Khardong-La, 18,380ft

Yesterday we rented mountain bikes and caught a jeep ride up to Khardong-La. At 18,380ft it is the worlds highest motorable pass. For those of you keeping score, that's almost 4000ft higher than Mt Rainier. At the top it was vain to try to breath/not faint, headaches were unavoidable but being the the highest point we will probably ever be, it was well worth it. We took in amazing views back down to the upper Indus valley and our town of Leh and on the other side of the pass to the Nubra valley, the Karakorum Range and Pakistan. After a about 15mins of taking photos at the top we got on our bikes and burned down the 35km back to town. OooWee, it was sweet! -Robby