Dhaulagiri and Tukuche Peak early morning from Shepherd’s Kharka (3760m) on the way to Annapurna North Base Camp. “Behind us, as we climbed today, we could see the full extent of the size of Dhaulagiri. It must have one of the largest reliefs in the world from the river valley at about 6,000 feet to the summit at 26,000 feet - 20,000-vertical feet within about seven miles horizontal distance” (Maurice Herzog, Annapurna).