BRILLIANT MEMORIES OF SANDAKPHU


BRILLIANT MEMORIES OF SANDAKPHU:. 

Today's photo is all about  braving frozen nights and windy days to be rewarded with glorious sights of the tallest mountains in the world. Disappointed with an unsuccessful trek to the Everest Base Camp in October 2011, I was asked by Mr Tarun P Lala, an ex-colleague, to join him for an excursion to Sandakphu. No more treks but from Manebhanjan to Sandakphu all the way by the wonders of the 50's - Landrovers - that puzzle and mesmerize its users even today! The rains and slit and the bitter cold that greeted us once we reached Sandakphu is a different story altogether!

November 8, 2011 : the fitful night before finally gave away to an absolutely glorious morning. As dawn broke, the sky was bathed all over in tints of red and reddish-pink. The first light of the sun hit Mt Everest first and then Makalu, Lhotse and  Kanchendzongha and all other illustrious  members at court! Not equipped with a lens wide enough I had perforce to split my photos into sections. The photo below is of the Mt Everest and friends starting from right with Choma Lanzo then Makalu, Everest, Lhotse, Cho-oyu, Baruntse and  so on to the left where lies Chamlang ( one of  the flat topped hump-like peaks) Somewhere between Cho Oyu and Baruntse lies Nuptse.

BTW Sandakphu is one rare place from where one can get clear views of the four top mountains - Everest, Makalu, Lhotse and Kanchendzongha - all in one go. Anyone with a reasonable physical condition can easily make it to  Sandakphu.




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