The dog that scaled the Himalayas: Nepalese mutt climbs to 23,000ft

[brooklynite]

Daily Mail

Don Wargowsky, who lives in Seattle, was leading a group from the Kathmandu-based Summit Climb when they spotted Mera, who is believed to be a Tibetan mastiff and Himalayan sheepdog cross.

The group had stumbled upon the 45-pound pooch on their way back down from Mera Peak, some 17,500ft up, and she instantly became best friends with Mr Wargowsky.

She accompanied him for the next three weeks of his month-long trip, and even reached the summit of Baruntse with him on November 9, 2018.

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Now the brave dog has been adopted by the expedition's base-camp manager Kaji Sherpa, who renamed her Baru after the Baruntse peak, and spends her days relaxing instead of climbing mountains even humans struggle with.

[hlthe2b]

1. Remarkable... I always swore my last doggy girl and hiking buddy was part mountain goat, but....

no way could she have done this!

[shanny]

2. Atta Girl!

eta: what's up with the "mutt"? She's probably a purebred Nepalese street dog.

[samnsara]

3. i climbed Mt Adams in Wash state one..only about 12,500 but the guide...

..had a dog that went up and down with him all the time!

[calimary]

4. Awwwww...

Love it!

[awesomerwb1]

5. Pretty adventurous pup. Awesome!

[Honeycombe8]

6. Poor thing. She must've been dumped.

Dumped, and wandering, lost. She has a home, now.

[democratisphere]

7. Living the life.

What a great hiking and mountain climbing buddy.