Old Geezers Expedition to Mount Cook

Cho Oyu (8 188 m / 26 864 ft)

Just west of Cho Oyo, at about the location of Advanced Base Camp, is the Nangpa La, a 5500 meter glacier pass which is the main trading route between the Tibetans and the Khumbu's Sherpas. Nangpa La also is famous for illegal border crossings, but still authorities on both sides most of the time turn the blind eye on the trade. Long caravans with yaks can be seen here at all times of the year. In climbing season of 2006 Chinese border police shot some refugees to death at Nangpa La.