Khumbu Icefall
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Climbing out of a crevasse (39kb) Ladder crossing at dawn (38kb) Ladder crossing (41kb) Dawn in the Khumbu Icefall (26kb) Seracs ans more (49kb)
Photographing a ladder crossing (48kb) The Icefall in 2002 (30kb) Ice formations (23kb) Tall Serac - when will it toppel? (23kb) Early morning (20kb)
Serac (15kb) David Hiddleston in the Icefall (61kb) Lhotse face peaking out near the top of the Icefall (48kb) Ladders near the top of the Icefall (40kb) Climbing near the top of the Icefall (26kb)
Roped ladders near the top of the Icefall (21kb) Deep crevasses near the top of the Icefall (41kb) Creavsses near the top of the Icefall (31kb) Climbing out of a wide but shallow creavasse (34kb) Ladder in the Western Cwm (40kb)
Ice screw that holds the ladders in place in the Icefall (20kb) Alan's boot on a ladder in the Icefall (27kb) Ladder crossing - not the caribiners attached to the saftey ropes (29kb) Ladder near the top of the Icefall (17kb) The top of the Icefall (37kb)
Almost out of the Icefall (30kb) Dave standing on the rails! (37kb) Starting up - the very bottom of the Icefall. The top is not visible (38kb) Stepping across a narrow crevasse (36kb) Everest Base camp as seen from the bottom of the Icefall (44kb)
Cloud moving into the Icefall (12kb) Holding the saftey ropes tight to make crossing easier (36kb) Ladders also go down! (46kb) Everest BaseCamp (63kb) A deep crevasse - Alan self portrait (30kb)
Pumori from the Icefall (50kb) Slabs of moving ice in the Icefall (62kb) Bob crossing a ladder (62kb) Nick on a ladder (63kb) Early morning in the Icefall (21kb)
Ice sculptures (29kb) Traffic jam at the top of the Icefall (68kb) Climbers nearing the top of the Icefall (66kb) Top of the Icefall with massive collapsed ice blocks (49kb) The last few ladders at the top (67kb)
Complicated ladders at the top of the Icefall (70kb) Near the top of the Icefall (55kb) The Icefall (33kb) Ladders in the Icefall (30kb) Secured ladder midway through the Icefall (49kb)
Mid morning in the 'Fall (32kb) Alan on a ladder (56kb) Near the bottom of the Icefall looking up (60kb) Sherpas carrying loads in the Icefall (47kb) The Khumbu Icefall (69kb)