Sunday, October 12, 2008

Sagarmatha (Mt. Everest)


What else can you say about seeing Mt. Everest in person? Yes, from a plane, but when you see these mountains up close, there's nothing else you can do except look and look, and you still won't see everything. Sensory overload ...


Mt.Everest on the left, Lhotse on the right

The mountains, flying east from Kathmandu :
Langtang Lurung (7234 m (23,734 ft - Shisha Pangma (Gosain Than) (8013 m (26,290 ft)Dorje-Lakpa (6966 m (22,854 ft) - Phurbi-Ghyachu (6637 m (21,775 ft)
Chhoba-Bhamare (5970 m (1958 ft) - Kodari (1770 m (5807 ft) - road to Lhasa and Tibet
Gauri Shankar (7134 m (23,405 ft) - nobobdy allowed to climb this mountain, named after their main god
Melungtse (7181 m (32,560 ft) - Chugimago (6297 m (20,660 ft)
Pigferago (6620 m (21,720 ft) - Numbur (6957 m (22,825 ft) - Karyolung (6511 m (21,362 ft)
Cho-oyo (8201 m (26,906 ft) - Gyachungkang (7642 m (26,089 ft)
Pumoki (7161 m (23,494 ft) - Nuptse (7855 m (25,771 ft)
Sagarmatha (Everest) (8848 m (29,028 ft) - Lhotse (8516 (27,940 ft)
Ama-Dablan (6812 m (22,349 ft) - Chamlang (7319 m (24,012 ft) - Makalu (8463 m (27,766 ft)

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