Oriol Alamany - My highest place

 

The scaring Khatung Kang glacier on Thorong La Pass (5416 m). This is the highest place I have been in my life, while walking the Annapurna Circuit. At these altitudes, even local people can suffer from mountain sickness (it happened to one of our porters, habituated to these treks). Mountains should never be underestimated: 43 people (including 21 foreign hikers) died in this area on October 14, 2014 due to an unusual snow storm, in the middle of the high trekking season.


Location: Himalaya, Nepal

Posted on: 10/02/2021
Photo info - 18.07.2008: Canon EOS-1Ds Mark II, 110 mm, ISO 200, f 22, 1/125 sec, Flash: not used

Tags: asia, glaciers, himalaya, mountains, nepal


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  1. SMTP said:

    27/02/2021 16:06

    purple