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  • The stunning north face of holy Mount Kailash, the most sacred peak in all of Asia, at sunrise from Ditrul Phuk monastery, Tibet.
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  • Pumori & Lingtren glow under a full moon as viewed from Khumbu Basecamp on Mount Everest, Nepal.
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  • A female trekker passes by giant mani stones near the village of Phakding in the Khumbu (Everest) Valley, Nepal.
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  • Wende Valentine crosses a bridge over the Penampang River outside of Kota Kinabalu, Sabah Province, Malaysia.
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  • A young Newar girl stares intently at the camera in the terminal cancer ward at Bhaktapur Cancer Hospital, Bhaktapur, Nepal.
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  • Indian women fish at daybreak with handheld nets in the waters off the coast of Puri, Orissa, India.
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  • The spire of Shivling rises above the lush meadows of Tapovan along the Gangotri Glacier, Uttarakhand, India.
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  • A Nepali man brews tea in his teahouse in Chaubas, 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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  • A herd of ibex in the meadows of Tapovan below Shivling on the Gangotri Glacier, Uttarakhand, India.
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  • A lone lammergeier soars high above Tehri Lake, created by the massive and highly controversial Tehri Dam along the Bhagirathi (Ganges) River, India.
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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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  • 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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  • A young monk surveys the scene at Swyambhunath Stupa (aka - the Monkey Temple), Kathmandu, Nepal.
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  • A Hindu pilgrim prays before bathing in the sacred waters of Pushkar Lake. Believed to be created by the god Brahma (The Sustainer), Pushkar Lake is one of the holiest places for Hindus.
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  • Roads scratch along the hillsides above the Tehri Lake, a manmade and controversial lake created by the Tehri Dam.
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  • The Bhagirathi peaks rise above the Ganges (Bhagirathi) River from Chirbhasa, Garhwal Himalaya, Uttarkhand, India.
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  • Muni, or Silent, Baba poses near his tiny home at Tapovan above the Gangotri Glacier.
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  • After a massive, late-monsoon storm that dumped nearly three feet of snow on the Gangotri, David Morton and Pete McBride make their way back down valley.
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  • The Gangotri Glacier weaves its way for some 25 kilometers until its very start at the massif of Chaukhamba. Chaukhamba IV sits in the center of the frame.
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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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  • Dave Hahn keeps score during a horseshoe game at Khumbu Basecamp on Mount Everest, Nepal.
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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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  • A tent sits perched at Camp V on the North Ridge of Mount Everest, 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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  • 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 summit of Everest rises from the clouds as seen from the top of Kala Pattar, Solu-Khumbu Region, Nepal.
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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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  • 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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  • Children gather for the inauguration of a new toilet facility and handwashing station at their school on Sagar Island in the Sunderban Islands, West Bengal, India. One of the poorest regions in all of India, the water and sanitation projects implemented by Water for People (www.water4people.org) and their local partners change life dramatically for the local villagers.
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  • A Rajasthani musician at Mehrangharh Fort in Jodhpur, Rajasthan.
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  • A Rajasthani musician outside the old palace of Bhadrawati in Bhandarej, Rajasthan, India.
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  • The guard towers of Agra's Red Fort are silhouetted against the setting sun in Agra, Uttar Pradesh, India.
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  • Up close and personal with Tsering in Tingri, Tibet.
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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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  • Devotees flow out of the aarti celebration - and make donations -  at Parmarth Niketan Ashram, Rishikesh, India.
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  • Devout Hindus bath along the Ganges River at Rishikesh, Uttarakhand, India.
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  • Aerial view of one of the many hydro projects along the upper reaches of the Ganges River, Uttarakhand, India.
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  • The faithful gather to watch aarti, a puja to the Ganges, at the Parmarth Niketan Ashram in Rishikesh, India.
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  • The faithful gather to perform aarti, a puja to the Ganges, at the Parmarth Niketan Ashram in Rishikesh, India.
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  • A bus nearly topples off the road below Gangotri. Steep topography and massive rainfall during the monsoon create hundreds of landslides along roads in the Indian Himalaya each year, killing thousands and isolating communities.
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  • A car is jumbled amongst other detritus from the "Himayan Tsunami" that took out several towns - including Derali - and killed thousands on June 16, 2013.
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  • Peaks of the lower Gangotri peek through the clouds of a late-monsoon storm; Garhwal Himalaya, Uttarkhand, India.
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  • After a massive, late-monsoon storm that dumped nearly three feet of snow on the Gangotri, David Morton and Pete McBride make their way back down valley.
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  • An ibex skull adorned with garlands graces the hermit cave of a sadhu in the high meadow of Sundarvan at 16,000 feet on the Gangotri Glacier, India.
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  • Muni Baba, or Silent Baba, enters his humble home at Tapovan, Gangotri Glacier, Uttarakhand, India. Having taken a vow of silence, Muni Baba has not spoken a word in more than ten years.
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  • The mighty Bhagirathi (Ganges) River emerges with force from the toe of the Gangotri Glacier at Gaumukjh - literally, "Cow's Mouth"; Uttarakhand, India.
