Heh, so slacker me has finally gotten pics uploaded. These are by no means all of them, because I think I took about half of my pictures for the entire trip while we were in the mountains. But this will give an idea of what we saw.
The first few mornings we would wake up in the clouds. Sometimes they would burn off during the day, but we spent quite a bit of time in the mist. You can see our string of horses that carried our gear out in the field behind where our tents were pitched.
The valley we were hiking up for a few days. We crossed that river a few times, some of it on the backs of our guides!
Our guide, Dorje, sitting next to the waterfall that we just went under while we're waiting for the rest of the group to catch up.
The view from our campsite the morning after we crossed Hamta Pass. It was cloudy and rainy when we were up at Hamta, so I didn't get any good pictures from there, but the next morning it was spectacular. The night before the clouds had cleared just at sunset, so we were able to watch the sunset again the snow fields of these mountains. I couldn't rip myself away from the view long enough to go get my camera.
We spent a few days hiking roads, which was miserable going, but the views were phenomenal
Chandra Tal, the lake we spent two days at. Approximately 14,500 ft. above sea level. We could see a portion of the greater Himalayan range over the little hills that surrounded the lake. When we crested the first ridge to get to the lake, I just sat down and stared for a while. It took my breath away.
Sunset at Chandra Tal
View from Kunzum La, nearly 17,000 ft. above Sea Level, and the highest point to which we climbed.
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