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109 images Created 25 Mar 2010

Everest

Images from seven expeditions to Mount Everest, 1999-2012.
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  • Mount Everest (center) and Nuptse (right) from the summit of Kala Pattar, Khumbu Valley, Nepal.
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  • Climber John Griber gazes eastward at the Himalayan giants of Makalu, Chomolhunzo, and distant Kangchenjunga, from the South Col on Mount Everest, Nepal.
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  • Climber John Griber gazes at the summit of Mount Everest at sunrise from 28,000 feet on the Southeast Ridge climbing route.
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  • Tibetan Buddhist prayer flags flutter above Khumbu Basecamp during a Tibetan Buddhist puja ceremony, Khumbu, Nepal.
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  • Phuru Sherpa at Mushroom Rock (28,300 feet) on Everest's Northeast Ridge at sunrise on May 30, 2003.
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  • Pumori & Lingtren glow under a full moon as viewed from Khumbu Basecamp on Mount Everest, Nepal.
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  • Trekkers stand at the Hillary Memorial Chorten above Namche Bazaar en route to Mount Everest, Nepal. The imposing South Face of Lhotse and Nuptse, as well as the summit of Everest, rise behind.
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  • Everest's North Face at sunset from Rongbuk Basecamp, Tibet.
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  • Sunset panorama of Everest's Northeast Ridge from Camp VI at 27,300 feet. Visible are the First, Second, and Third Steps as well as the Summit Pyramid.<br />
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To see the fullsize interactive panorama, please visit: http://www.gigapan.com/gigapans/152803.
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  • Kellas Rock Peak, a 7,071 meter peak named after famed climber and physiologist Dr. Alexander Kellas, rises high above the East Rongbuk Glacier of Mount Everest as viewed from the North Col. Kellas was a member of the 1921 Everest Reconnaissance Expedition, but died from dystentery at Khampa Dzong, Tibet, en route to the mountain. The peak was named and climbed that year by George Mallory.
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  • Kangchenjunga - the world's third highest peak, whose name means "Five Treasure Houses of Snow" - glows at sunset from the village of Pelling, West Sikkim, India.
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  • Ama Dablam towers above the Khumbu Valley, Nepal, from near Namche Bazaar. Thyangboche Monastery is visible in the foreground, and the massive South Face of Lhotse and Nuptse rise in the distance. Everest is obscured by cloud
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  • IMG Guide Chris Booher gazes at Everest's North Face from the 23,000 foot Camp IV at the North Col, Tibet.
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  • Conrad Anker attempts to free climb the notorious Second Step on the Northeast Ridge of Everest on May 17, 1999. Dave Hahn belays him immediately below.
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  • The shadow of Mount Everest stretches to the western horizon at sunrise from the 28,750 foot South Summit on the Southeast Ridge of Everest. Visible in the fireground is the serrated ridge of Nuptse leading down to the Western Cwm.
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  • Ngawang Sherpa crosses a massive crevasse on a ladder; at 18,000 feet in the Khumbu Icefall, Everest, Nepal.
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  • Mount Nuptse and the shoulder of Mount Everest glow in the light of sunset and reflect in a pool in Gorak Shep at the foot of Kala Pattar, Solu-Khumbu Region, Nepal.
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  • Sunset panorama of Everest's Northeast Ridge from Camp VI at 27,300 feet. Visible are the First, Second, and Third Steps as well as the Summit Pyramid.
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  • Gazing up the sweeping cornices and rock steps of Everest's Northeast Ridge from Mushroom Rock at 28,300 feet. Lhotse rises behind and left.
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  • The summit of Everest at sunset as viewed from Rongbuk Basecamp, Tibet, China.
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  • Everest's North Face at sunset from Rongbuk Basecamp, Tibet.
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  • The shadow of Mount Everest stretches to the western horizon at sunrise from the 28,750 foot South Summit on the Southeast Ridge of Everest. Visible in the fireground is the serrated ridge of Nuptse leading down to the Western Cwm.
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  • Hundreds of climbers in a line on the Lhotse Face of Everest on May 18, 2012. Crowding and delays on the summit ridge the next day resulted in several deaths on the mountain.
