Author: McKinley Corbley / Source: Good News Network
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After braving wind, snow, and dizzying elevations in the Himalayan mountains, this tenacious stray dog may have broken a world record without even knowing it.
The mutt in Nepal began following a group of climbers who were getting ready to scale to the top of nearby Mount Baruntse.
The Kathmandu-based peak stands just south of Mount Everest at 23,389 feet tall. Though it is a formidable climb for any experienced daredevil, the dog dubbed “Mera” completed most of the climb without any protection for her paws—or human help at all, except for a short zip line ride.
Mera was quite skittish when they first met her down in the village of Khare, so they were shocked when she suddenly bounded up next to them while they were in the midst of descending another mountain at 17,000 feet.
She’d already passed dozens of other climbers that she could have charmed—in exchange for food or attention—but mysteriously, she fixated her attention on the leader of this month-long expedition, Seattle-based Don Wargowsky.
The crew spent the next two weeks hiking to the Mount Baruntse Base Camp, and Don happily shared his sleeping bag, tent, and meals with his new canine companion the entire way. They quickly became inseparable.
“I learned how to work with her despite the language barrier and discovered that she was a very intelligent animal,” Wargowsky wrote in a blog post. “She came when called, would wait outside the dinning tent while I…
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