Western Cwm
 
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First view of the West Shoulder of Everest from the Western CWM (43kb) One of many deep crevasses in the Cwm (55kb) Climbing out of a deep crevasse (26kb) West Shoulder of Everest from the Western CWM (59kb) Clear view of Lhotse Face from the Western Cwm (58kb)
Route from C1 to C2 in the Western Cwm (69kb) Snow Squall obscures the view (20kb) The top of the Icefall at the eastern edge of the Western Cwm (58kb) Clipped into the fixed line in the Cwm (45kb) Enjoying the view (38kb)
Multiple deep crevasses just above C1 (51kb) Winding around crevasses (57kb) Pumori from the Cwm (53kb) Ladders cross some crevasses in the Cwm (31kb) Spot Alan fell into a crevasse a few days later (24kb)
A shallow snowbridge covers a deep crevasse. This is where Alan fell into it in 2002. (21kb) Lhotse Peak - 27,939 feet (8,516 meters) (37kb) Western Cwm (39kb) Lhotse Face holds Camp 3 at 23,500' (50kb) 2002 team in the Cwm (50kb)
Everest viewed from a wide but shallow crevasse (49kb) Clibmers in the Cwm loking east. Pumori is the sharp peak behind (59kb) Hard packed ice in the Cwm (45kb) Roping up in the Cwm (62kb) Camp 1 at the mouth of the Western Cwm (51kb)
The Lhotse Face with viewed from the Cwm. Route to Camp 2 on the left (46kb) Climbers at the base of the Lhotse Fce and eastern end of the Cwm (68kb) Crevasses in the Cwm (53kb) Camp 1 in the Cwm (55kb) Guy Cotter and Ang Dorge at C1 in 2002 (66kb)
Western Cwm, a Welsh word for valley (55kb) Climbing out of a wide crevasse (67kb) Long line of climbers heading up the Lhotse Face viewed from the Western Cwm (55kb) Alan in the Cwm on a hot day (63kb) Camp 1 in the Western Cwm in 2002. An avalanche destroyed tents in 2005. (58kb)


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