Well Bruno and i decided to take a nice flight out of Paro (Bhutan) to Lukla (Nepal). At bhutan, the fog and mist was in around us on the tall 16,000ft mountains. Even The Druk Air pilots (Royal Bhutan Airline) will not fly out or in of the airport in bad conditions, so we both knew that we were in for something.... Well as most of you know i went to bhutan at christmas, and plan on returning in september
We were heading directly to Lukla, but then we got talking about how i am planning on attempting everest etc etc, so we thought we would visit everest, and then do a few circles and descend, this worked wellas we descended into a valley with lukla on our left. Perfect, i managed to get the plane down on the first attempt! Here are the pics.
Rather misty, looking down the airport at Bruno.
Waiting for bruno to taxi up the runway:
Looking out to my left before the runway:
Climbing Fast out of the fog, heading for the PRO NDB
Climbing Still, trying to avoid those 16,000er mountains ahead:
Nice Shot of the clouds:
Some big clouds at the top of the NDB:
Bruno following:
The end of the sunrise:
The shadows on the mountain....nice!
Some of the big mountains coming in now
A beautiful ridge with beautiful clouds with bruno just about to pass it:
Heading for the bigger mountains in the North West, time to climb!
Getting closer:
Summit of Mount Everest:
Going to make a pass:
The Lhotse Ridge of everest
Stunning:
Descending into the Lukla Valley:
On the ground, bruno on finals:
