I didn't realize how high we were. Zhongdian sits at 10,500ft. This picture was taken from the window of our car - not an airplane! For comparison:
Rogers Pass, BC: 4,400ft
Denver, Colorado: 5,280ft
Peak of Whistler/Blackcomb: 7,160ft
Lhasa, Tibet: 12,000ft
Everest: 29,000ft
We pulled over the side of the road to get a better look at this mountain peak. I wanted a more unobstructed view, so I decided to run up the side of this road embankment. Halfway up, I remembered that we're at over 10,000ft, and should probably take it easy, so I walked the rest of the way up. I probably could've used one of those oxygen cans at this point. It was a lot scarier on the way down - the ledge was only a foot wide and it would've been a nasty tumble onto the freeway had I fallen.
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