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Old 14th Nov 2012, 03:22
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Ngozumpa Glacier & Tarns off the moran
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Gokyo village 15,615' & Doodh Pokhari (Milk Lake)
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Sagarmatha - our Planets highest above sea Mountain @ 29,211' (rear left)

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another day peering out the office perspex bubble
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Winter is coming - Lamjura pass ~ 12,000'


& 1 week before..............................

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Aaaaaah. Some of the best yet!
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hehehe thanks John - keep up doin' Kryptonite & lets see some pix from the Kiwi's

Land Happy always

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Sagarmath centre back stage, the top of Our Planet WoW
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suckin' on the O2 - oooh Yaaar ~21,000'

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WoW up here; Sagamatha Ji (Everest) is watching over me everywhere...
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21000 feet wow factor man; are you still flying the 206 at that height?
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RFM - service ceilings for the B206BIII = 20,000' PA & for the AS350B3+ = 23,000' PA

Landing well that's whole other story.......

B3+ = 23,000' PA depending on conditions & for the Jetbox +~- 16,500' with very good conditions

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Note below 23,100' on QNH & still climbing.......

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VF...a million thanks for the lovely photos.
I enjoyed every second of it.
I love to see the zenith of Everest. From the top if possible. Any close shots?
also could you post shots of waterfalls.
Thank you so much.
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I love to see the zenith of Everest. From the top if possible.
Hmm .. with Everest sitting at a height of 29,000 ft. that could prove a little challening .. even for VF!

However, from an airliner the mount looks like this:



And from a satellite in low earth orbit, like this (Everest on the left):

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