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The Kangshung Face of Everest from Pethang Ringmo, Kangshung Valley, Tibet.
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A yak herder from the village of Parsum, Tibet.
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Cho Oyu, "The Goddess of Turquoise" (8201 meters/26,950 feet, 6th highest peak in the world), at sunset from Basecamp on the Tingri Plains, Tibet.
The North Face of Mount Everest, Tibet, as viewed from near Rongbuk Monastery in the autumn.
Fluttering prayer flags frame the North Face of Mount Everest, Tibet, as viewed from Rongbuk Monastery.
Climbing toward Camp 2 on Cho Oyu in 1997 with Pasang Lhamu Chuli (AKA Jasemba, Nangpai Gosum I) rising behind.
The Dzagar Chu flows through orchards near Mount Everest, Tibet.
Ama Drime (6,669 meters/21,880 feet) rises from the Tibetan Plateau as viewed from the Kharta Valley.
Looking out at Chomo Lonzo and Makalu from the Langma La. Ragkartse is hidden in the clouds on the left.
A Tibetan porter and pilgrim begs outside of the Guru Rinpoche (Padmasambhava) meditation cave near Rongbuk Monastery, Tibet.
Panorama of Everest, Gyachung Kang, and Cho Oyu from above Tingri, Tibet, China. Prominent peaks from L to R are Everest, Nuptse, Gyachung Kang, Ngozumpa Kang III, Ngozumpa Kang II (Hillary Peak), Ngozumpa Kang I (Tenzing Peak), and Cho Oyu.
Panorama of Gyachung Kang, Cho Oyu, and the Ngozumpa Kang group, from above Tingri, Tibet, China. Prominent peaks from L to R are Gyachung Kang, Ngozumpa Kang III, Ngozumpa Kang II (Hillary Peak), Ngozumpa Kang I (Tenzing Peak), and Cho Oyu.
Jeff Lyman and Wende Valentine make their way across the Tingri Plains with Everest, Gyachung Kang, and Cho Oyu visible behind; Tibet.
Cho Oyu, the world's 6th highest peak, with Siguang Ri (7309 m / 23979 ft) on the left and Palung Ri (7022 m / 23038 ft) on the right.
Makalu (left), the world's 5th highest peak, and the 3 wild summit of Chomo Lhonzo, taken from the Langma La Pass, Kangshung Valley, Tibet.
The wild and serrated upper Lhotse Ridge from Lhotse Shar to Lhotse Middle and finally the main summit of Lhotse, the world's 4th highest peak. Peak 38 (24,741 feet) is hidden on cloud on the left.
The summit of Chomo Lonzo West emerges from the clouds as viewed from the north on the Langma La Pass, Tibet.
The corniced summit ridge of Pethangtse viewed from high in the Kangshung Valley, Tibet.
Ted Mahon approaches the base of the Triangle Snowfield at 28,600 on Mount Everest's Northeast Ridge, Tibet, on May 30, 2003.
The sacred lakes of Raksas Tal (left) and Manasarovar (right) at sunrise from high on Gurla Mandhata (Naimona'nyi), Tibet. Mount Kailash rises behind.
A mani wall adorned with yak skulls sits on a hill near the Guru Rinpoche Gompa (monastery) at Tirthapuri, above the Langqen Zangbo (Sutlej) River, Ngari Prefecture, Tibet.
The Sutlej River, Langqen Zangpo as it is known in Tibet, cuts through the vivid, painting-like landscape of western Tibet between Tirthapuri and Tholing.
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Kellas Rock Peak, a 7,071 meter peak named after famed climber and physiologist Dr. Alexander Kellas, rises high above the East Rongbuk Glacier of Mount Everest as viewed from the North Col. Kellas was a member of the 1921 Everest Reconnaissance Expedition, but died from dystentery at Khampa Dzong, Tibet, en route to the mountain. The peak was named and climbed that year by George Mallory.
The steep and jagged flanks of Chomo Lonzo (7804 meters) catch morning sun in the notoriously misty and ethereal Kangshung Valley on the east side of Mount Everest, Tibet.
An elderly Tibetan woman prays outside the Potala Palace, Lhasa, Tibet.
Cloudscape over the Himalaya from high on Cho Oyu, Tibet.
Wind and storm batter Cho Oyu at sunrise as viewed from Advanced Basecamp.
High winds buffet the upper slopes of Cho Oyu, Tibet.
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Peaks of the Nepal Himalaya seen from Cho Oyu, Tibet.
Mt. Shishapangma at sunrise from high camp on Cho Oyu, Tibet.
Danuru Sherpa raises prayer flags outside of Cho Oyu Basecamp, Tibet.
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David Morton at Advanced Basecamp on Mount Everest, Tibet.
Sid Pattison at Advanced Basecamp on Mount Everest, Tibet.
Sid Pattison stands atop a rock tower north of The Warts on the Northeast Ridge of Mount Everest, Tibet.
Makalu, Chomo Lonzo, and Kangchenjunga above a wall of cornices overhanging the Kangshung Face high on the Northeast Ridge of Mount Everest, Tibet.
The sun sets behind Cho Oyu, the world's 6th highest peak, from Camp VI on Mount Everest, Tibet.
Evening at Camp VI, 27,200 feet, on the North Face of Mount Everest, Tibet. The West Ridge is visible on the left of frame, and Pumori, Lingtren, Cho Oyu, Gyanchung Kang, Changtse, and Chang Zheng are prominent and visible.
The Northeast Ridge of Mount Everest, showing the First, Second, and Third Steps, from Camp VI, 27,200 feet, Tibet.
The First, Second, and Third Steps of Mount Everest, Tibet, from Camp VI, 27,200 feet.
