An attempt on Lobuje East, 1991



Tuesday, 8 October 1991 – From Manidingma to Bhupsha: At 3:00 pm, having ascended nearly a thousand vertical metres after crossing the Dudh Kosi river, we reached Bhupsha (2,420 metres above sea-level), which Tarchen had decided would be our day’s destination. I liked this view of the sun’s rays striking the village’s ridge-top monastery, even though …