A 45-pound dog named Mera joined a mountaineering party and summited Baruntse, a 23,389-foot peak near Mount Everest in Nepal. This is believed to be the highest a dog has every climbed.
Dogs routinely hang around the base camp of Mount Everest at 17,600 feet, and quite a few have accompanied climbers to another camp at an altitude of 21,300 on the route to the summit. Mera, however, stayed with the Baruntse climb all the way to 23,389 feet above sea level. Everest is 29,029 feet.
Mera appears to be a cross between a Tibetan mastiff and a Himalayan sheepdog, i.e. the typical "outside" dogs of Nepal.
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