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Camp One Western Cwm Camp Two |
Lower Lhotse Face Upper Lhotse Face Camp Four |
Summit Day Summit Kathmandu | ||||||||||||||||||||
| The Trek to Base Camp | All photographs ©. Not to be used without permission. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
 Mani stones on the walk from Lukla to Namche Bazar. |
 Porters carrying wood up the Duhu Kosi valley. |
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 The Buddhist monastery of Tengboche. |
 Everest on the left, Lhotse (4th highest in the world) on the right. |
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| Base Camp | |||||||||||||||||||||||
 An avalanche comes down the Lho La (left of the icefall). |
 The South African base camp, with the Khumbu icefall behind. |
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 The Puja, a Buddhist blessing ceremony at base camp. |
 The personal tents of the team members, on the Khumbu glacier. |
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 Philip, the base camp manager, looking at photos on the computer. |
 Cathy on the phone at base camp, with Bruce behind her. |
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| The Khumbu Icefall | |||||||||||||||||||||||
 Ian enters the Khumbu icefall, 1000 vertical meters of unstable ice. |
 Cathy climbs under 'the wave' in the icefall. |
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 Bruce & Ian return from a day in the icefall. |
 Cathy stands at the top of the icefall. |
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| Camp One, 6000 metres | |||||||||||||||||||||||
 Tiny camp one tents visible at the top of the icefall, Nuptse behind. |
 Ian walks through camp one towards the Western Cwm. |
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 (l-r) Ian, Bruce & Cathy at camp one. |
 Ian resting at camp one. |
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| The Western Cwm | |||||||||||||||||||||||
 Cathy and Ian in the Western Cwm, with Nuptse behind them. |
 Left south-west face of Everest, right west face of Lhotse. |
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| Camp Two, 6500 metres | |||||||||||||||||||||||
 Camp two with the Western Cwm beyond. |
 Camp Two, with the Lhotse Face and Nuptse beyond. |
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 (l-r) Bruce, Cathy & Ian at camp two. |
 Bad weather at camp two. |
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| Lower Lhotse Face | |||||||||||||||||||||||
 Walking from camp two to the Lhotse Face. |
 The Lhotse Face (west face of Lhotse) at sunset. |
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 Cathy at 7000 metres on the Lhotse Face. |
 Climbers pass camp three, on the right under the seracs. |
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| Upper Lhotse Face | |||||||||||||||||||||||
 Climbers ascend the yellow band on 9 May. |
 Ian descends the yellow band after the great storm. |
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 Cathy on top of the yellow band, with the Western Cwm below. |
 Cathy climbs the Geneva Spur, using oxygen. |
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 Ian tops out on the Geneva Spur, with Nuptse beyond. |
 Bruce approaches the South Col. |
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| Camp Four, 8000 metres, on the South Col | |||||||||||||||||||||||
 The summit pyramid of Everest, with South Col on the right. |
 Ang Dorje at camp four, with Nuptse beyond. |
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 Sunset from camp four. |
 Leaving camp four on 12 May, after the great storm. |
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 Bruce doing the evening radio call to base camp. |
 Bruce (left) and Ian asleep in the tent. |
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| Summit Day, 25 May 1996 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
 Dawn from the balcony. Maklu on the left, Kangchenjunga on the skyline. |
 The shadow of Everest stretching to the horizon as the sun rises. |
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 The final ridge and Hillary Step, taken from the south summit. |
 Looking back along the ridge to the south summit, with Lhotse behind. |
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 The ridge just below the summit, with huge cornices on the Kangshung side. The Lhotse couloir is visible in the distance. |
 Descending from the summit past the Hillary Step. |
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| On the summit, 25 May 1996 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
 Pemba Sherpa on the summit. |
 Ian (left) and Cathy on the summit. |
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 The team at base camp celebrates news of the summit. |
 Ian leaving the summit. |
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 Summit view: Makalu, with Kangchenjunga on the horizon. |
 Summit view: the Nuptse ridge, Ama Dablam and dozens of peaks. |
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 Patrick, Philip, Cathy, Ian & Deshun back in Kathmandu. |
Everest North Ridge Picture Gallery |
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| Kathmandu, capital of Nepal | |||||||||||||||||||||||
 Bodinath stupa in Kathmandu. |
 The main square of Patan. |
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