LOCATION:
Sikkim Himalaya, northeast India

ERA:
7-15 October 2010

ROUTE:
Khangchendzonga National Park (West Sikkim): Yuksam - Tsokha - Dzongri - Thangsing - Lamunay - Goecha La - Kokchurong - Tsokha - Yuksam   [MAP]

GEAR:
Canon 20D, Canon EF 50mm f/1.8

No. YAKS PASSED:
Seventy-three

No. YAKS WHO ATE BROKEN GLASS FROM A BIN:
One

No. YAKS WHO FELL OFF A CLIFF AND DIED
One

TYPE OF PACK ANIMAL IN OUR PARTY
Horse

CONDITIONS AT GOECHA LA
4950m (16,200ft); -5° Celsius; 7:45am following 4-hour hike from Lamunay; cloudless; jaw-dropping vistas of the full south face Khangchendzonga, at 8598m the world's third-highest peak.