Tour Guide, Kathmandu, Nepal
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Baruntse Peak at 7129 meters is located just south of the semi-circle of fantastic mountains comprising Mount Everest, Lhotse, Nuptse and Makalu on the other side. It is a formidable climb for any experienced fearless, and a dog named 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 had 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, American expedition team member.
Normally dogs from Nepalese Himalayas regions are found living together with human civilization up to 5000 m applying the theory evolution defined by Charles Darwin British naturalist as "descent with modification". The idea that species change over time, give rise to new species, and share a common ancestor.
This particular dog Mera had set a record to reach more than 7000 m high. According to the professional mountain climber guide Jambu Sherpa, he had not seen any dog has reached to this height. The most amazing part of the story is Mera is an ordinary dog. Without any kind of training or with safety precaution, she had managed to survive at that level where oxygen is thin and extremely cold weather. All the expedition team together with Sherpa were amazed to see that Mera's fitness level is good and she enjoyed the expedition.
The expedition team had bought back the dog from the mountain to Kathmandu and has been adopted by a guide and dog was given a title name as “Baru”.