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Ngawang Sherpa crosses a massive crevasse on a ladder; at 18,000 feet in the Khumbu Icefall, Everest, Nepal.
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Karma Rita Sherpa on the final steps of the Southeast Ridge Route on Everest, Nepal, May 18, 2002.
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The shadow of Mount Everest stretches to the western horizon at sunrise from the 28,750 foot South Summit on the Southeast Ridge of Everest. Visible in the fireground is the serrated ridge of Nuptse leading down to the Western Cwm.
Climbers on Everest's South Summit (28,750 feet) as viewed from the Hillary Step on the Southeast Ridge, Nepal.
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Climbers on the 28,750 foot South Summit of Everest at 7:00 AM on May 18, 2002.
Monks blow sacred conch shells from the window of Thyangboche Monastery, Solukhumbu, Nepal, as a call to prayer.