Author: Miss Cellania / Source: Neatorama
It would be animal abuse to take your dog mountain climbing in Nepal. This is not that kind of story. An expedition to climb the summit of Baruntse, a 23,389-foot peak, found themselves in the company of a 45-pound stray dog that appeared to be a cross between a Tibetan mastiff and a Himalayan sheepdog.
At each base camp, the team tried to leave her behind, but she always caught up with them, and became the first dog to reach the summit of Baruntse.Mera embedded with a team from the Kathmandu-based Summit Climb, led by Seattle-based mountain guide Don Wargowsky, in the tenth day of its monthlong expedition. The group had seen her a few days before in the Nepalese town of Kare, but she seemed aloof. The team members were descending from a successful…
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