Near the top of Nepal: Laurie Westcott


Near the top of Nepal: Laurie Westcott

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  • Venue: Woden Seniors Club and Zoom; 12 Corinna Street, Phillip, ACT, Australia.

Laurie will about a 2004 Nepal trek to Everest Base Camp from Lukla via Gokyo Ri,
Cho La pass/glacier to Gorak Shep and Everest Base Camp and return. The camera
used on the 23 day trek was his first digital camera, an Olympus C750 UZ compact,
sporting a max. . 4MP, 1/2 frame CCD sensor, 38-380 mm (equiv. focal length),
f2.8-3.7 max aperture, Auto/50-400 ISO, and (important) weighed 340g