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  • The Bhagirathi (Ganges) River roars through the narrow valley of Gangotri, Uttarakhand, India.
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  • The Bhagirathi (Ganges) River flows through early morning fog above Uttarkashi, Uttarakhand, India.
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  • A woman walks to the edge of the Ganges River for her evening arrti offerings at Triveni Ghat, Rishikesh, Uttarakhand, India.
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  • Star trails arc across the night sky above Khubu Basecamp on Mount Everest, 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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  • A climber ascends the famed Second Step on Everest's Northeast Ridge on May 30, 2003.
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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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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 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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  • Prayer flags frame the massive North Face of Mount Everest from Rongbuk Monastery, Tibet, China.
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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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  • 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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  • 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 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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  • Pigeons scatter in front of the all seeing eyes of Buddha at Bodhanath Stupa, Kathmandu.
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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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  • Ngawang Sherpa crosses a massive crevasse on a ladder; at 18,000 feet in the Khumbu Icefall, Everest, Nepal.
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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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  • 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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  • The impressive massif of Gurla Mandhata (AKA Naimona'nyi), a 7728 meter/25,502 foot peak in remote western Tibet, rises above the shores of Lake Mansarovar in Ngari Prefecture.
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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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  • A hand traces the carvings on a Tibetan Buddhist mani stone at Thyangboche Monastery, Khumbu Valley, Nepal.
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  • The hands of a laborer: an elderly Rajasthani man's hands clasped together in the village of Nimaj.
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  • A young Rajasthani woman outside her sewing room in the village of Nimaj, Rajasthan.
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  • Durga, a Rajasthani farmer, in his fields in Nimaj.
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  • A Hindu pilgrim with a sacred cow at Gangour Ghat on the shore of Pushkar Lake, Rajasthan, India. Believed to be created by the god Brahma (The Sustainer), Pushkar Lake is one of the holiest places for Hindus.
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  • A porter with a doko and tump line carries his load through the Colu-Khumbu region of Nepal.
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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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  • Travelers catch a ride however they can - in this case, crammed with a dozen others in the back of a pickup truck in the rural lands of Uttar Pradesh, India.
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  • A woman peddles bottles of all sizes along the Ganges River at Har Ki Pauri ghat, Haridwar, Uttarakhand, India. The faithful will bring bottles of sacred "Ganga jal" - Ganges water - back home to friends and relatives as gifts.
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  • The candle lights of ceremonial diyas float down the Ganges at the end of the nightly Ganga aarti at Har Ki Pauri ghat, Haridwar, Uttarakhand, India.
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  • The massive crowd that regularly appears to celebrate aarti along the Ganges River at Har Ki Pauri ghat in Haridwar, Uttarakhand, India.
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  • Families gather to bathe in the sacred, purifying waters of the Ganges River at Har Ki Pauri ghat in Haridwar, Uttarakhand, India.
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  • An elderly woman watches the aarti celebration at Parmarth Niketan Ashram, Rishikesh, India.
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  • Landslides mar the hillsides above the Tehri Lake, a manmade and controversial lake created by the Tehri Dam.
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  • The faithful perform aarti, a puja to the Ganges, at the Parmarth Niketan Ashram in Rishikesh, India.
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  • A bus nearly topples off the road below Gangotri. Steep topography and massive rainfall during the monsoon create hundreds of landslides along roads in the Indian Himalaya each year, killing thousands and isolating communities.
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  • Devotees perform a Ganga Puja on the banks of the Bhagirathi (Ganges) River at Chirbhasa, Garhwal Himalaya, Uttarkhand, India.
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  • Pete McBride performs a Ganga Puja with a sannyasi - or renouncer - on the banks of the Bhagirathi (Ganges) River at Chirbhasa, Garhwal Himalaya, Uttarkhand, India.
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  • Sunset on the massif of Chaukhamba. Meaning "Four Pillars", the four peaks of Chaukhamba are comprised of sweeping, 6,000 foot walls and massive glaciers that give birth to the Gangotri Glacier and thus the Ganges River.
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  • The Bhagirathi peaks tower above the Gangotri Glacier. Bhagirathi, a Sagar Dynasty prince, brought the Ganges to life in Hindu mythology. In its upper reaches, the Ganges is called the Bhagirathi River (until it joins with the Alaknanda at Devprayag.)
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  • The Gangotri Glacier weaves its way for some 25 kilometers until its very start at the massif of Chaukhamba. Chaukhamba IV sits in the center-left of the frame.
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  • The Gangotri Glacier weaves its way for some 25 kilometers until its very start at the massif of Chaukhamba. Chaukhamba IV sits in the center of the frame.
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  • David Morton gazes at the Bhagirathi (Ganges) River as it flows through early morning fog above Uttarkashi, Uttarakhand, India.
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  • Bangles, or bracelets, sit in water during Ganga aarti along the banks of the Ganges River at Triveni Ghat, Rishikesh, Uttarakhand, India.
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  • A woman's sandals sit in water during Ganga aarti along the banks of the Ganges River at Triveni Ghat, Rishikesh, Uttarakhand, India.
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  • A climber is silhouetted against Mount Everest's North Face at sunset from Rongbuk Basecamp, Tibet.
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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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