our path were blocked by Imja Tsho (lake) and need to do a big detour around it. |
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| Day 19: Imja Khola Another view from the river crossing. |
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| Day 19: Campsite The British team that had provided shelter to Chia and Meng Hui had moved their camp here. |
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| Day 19: Senior trekkers A group of 4 senior Bulgarian (?) man and women that had also made their way cross Amphu Laptcha La on day 17. It must had be quite difficult for them as they had trekked into the night. |
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| Day 19: Anthony departing Anthony arrived and announced that he had also decided to return with Meng Hui and Chia. He had fallen ill beginning at Kothe and had not recovered since. |
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| Day 19: Island peak Island peak seen along the trail to base camp. |
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| Day 19: Island peak Another view of Island Peak. |
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| Day 19: Where we came from Looking west from Island base camp. |
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| Day 19: Sunset at Island base camp Sunset at Island base camp. |
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| Day 19: Sunset at Island base camp Sunset at Island base camp. |
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| Day 19: Alpine glow Sunset at Island base camp. |
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| Day 19: Refuelling A kitchen crew filling up a kerosene stove while the porters looked on. |
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| Day 19: Silent night Looking east at the base camp at night with the moon rising. |
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| Day 19: Our tents at Island base camp The main spot further up at the base camp was very crowded and so we camped further down. Further up there was even a big expedition dome tent, which I suspect a group was performing acclimatisation at Island peak before going on for a higher mountain. |
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