Camilla with first view of Mt Everest (90 km away as the crow files).
Mt Everest from the main road, 90 km away.
First sight of Mt Everest, 90 km away.
On our gravel road to Mt Everest, 50 km away.
The winding road to Everest, going down from 5200 to 4100 meter and then up again to 5200 m. The road is 100 km long, with rough surface, and 20 km/h.
Camilla and Himalaya.
Our guest house where we stayed over night after having visited Mt Everst base camp (our tents at the base camp had been removed).
Having a nice lunch soup at the guest house.
Our toilet on second floor.
Horse transport in the village.
Approaching Rongbuk monastery and Tibet base camp.
Rongbuk monastery at 5000 m, with Everest in the back. A monastery for both monks and nuns, causing some "problems".
Two peaks, Mt Everest and Rongbuk monastery.
At the "end station" at 5200 m after having passed the "tourist" base camp. Chomolungma is the Tibetan name of Everest.
Mt Chomolungma (Everest), 8848 m (states 8844 m here).
Mt Everest, 18 km away, from the Tibet base camp. The route to the top is on the left hand side.
Collected prayer flags in front of Everest.
Mt Everest (Chomolungma) 8848 m, the ultimate goal.
Camilla and Mats at Tibet Base Camp at 5200 m. Mt Everest is 18 km away, and 3600 m up.
Camilla at one of her dream goals.
Geocaching, finding one of the world's highest located geocaches.
Geocaching with traveller bugs.
Picture of the tourist base camp (where we should have slept).
Clouds coming over Everest, from Tibet side (Rongbuk)
Dinner in the guest house. The stove was fired by dung.
Our guide Dawa to the right, with a relative (the girl) and our driver.
The owner (?) of the guest house.
The sleeping department on the second floor. We got sleeping bags, needed. (We should have slept in tents at the base camp, but they had been removed some week earlier).
Everest at sunrise, from a pass at 5220 m.
12 minutes later.
