A Blessing in Shangri-La

Hundreds of prayer flags rippled fiercely as I arrived at the mountaintop, and I was soon joined by the Sherpas and my friend Kevin from Halifax, Nova Scotia. Soon we put down our packs and waited for sunrise from the only peak on earth from which you can see eight of the ten highest mountains on earth: Everest, Kanchenjunga, Lhotse, Makalu, Dhaulagiri, Cho Oyu, Manaslu and Annapurna. After a glorious sunrise, the boys hung a few more strands of prayer flags from the colorful cairn to send prayers and peace to the far corners of the earth in these relentless winds. Then we looked into the golden distance, trying to sense a trace of our way to Shangri-La, to the sacred lake of Dudh Kunda. We began our descent from Pekay Peak, trading the stars of our ascent for the distant warmth of a December sun. <a href="https://medium.com/globetrotters/a-blessing-in-shangri-la-ffb4e71a11fc">Read More</a>