17th Nov 2011 – Volume 5
In This Issue:
· It’s Cold:
· Today, Just A Few K’s Away:
· Quick Facts:
Hi Folks
Fantastic riding yesterday at the top of the world, the bikes did really well at high altitude we got them to 5,200m:
· The Rivers were frozen
· The Terrain was very rocky and icy
· And it was pretty hard to breath
We have seen our first glimpse of Everest though. It towers above all the other mountains.
Craig had yak curry for tea. Hope he doesn’t yak it up later.
We are very near to the start of our challenge now but why we chose this time of year is beyond me. We’re about the last tourists of the year.
It’s freezing !!!!!!!!
Today -- We have made it to Rongbuk Monastery.
The riding is amazing up here with Great Off-Road tracks. We are currently preparing bikes for Everest tomorrow.
We’re only a few kilometres away from base camp. It’s really windy and it’s going to real cold in the morning but we are going to try and get an early start.
Tams & Craig X
A quick call out to another of our Sponsors for the Lazer MX8 Carbon Tech helmets, thanks Gary & Ben at Putoline as promised we are definitely doing what we said we would do:
Taking Lazer Helmets To New Heights
Quick Facts:
Rongbuk Monastery lies by the foot of the Rongbuk Glacier at 5,100 metres (16,700 ft) above sea level, making it the highest religious building, as well as one of the highest-elevation settlements and overall structures ever built and colonized. It is only 200 metres (660 ft) lower than the north side Everest Base Camp of Mount Everest.
It is accessible by dirt road - a two to three hour drive from the China-Nepal Highway, soon after kilometre marker 5145.
Climbers must pass through Rongbuk in order to reach the highest peak of Mount Everest via the North Face. It has been described as having some of the most dramatic views in the world, presenting a panorama of the Shishapangma, Mount Everest, Cho Oyu, and Gyachung Kang peaks to visitors. One of the first British explorers to see it, John Noel, described it: "Some colossal architect, who built with peaks and valleys, seemed here to have wrought a dramatic prodigy—a hall of grandeur that led to the mountain."
Often shrouded in clouds and mist, the great peak was alternately described as "a preposterous triangular lump" (by George Mallory) and "a glittering spire of rock fluted with snow" (by Noel Odell), with "an imposing head of granite and ice," (Noel) and it looms large over the Rongbuk glacier, shining white at its feet.
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