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To: SunkenCiv

No, not Antarctica. North America, South America, Europe, Asia, Australis]a. The highest peak I have summitted was Cerro Aconcagua, the highest peak in the Andes by the difficult Polish Glacier Route that took 21 days beginning to end. The highest mountain I have attempted was Cho Oyu in the Himalayas, the 6th highest peak in the world and just west of Everest. I helped get gear to about 18,500 ft and caught a cold that was going around that turned to pneumonia at that altitude. I had to go lower to recover. We got our first 5 to the summit. The next day I was to be the second team to try and they got shut down by very high wind. Even if I did not get sick I would not have had a chance.


28 posted on 12/16/2018 11:01:48 PM PST by MtnClimber (For photos of Colorado scenery and wildlife, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
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Wow. So, only one more continent to go? :^) If you caught cold on Cho Oyu, I'd imagine there'd be some risk on an Antarctic volcano.

35 posted on 12/16/2018 11:22:37 PM PST by SunkenCiv (and btw -- https://www.gofundme.com/for-rotator-cuff-repair-surgery)
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To: MtnClimber

Cho Oyu is a beautiful snow peak in the Himalaya. I saw it from Tingri in 1988 when I was trekking to the Everest base camp on the Tibet side. Just trekking no mountain climbing.

Teamed up with two Canadians in Tingri and we hired a yak driver whose yak carried our packs. He was our guide and arranged our lodging in a local village and in a nomads tent en route.

Ate the local food which was tsampa, tsampa, and more tsampa. Trekking at high altitude and trying to eat the local food that would gag a maggot is a sure formula to lose weight. I lost 20 lbs by the time I got back to Hong Kong 3 weeks later.

Precious memories how they linger.


73 posted on 12/17/2018 9:39:21 AM PST by Uncle Lonny
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