The route from the Mera La (5415m) turns south and follows easy angled snow slopes, with a few steeper sections, that lead without difficulty in 85 minutes to Mera High Camp (5770m), a rocky outcrop that marks the divide between the Mera and Naulekh Glaciers. A large group already took all the campsites next to the rock, so Palde set up my tent in the middle of the trail.