Panch Pokari 5385 m - Ampulapcha La 5787 m - Amphu Base Camp 5222 m
day 17 : 3 november 2003
  
  heading for the pass  
  so near yet so far... the pass was just ahead, but the climb to it seems like eternity  
  
  
   
  kitchen crew  
  the strong kitchen team with their heavy burdens overtook us in no time  
  
  
   
  nature's artwork  
  crevasses near the pass top form the most intricate patterns  
  
  
   
  giant kuay lapis  
  like a giant maze, the route towards the pass top zig-zags amongst these dangerous giant icy cracks  
  
  
   
  rope climb  
  ropes came in handy to aid in our ascend up to the pass top at the more vertical sections of the crevasse climb  
  
  
   
  atop the ampulapcha  
  reaching the pass top at 1400 hrs and staying up here for more than two hours... admiring the wonders of the mountains beyond  
  [ click on the above image for a panoramic view ]  
  
  
   
  preparing  
  David preparing to make the technical descend down the north side of the Ampulapcha La  
  
  
   
  at the pass top  
  Susan taking in the view (and more air into her lungs) as she rest upon reaching the pass top  
  
  
   
  wearing harness  
  the girls donning on their harnesses in preparation of the technical descend  
  
  
   
  going down  
  Assim and Dalbhadur helping the team down the more difficult sections of the descend  
  
  
   
  evening light  
  the Amphu basin just below the north side of the pass gets very little daylight as the walls surrounding it are high  
  
  
 

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