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  • Panorama of Mount Everest from Pumori Camp 1, Nepal, 2012. The image shows Mount Everest, Lhotse, Nuptse, and the surrounding peaks, including those far down valley. <br />
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Please visit http://www.gigapan.com/gigapans/150764 to see the image in full resolution.
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  • The summit of Everest rises from the clouds as seen from the top of Kala Pattar, Solu-Khumbu Region, Nepal.
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  • Headlamps of Sherpa climbers streak up the Southwest Face of Mount Everest at night. The Sherpa climbers were working as park of the 2009 Korean Southwest Face Expedition; thanks to the hard work and dedication of the Sherpa, the Korean team established a new route on the Southwest Face and put four clibmers on the summit.
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  • The jumbled and jagged peaks of the Khumbu Himalaya, Nepal, as seen at sunrise from the South Summit of Mount Everest, Nepal.
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  • Please visit http://www.gigapan.com/gigapans/150764 to see the image in full resolution.
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  • Massive panorama of the Everest region taken from the summit of Kala Pattar, Nepal. Prominent peaks and features from left to right are: Lingtren, Khumbutse, Changse, West Shoulder, Everest, South Col, Lhotse, Nuptse, Ama Dablam, Kangtega, and Thamserku.<br />
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To see the fullsize interactive panorama, please visit: http://www.gigapan.com/gigapans/152789.
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  • A massive avalanche rains down across the Khumbu Icefall on Mount Everest, Nepal, on May 2, 2009.<br />
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To see the fullsize interactive panorama, please visit: http://www.gigapan.com/gigapans/152794.
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  • A massive avalanche rains down across the Khumbu Icefall on Mount Everest, Nepal, on May 2, 2009.<br />
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To see the fullsize interactive panorama, please visit: http://www.gigapan.com/gigapans/152793.
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  • A massive avalanche rains down across the Khumbu Icefall on Mount Everest, Nepal, on May 7, 2009. The second such avalanche in one week, this one killed Lhapka Nuru Sherpa.<br />
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To see the fullsize interactive panorama, please visit: http://www.gigapan.com/gigapans/152792.
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  • A climber stands outside his tent at sunset at 24,000 foot Camp 3 on Mount Everest's Southeast Ridge, Nepal.<br />
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To see the fullsize interactive panorama, please visit: http://www.gigapan.com/gigapans/152790.
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  • David Morton rappels down the West Ridge Headwall toward Camp 2 in the Western Cwm.<br />
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To see the fullsize interactive panorama, please visit: http://www.gigapan.com/gigapans/152795.
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  • David Morton descends the West Ridge Headwall through ethereal light at sunset on Mount Everest, Nepal. Camp 2 and the Western Cwm lie below.<br />
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To see the fullsize interactive panorama, please visit: http://www.gigapan.com/gigapans/152798.
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  • Panorama of David Morton ascending the West Ridge Headwall on Mount Everest, Nepal.<br />
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To see the fullsize interactive panorama, please visit: http://www.gigapan.com/gigapans/152799.
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  • Panorama of Brent Bishop crossing a ladder over a massive crevasse in the Khumbu Icefall on Mount Everest, Nepal.<br />
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To see the fullsize interactive panorama, please visit: http://www.gigapan.com/gigapans/152800.
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  • Panorama of Charley Mace crossing a ladder over a massive crevasse in the Khumbu Icefall on Mount Everest, Nepal.
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  • Sunset and cloud paint the landscape outside of Everest Basecamp, Nepal. The visible peak in the distance is Tawoche.
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  • Prayer flags frame the massive North Face of Mount Everest from Rongbuk Monastery, Tibet, China.
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  • The Second Step and Summit Pyramid of Mount Everest as viewed from Mushroom Rock on the Northeast Ridge, Tibet, China.
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  • The North Face of Mount Everest rises from the foothills of the Tibetan Plateau as seen from the Pang La (Pass), Tibet, China.
