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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.