First(?) dog climbs a 7000m peak in Nepal

Dogs, dogs and even some cats
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timisimaginary
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Re: First(?) dog climbs a 7000m peak in Nepal

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meh. let me know when a dog does something really impressive, like free soloing El Cap.
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Re: First(?) dog climbs a 7000m peak in Nepal

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herdbull wrote: Thu Mar 07, 2019 4:40 pm A friend of mine was on this trip. He said the dog was pretty amazing.

I have myself witnessed and shared a summit with a dog. Not quite 7000m but it was on Aconcagua which is just shy of that.
We also climbed Aconcagua with dogs. They joined us at Nido, and went to the summit & back without any food or water. Very fit dogs!
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