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  • The memorial plaque to George Leigh Mallory and Andrew Comyn Irvine who were lost high on Mount Everest on June 8, 1924; at Rongbuk Baseamp, Tibet, China.
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  • The full moon rises above the shadow of Mount Everest arcing across the spine of the Himalaya; from Camp V at 25,600 feet on the North Ridge, Tibet, China.
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  • A tent sits perched at Camp V on the North Ridge of Mount Everest, Tibet, China.
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  • Panorama of climbers ascending the final 250 feet of the Southeast Ridge of Everest as viewed from the top of the Hillary Step, on May 19, 2009.<br />
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To see the fullsize interactive panorama, please visit: http://www.gigapan.com/gigapans/152797.
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  • Lenticular clouds engulf the North Face of Mount Everest, Tibe (China), as seen from Rongbuk Basecamp.
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  • Brent Bishop crosses a ladder over a massive crevasse in the Western Cwm on Mount Everest, Nepal.
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  • Charley Mace and Brent Bishop make their way through the chaos and danger of the upper Khumbu Icefall on Mount Everest, Nepal.
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  • Charley Mace and Brent Bishop make their way through the chaos and danger of the upper Khumbu Icefall on Mount Everest, Nepal.
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  • David Morton rests in the midst of a storm as he makes his way up the West Ridge Headwall on Mount Everest, Nepal.
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  • Dave Hahn keeps score during a horseshoe game at Khumbu Basecamp on Mount Everest, Nepal.
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  • Dave Hahn keeps score during a horseshoe game at Khumbu Basecamp on Mount Everest, Nepal.
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  • David Morton ascends the West Ridge Headwall on Mount Everest, Nepal.
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  • Hundreds of climbers in a line on the Lhotse Face of Everest on May 18, 2012. Crowding and delays on the summit ridge the next day resulted in several deaths on the mountain.
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  • Hundreds of climbers in a line on the Lhotse Face of Everest on May 18, 2012. Crowding and delays on the summit ridge the next day resulted in several deaths on the mountain.
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  • The stunning pyramid of Jobo Rinjang, aka Lunag Ri, rises from the shadows of the Himalaya at sunrise, as seen from 23,000 feet on the West Ridge Headwall, Mount Everest, Nepal.
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  • David Morton ascends the steep West Ridge Headwall on Mount Everest, Nepal.
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  • David Morton rappels down the West Ridge Headwall on Mount Everest toward Camp 2 in the Western Cwm. Lhotse rises from the clouds behind.
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  • Conrad Anker stands over the 75 year old remains of famed British climber George Leigh Mallory, at 27,000 feet on Everest's North Face, Tibet. Photographer Jake Norton was covering the 1999 Mallory & Irvine Research Expedition, which discovered Mallory's remains.
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  • Massive panorama of the North Face of Mount Everest, Tibet, as seen from Rongbuk Basecamp, Tibet, China.<br />
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To see the full, interactive version, please visit: http://www.gigapan.org/gigapans/152809.
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  • Kangtega and other peaks of the upper Khumbu Himalaya rise above the Tsola River in the village of Pheriche, Solu-Khumbu region, Nepal.
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  • A monk walks under prayer flags and past a chorten at Rongbuk Monastery, Tibet [China], with the North Face of Everest rising behind.
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  • Conrad Anker at 28,200 foot Mushroom Rock on the Northeast Ridge of Mount Everest on May 17, 1999, as he prepares for his first attempt to free climb the Second Step.
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  • The full moon rises above the shadow of Mount Everest arcing across the spine of the Himalaya; from Camp V at 25,600 feet on the North Ridge, Tibet, China. Prominent, visible peaks are Pumori, Cho Oyu, and Gyachung Kang.
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  • Climbers approach the famed Geneva Spur at 25,000 feet on the Upper Lhotse Face of Mt. Everest, Nepal. The summit of the peak rises behind.
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  • The 10,000 foot South Face of Lhotse from the Everest View Hotel, Syangboche, Khumbu Valley, Nepal.
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  • A climber ascends the North Ridge of Everest and gazes at the mighty North Face and Summit Pyramid rising above.
