An attempt on Lobuje East, 1991



Saturday, 26 October 1991 – From Dingboche to Thyangboche: We arrived in Thyangboche (3,867 metres above sea-level) at 1:30 pm and discovered that our lunch spot was (as I wrote in my diary) “in a tip” (that is, in a rubbish dump). When we learnt that it was also going to be our camp site, we revolted and decided to stay, instead, in …