Ang Pisang Sherpa poses at Mushroom Rick on the Northeast Ridge of Everest with the Second Step and Summit rising behind, on May 17, 1999.
Thom Pollard takes a break at North Col camp on Mount Everest, Tibet.
The 1999 Mallory & Irvine Research Expedition team on the Pang La Pass with Everest behind. From left to right: Jyoti Lal Rana, Peter Firstbrook, Andy Politz, Tap Richards, Jake Norton (kneeling), Eric Simonson, Thom Pollard, Conrad Anker, Dave Hahn, Graham Hoyland, Dr. Lee Meyers.