We were at the highest point of our trek this morning, and had to spend 24 hours there to acclimatise, so had a chance to get some decent pics! A nice little treat was seeing the local heli dropping off supplies – the only way to get anything up here is via foot or helicopter (not a good place to be badly ill!). The village also houses the last medical outpost before Everest.
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The heli is the only way other than foot to reach Pherice which is at 4.3 km up
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Me with the glacial valley, floored with peat, in the background and the glacial head (corrie) in the distance
A local girl decided Rohan’s tripod looked like a fun climbing frame!
Abu Dami (or something like that), one of the most challenging peaks to climb int he region.
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A real mountain Yak – the others we had seen (with less hair) are cow-yak hybrids. These ones can only survive above about 3,000m.
Half-way back to Tengboche
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Everest (far left) and its neighbours wreathed in their own personal clouds.
