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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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  • 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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  • Peaks of the lower Gangotri peek through the clouds of a late-monsoon storm; Garhwal Himalaya, Uttarkhand, India.
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  • The Bhagirathi peaks rise above the Ganges (Bhagirathi) River from Chirbhasa, Garhwal Himalaya, Uttarkhand, 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 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • Jesse Rickert rests at sunrise at Mushroom Rock, 28,250 feet, on Everest's Northeast Ridge, Tibet.
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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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  • 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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  • Tibetan Buddhist prayer flags flutter above Khumbu Basecamp during a Tibetan Buddhist puja ceremony, Khumbu, Nepal.
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  • A young Tibetan girl in Tingri, Tibet.
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  • Up close and personal with Tsering in Tingri, Tibet.
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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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  • An elderly Tibetan woman prays below the Potala Palace, Lhasa, Tibet.
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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 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 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-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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  • Brent Bishop crosses a ladder over a massive crevasse in the Western Cwm on Mount Everest, Nepal.
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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 herd of ibex in the meadows of Tapovan below Shivling on the Gangotri Glacier, Uttarakhand, India.
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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 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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  • The spire of Shivling rises above the lush meadows of Tapovan along the Gangotri Glacier, Uttarakhand, India.
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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 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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  • 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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  • David Morton ascends the steep West Ridge Headwall 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • Skittish ibex gallop through the meadows of Tapovan on the Gangotri Glacier, Uttarakhand, 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • After a massive, late-monsoon storm that dumped nearly three feet of snow on the Gangotri Glacier, David Morton makes his way back down valley.
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  • The first waters of the Bhagirathi (Ganges) River flow atop the Gangotri Glacier at over 17,000 feet. Shivling rises down valley.
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  • Dave Hahn keeps score during a horseshoe game at Khumbu Basecamp 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 Second Step and Summit Pyramid of Mount Everest as viewed from Mushroom Rock on the Northeast Ridge, Tibet, China.
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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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  • 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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  • Dave Hahn keeps score during a horseshoe game at Khumbu Basecamp on Mount Everest, Nepal.
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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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • Lenticular clouds engulf the North Face of Mount Everest, Tibe (China), as seen from Rongbuk Basecamp.
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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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  • 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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  • Sunset and cloud paint the landscape outside of Everest Basecamp, Nepal. The visible peak in the distance is Tawoche.
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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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  • Prayer flags frame the massive North Face of Mount Everest from Rongbuk Monastery, Tibet, China.
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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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • Everest's North Face at sunset from Rongbuk Basecamp, Tibet.
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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 climber ascends the North Ridge of Everest and gazes at the mighty North Face and Summit Pyramid rising above.
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  • Pumori & Lingtren glow under a full moon as viewed from Khumbu Basecamp on Mount Everest, Nepal.
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  • The massif of Mount Gurla Mandhata, AKA Naimona'nyi, rises at sunset above the plains of Darchen in Ngari Prefecture in western Tibet.
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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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  • A climber ascends the famed Second Step on Everest's Northeast Ridge on May 30, 2003.
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  • Jesse Rickert on Everest's North Ridge between Camps I and II, 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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  • 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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