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Day ride from Lhasa looking for a monastery, all I found was a army base
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On the way to Shigatze, high pass for the day was 3700M
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On the friendship highway to Nepal. High pass for the day was 3900M
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On the friendship highway to Nepal. High pass for the day was 3900M
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Oh man what a night, I was in early stage of hypothermia this morning. I push my bike to this sunny spot and started cooking to try to recover.
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Big test today
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Big test today. My first 5200M pass nearly killed me. I never thought a human being can breath so fast for so long.
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Almost to the turn off to Everest now. High pass for the day was 4300M
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The access road to Everest Basecamp
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You are entering the Everest Nature Reserve at 5120M
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You are entering the Everest Nature Reserve at 5120M
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You are entering the Everest Nature Reserve at 5120M
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Time to make our way down to the valley again
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Time to make our way down to the valley again
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And we were in the valley
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And we were in the valley. Still some clouds covering Everest
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Not the best view of Everest yet
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Not the best view of Everest yet
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Not the best view of Everest yet
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Not the best view of Everest yet
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Not the best view of Everest yet
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Not the best view of Everest yet
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Going to Rongbuk Monastery today, just 7 KM from Everest Basecamp at 4900M
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Going to Rongbuk Monastery today, just 7 KM from Everest Basecamp at 4900M. We are actually going the othe way.
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Going to Rongbuk Monastery today, just 7 KM from Everest Basecamp at 4900M. We are actually going the othe way.
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Going to Rongbuk Monastery today, just 7 KM from Everest Basecamp at 4900M
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Going to Rongbuk Monastery today, just 7 KM from Everest Basecamp at 4900M
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Going to Rongbuk Monastery today, just 7 KM from Everest Basecamp at 4900M
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Going to Rongbuk Monastery today, just 7 KM from Everest Basecamp at 4900M
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Going to Rongbuk Monastery today, just 7 KM from Everest Basecamp at 4900M. What a view. Should've include the monastery.
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The last 7KM to Basecamp at 5200M
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Everest Basecamp, Tibet at 5200M
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Everest Basecamp, Tibet at 5200M
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Everest Basecamp, Tibet at 5200M
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Everest Basecamp, Tibet at 5200M
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Unfortunately, I had to go the next day. I had a run in with the park warden and it was in my best interest to leave. So we hitch a ride with a truck
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Left Tingri toward Nepal. Today's high pass was 4300M
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Another big day today. Made it through my first pass of 5120M without having to push the bike at all. On the second pass of 5200M, I had to push a bit
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This is it, the last pass at 5200M. It is all the way down to 800M in Nepal from here
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The road down to Nepal
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The road down to Nepal
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Zhangmu, the border town on the Tibetan side
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Landslide
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Landslide
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First sign of water, that means you are out of Tibet
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