In 1989 I spent several weeks in Nepal visiting cities such as Katmandu and Pokara as well as taking a twenty three day trek which took me to 19,500 feet about 5 miles from Mt. Everest.  Wow was that last thousand feet a struggle! wpe89743.gif (228377 bytes)   wpe36087.gif (67417 bytes)   wpe60185.gif (236010 bytes)   wpe27753.gif (156176 bytes)   wpe09610.gif (213841 bytes)

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