大象传媒

Chortens

• Rob
• 3 Apr 07, 02:03 PM

Today we’ve left the bleak valley that Pheriche sat in and climbed higher to an even bleaker spot. We are now 4900m above sea level in an outpost called Lobuche. Lobuche is set in a wide valley carved by a glacier that falls of the slopes of Everest itself. This rocky desert does have charm though our trek today took us steeply up to a plateau marked with memorials to Sherpas who’ve lost their lives on Everest.

There are over 60 little towers of rock called Chortens, set on the ridge of a plateau they are a beautiful and somewhat spooky sight. They also stand at one of the most spectacular views we’ve seen yet with the high peak of Ama Dablan raising directly behind them.

Today we’ve been doing our best to capture this environment on camera. It is a frustrating challenge it seems almost impossible to get the scale of the landscape we’re in across for television. There are one or two types of shots that I think really give an idea of what it is really like and today we were after one in particular. It is a shot of the Xtreme Everest team coming over the horizon with a peak looming in the background. It took us all day to find a spot that would work but I think in the end we managed it.

Tomorrow it’s onwards and upwards – Everest is so close now. I can’t wait to get to Base Camp and set up home for the next 2 months.