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China : Xīzàng Zìzhìqū (Tibet)
28 degrees north, 87 degrees east (visit #3) - All Pictures


#1: Sunrise over Mt. Everest, which in springtime means shooting directly into the sun from atop Kala Pattar (elevation 5550 meters and only half the oxygen you’d have at sea level).
Sunrise over Mt. Everest, which in springtime means shooting directly into the sun from atop Kala Pattar (elevation 5550 meters and only half the oxygen you’d have at sea level).
#2: A summer pasture and home, photographed standing exactly where Grzegorz Chyla stood in 2000.
A summer pasture and home, photographed standing exactly where Grzegorz Chyla stood in 2000.
#3: Everest, me, and Nuptse (I’m the one in the hat!) [This view from Kala Pattar would have had better lighting at sunset, but also much more chance of cloud cover.]
Everest, me, and Nuptse (I’m the one in the hat!)  [This view from Kala Pattar would have had better lighting at sunset, but also much more chance of cloud cover.]
#4: According to Buddhist doctrine, large Mani walls, such as this one, should be passed from the left side, the clockwise direction in which the earth and the universe revolve.
According to Buddhist doctrine, large Mani walls, such as this one, should be passed from the left side, the clockwise direction in which the earth and the universe revolve.
#5: Yaks near Dingboche.
Yaks near Dingboche.
#6: Route to Mt. Everest (Sagarmatha)(Chomolungma), with inserts of Kala Pattar and Everest Base Camp.
Route to Mt. Everest (Sagarmatha)(Chomolungma), with inserts of Kala Pattar and Everest Base Camp.
#7: Looking from Gorak Shep past Kala Pattar to Pumo Ri, on the Nepal/Tibet border.
Looking from Gorak Shep past Kala Pattar to Pumo Ri, on the Nepal/Tibet border.
#8: Celebrating at Everest Base Camp, from which there is no view of the world’s highest mountain.
Celebrating at Everest Base Camp, from which there is no view of the world’s highest mountain.
#9: Five zeroes and within ten miles of the cp.
Five zeroes and within ten miles of the cp.
#10: 28N 87E sits on a glacier: I wonder if it looks like this?
28N 87E sits on a glacier: I wonder if it looks like this?