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  • Jesse Rickert on Everest's North Ridge between Camps I and II, Tibet.
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  • The massive and imposing North Face of Mount Everest, Tibet, as seen from near the North Col Camp (Camp IV), 23,000 feet.
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  • Sunrise lights up the crest of the Great Himalaya from Camp VI (27,300 feet) on Everest's Northeast Ridge route. In the distance the peaks of Gyachung Kang (7995m) and Cho Oyu (8201m) rise into the sunlight.
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  • A panoramic view from the summit of Mount Everest taken on May 30, 2003. The view east shows the Himalayan giants of Lhotse, Makalu, Chomolhunzo, and distant Kanchenjunga, the world's third highest summit.
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  • Jesse Rickert rests at sunrise at Mushroom Rock, 28,250 feet, on Everest's Northeast Ridge, Tibet.
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  • A climber ascends the famed Second Step on Everest's Northeast Ridge on May 30, 2003.
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  • A climber ascends the famed Second Step on Everest's Northeast Ridge on May 30, 2003.
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  • Phuru Sherpa at Mushroom Rock (28,300 feet) on Everest's Northeast Ridge at sunrise on May 30, 2003.
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  • The Second Step headwall at 28,300 feet on the Northeast Ridge of Mount Everest, Tibet. The Second Step is considered the crux, or most difficult part, of the climb on the Northeast Ridge, and is a central point to the controversy of Mallory and Irvine's disappearance in 1924. The ladder was installed on the final bit by a Chinese expedition in 1975.
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  • Jeff Lyman and Wende Valentine make their way across the Tingri Plains with Everest, Gyachung Kang, and Cho Oyu visible behind; Tibet.
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  • A climber is silhouetted against Mount Everest's North Face at sunset from Rongbuk Basecamp, Tibet.
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  • Dave Hahn ascends the North Ridge of Everest at sunset toward Camp V. Changtse, Gyachung Kang, and Cho Oyu rise behind.
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  • Star trails arc across the night sky above Khubu Basecamp on Mount Everest, Nepal.
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  • Melissa Arnot turns her back to the wind and snow blast generated by the avalanche as it blows through Basecamp.
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  • A rescue crew comprised of members from nearly every team at Basecamp searches the avalanche debris for victims.
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  • Peter Whittaker and Tendi Sherpa ascend the Southeast Ridge of Everest, just below the South Summit, at sunrise with the Eddie Bauer/First Ascent 2009 Return to Everest Expedition.
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  • Sunrise from just below the South Summit on Everest's Southeast Ridge, looking east at the peaks of Makalu, Chomolhunzo, and distant Kangchenjunga.
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  • Looking down on the jagged summits of the Khumbu Himalaya of Nepal from just below the South Summit of Everest on May 19, 2009. The prominent peaks are Ama Dablam, Kangtega, Thamserku, and Kusum Kangguru.
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  • Photographer Jake Norton on the summit of Everest for his third time.
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  • A busy night in Basecamp as evidenced by trails of headlamps coursing through tents along the Khumbu Glacier. The West Shoulder, Khumbu Icefall, and Nuptse rise behind.
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  • Ed Viesturs climbs a ladder in the Khumbu Icefall during a day of practice and training.
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  • Climber and guide Dave Hahn laughs at Basecamp on Mount Everest.
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  • Climber and guide Dave Hahn relaxing in his tent on Mount Everest.
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  • A climber's headlamp traces the route into the First Ascent Pantheon Tent at Advanced Basecamp on Mount Everest.
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  • Peter Whittaker walks along a glacier high above Everest's Advanced Basecamp on an acclimatization day; Lhotse and the Lhotse Face are visible behind.
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  • Peter Whittaker and Ed Viesturs navigate the crevasses of the Khumbu Glacier on Mount Everest en route to the base of the Lhotse Face.
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  • Peter Whittaker coils in Ed Viesturs as they approach the base of the Lhotse Face on Mount Everest.
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  • The sweeping upper ridges of Nuptse glow at sunset from Everest Basecamp.
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  • Ed Viesturs climbs a serac in the lower Khumbu Icefall on Mount Everest.
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