BACKPACKS AND BRA STRAPS
Chapter #36 “Yakity Yak Yak”

Naturally, the high altitudes created fickle temperatures, and the intensity of the sun beat threateningly on my bare skin.
Chapter #37 “Acclimatization”

It was torturous to think we literally had to climb all that way up, only to turn around and head back down to where we started.
Chapter #38 “Sherpa Chaperone”
Chapter #39 “Slip, Slide, Scary Ride”

The higher we got the more limited the menus had become in the lodges so Bree had decided to stick to that one soup, while the rest of us chose dal bhat soup, pasta with yak cheese, or momos, which were juicy, bite-sized dumplings with a steamed bun stuffed with vegetables and served with chili sauce.
Chapter #40 “You Raise Me UP”

A bit of pre-dawn light started to cast a faint blue glow, tinting our faces. Shadows shrank beneath the colossal peaks as the light revealed the mountains surrounding us.

Not a soul was up there except for my friends and family at the tip of the rock. They were anticipating our arrival, all excited and red-nosed and sniffling icicles. Ammon, Dendee, Dalai Lama, Stephanie, and Bree greeted Mom and me warmly as we all squished up onto the rock’s edge to celebrate our achievement.

As we waited in the eerie, predawn light, we heard nothing but the sound of our own raspy, laboured breathing. We were up so high that the mountains and clouds were parallel to us and, like the gods sitting atop Mount Olympus, we could see where the tall mountains poked their noses out from the clouds.

As the sun glimpsed a beautiful new day in the Himalayas, it sparkled between Mount Everest and Nuptse West. We watched unblinkingly and witnessed the first sunbeam shimmering between the mountain peaks. Mere seconds later the sun’s rays triumphantly burst through like a portal between heaven and earth for the angels.

The shadows of the night slipped down the jagged mountains to the ground as if negative spirits were being chased off by the light and a fresh morning arose.

We’d missed out on several amazing views because of fog and other poor weather conditions during earlier parts of our trip, but Mother Nature hand-delivered this spectacular gift and repaid any debt she might have owed us. A perfect three-hundred-and-sixty-degree view of the Himalayan mountain range was laid out before us.
WOW!!!!!!
WOW!!!! Amazing scenery.
Great pics. Fun to see the photos now that I read the story. Thanks again for sharing .
It’s so nice to have photos that actually back up the stories and help bring my readers there even more 😀 Thanks for reading