Tag: Thorong La
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Nepal (Day 13)
12th November: Throng Phedi (4,440m) – Thorong La (5,416m) – Muktinath (3,762m) The Big Day. 3.30am at last. I was lying awake when the alarm beeped. Inside our sleeping bags was certainly the only warm place in Thorong Phedi, but rise we must. An early start was the only way to ensure that we crossed…
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Nepal Day 12
11th November: Letdar (4,176m) – Thorong Phedi (4,440m) I had to get up for the inevitable pee in the middle of the night. Although it was freezing, the stars were out – a good sign. After the few flakes which tried to fall earlier, we had all been afraid of snow falling higher up and…