Chang rode it and Anton ran it

[Anton Berlin]

It's actually a pretty fast route being that it's mostly down hill.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100529/lf_afp/nepalhimalayaseveresttourismathletics_201005291710 11

[Kurgan. presented by Gringioni.]

On Jun 2, 8:36*am, Anton Berlin > wrote:
> It's actually a pretty fast route being that it's mostly down hill.
>
> http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100529/lf_afp/nepalhimalayaseveresttour...



Dumbass -

You really did that? Brutal!

I didn't think the Pang La was all that downhill on the way out of the
Rongbuk Valley. :)

As an aside, descending the pass (can't remember its name) between
Shishipangma and Cho Oyu were two of the most awesome days of my life.
We went from 17,000 ft. to 1500 ft. something like 1.5 % grade
fireroad. So beautiful, transitioning from the cold moonscape into the
jungle, riding under hundreds of waterfalls (from the glacial melt),
the road was out in five places.

thanks,

Fred. presented by Gringioni.

[Anton Berlin]

I didn't do the race* but ran with sherpa from top of Kala Pattart to
catch my flight out of Lukla. Trail running at it's finest.

*They didn't have one back then.

[Kurgan. presented by Gringioni.]

On Jun 2, 11:34*am, Anton Berlin > wrote:
> I didn't do the race* but ran with sherpa from top of Kala Pattart to
> catch my flight out of Lukla. Trail running at it's finest.
>
> *They didn't have one back then.



Dumbass -

I went and looked it up today on the map. We were further west of
there on the Arniko Highway so I'm not familiar with the area around
Lukla. Probably the terrain is similar though.

Seeing the names of those places definitely brings back memories.
Those days left a strong impression.

thanks,

Fred. presented by Gringioni.