Sagarmatha Flight

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Big Bear and Pepe Millard
Sun 1 Apr 2018 22:47
Our Sagarmatha Flight
 
 
 
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It was a little harsh when the alarm went off at a quarter to five, but no surprise that we were both awake and dressed by the tie the room phone told us our taxi had arrived. Ten past five, early for the arranged half past but by the time we settled it was twenty past. Twenty minutes later we were bimbling through security at the Domestic Terminal and there we stood until the Buddha Air desks opened.
 
 
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AT ten to seven we were sitting on a bus beside our plane waiting for it to have a ‘slosh down’. Meanwhile, a very excited group from Spain kept the rest of us entertained.
 
 
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Bear posed and just before seven we embarked.
 
 
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Settled and excited. At seven we took off for our hour long flight – twenty minutes to the roof of the world. Sitting along each side meant that Beds could have his own seat.
 
 
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The stewardess gave us a pamphlet that shows the names and heights of all the ladies in the Him-Arr-lee-ahs (Nepali pronunciation and one that many use after being in this special area of the world). Of the twenty named ladies, only one is less than 20,000 feet. From left to right:- Langtang Lirung 7234 metres (23,734 feet), Shisha Pangma 8013 (26,290), Dorje-Lakpa 6966 (22,854), Phurbi-Ghyachu 6637 (21,775), Choba-Bhamre 5970 (19,581), Gauri-Shankar 7134 (23,405), Melungtse 7181 (23,560), Chugimago 6297 (20,660), Pigferago 6620 (21,720), Numbur 6957 (22,825), Karyolung 6511 (21,362), Cho-Oyu 8201 (26,905), Gyachung Kang 7652 (26,089), Pumori 7161 (23,494), Nuptse 7855 (25,771), SAGARMATHA 8848 (29,029), Lhotse 8516 (27,940), Ama-Dablam 6812 (22,349), Chamlang 7319 (24,012), Makalu 8463 (27,766) and slightly further right Kanchanjunga 8586 (28,170).
 
 
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First peep after about twenty minutes.
 
 
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Very soon we see lots of peaks lit by the sun.
 
 
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Phurbi-Ghyachu and Choba-Bhamre are our first identifiable ladies.
 
 
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Another view showing just how the peaks are crowded.
 
 
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Bear loved this viewlike Yeti footprints.
 
 
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Beds with THE lady peaking out above his head. A classic moment for him. We all went one by one to see her face on and wow.
 
 
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The typical view of Sagarmatha is to see the small plume of cloud brought up by the jet stream effect, our view was slightly messy but in no way detracting from her splendour.
 
 
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On our way back Gauri Shankar
 
 
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High terracing and coming back to Kathmandu. Wow, back to our digs for breakfast and look at our pictures. Here are some and lastly the magnificence of the Himalayas with Sagarmatha in the centre.
 
 
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