Everest 2001

Looking down from the North Face of Mount Everest at the Central Rongbuk and West Rongbuk Glaciers, past peaks of Pumori, Lingtren, Tongqiang, Qomosam Zhubma, and on to Gyanchung Kang and Cho Oyu.

Climbing the North Ridge of Mount Everest off the normal route above Camp V and looking for the 1924 Camp VI, which was found by Jake Norton and Brent Okita on that day. This is a similar location and view to Noel Odell's famed final view of George Mallory and Andrew Irvine on June 8, 1924, before they disappeared into the mist.

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A yak herder from the village of Parsum, Tibet.

Sunset panorama shot from Camp V on the North Ridge of Mount Everest, Tibet.

A tin can full of loose-leaf tea, recovered by Jake Norton from the tattered remains of the 1924 Camp VI at 27,000 feet on the North Ridge of Mount Everest, Tibet.

Jake Norton holding a wooden tent pole from the 1924 Camp VI at nearly 27,000 feet on the North Ridge of Mount Everest. Jake rediscovered the camp with teammate Brent Okita in April, 2001. It was last used by George Mallory and Andrew Irvine on the night of June 7, 1924.

Brent Okita pauses for a rest below the First Step on the Northeast Ridge of Mount Everest, Tibet, on April 22, 2001. Brent and Jake Norton were searching for Percy Wyn Harris's ice ax, which he left in this area in 1933 after finding the ax of Andrew Irvine, who disappeared with George Mallory on June 8, 1924.

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The tattered remains of the 1933 Camp VI at 27,600 feet in the Yellow Band on the north face of Mount Everest, Tibet, on April 29, 2001.

Remains of the 1960 Chinese Camp VIIa on the Northeast Ridge of Mount Everest as discovered by Jake Norton and Brent Okita on April 29, 2001, below the First Step. Visible are bamboo wands, a 1975 oxygen cylinder, and tattered remains of a Chinese communist flag.

The lost sock of Edward Felix "Teddy" Norton, recovered by Jake Norton from the tattered remains of the 1924 Camp VI at 27,000 feet on the North Ridge of Mount Everest, Tibet.

The sweeping North Face of Mount Everest, Tibet, taken from the North Col (Camp IV).

The crest of the Northeast Ridge of Mount Everest from the top of the Exit Cracks. The First Step is clearly visible in the mid-foreground, with the summit pyramid rising behind. The famed "Green Boots' Cave" is under the obvious boulder to the left and in front of the First Step proper.