Descending to Lukla - crashed aircraft wreckage just below runway on left
Safely arrived at Lukla
Our plane about to blast off
Up up and away
Park entrance
High Swingbridge with Yaks on it crossing Dudh Koshi
High Yaks
Namche Bazar
Namche Kids with kite
Namche stalls
View from Namche to Kongde
Feeding cow at Norling Hotel Namche
Stunning day
Ama Dablam (6814m) looming high
How the Porters carry this on their necks is beyond me!!
Beautiful Ama Dablam
Thamserku (6618m)
Kangtega, 6779 m, above the ridge of Thamserku
Ama Dablam
Hillary's Hospital
Sunset on Ama Dablam
Kangtega (6779 m).
View across valley to Phortse Village (3810m)
Heavily laden but still smiling
Kangtega (6779 m)
Acclimatisation walk above Dhole (4110m)
Beautiful full moon
Approaching Gokyo
Looking for boulders to roll onto Ngozumba Glacier
Found - a big boulder to dislodge
Setting out to climb Gokyo Ri (5357m)
Cool at -6.9 degrees Celcius part way up Gokyo Ri
Mt Everest (8848m) from Gokyo Ri
View from Gokyo Ri over Ngozumba Glacier to Cholatse (6440 m), Taboche (6543 m) and Kangtega (6779 m)
Cholatse (6440 m), Taboche (6543 m) and Kangtega (6779 m)
Posing in front of Gyachung Kang (7952 m)
Back to Gokyo on a perfect day
Wash time - Renjo La on top right
Cho Oyu and Gyachung Kang
Gokyo (4790m)
View up Ngozumba Glacier with Gyachung Kang
With a load like that I'd be tired also!
Setting up the kitchen at 5th Lake Campsite
View from tent to Mt Everest above my boot
5th Lake Campsite with Chhakhung, Chumbu, Everest, Nuptse
Mt Everest and South Col
Mt Everest
View back down Ngozumba lateral morraine
Chhakhung (7036 m)
Gyachung Kang, 7952 m
Nirekha Peak (6159m), Kangchung (6063m) and Cholo (6043m)
Gyachung Kang
Cooling down
Camping more than 5 kilometers straight up!!
Cho Oyu (8201m) above 6th Lake
Cho Oyu directly above
Chhakhung
View down Ngozumba Glacier
Sun setting on Lhotse and Nuptse
Mt Everest sunset
Mt Everest, South Col
Hikers heading up Renjo La track
Small frozen lake at Renjo La campsite
Frozen Lake
Poser near Renjo La
Renjo La track high point
Richard and Kanche nearly at Renjo La
Posing at high point of Renjo La track, Tengi Ragi Tau, 6938 m behind
Mt Everest (8848m)
Renjo La Poser, Everest, Lhotse, Makalu, Cholatse, Taboche behind
Cholotse (6440m)
Everest, Nuptse, Lhotse
Pumori
Renjo La Views
On Cho La (5368m) with with Lobuche Peka West, Nuptse and Lobuche Peak East
Cho La with with Lobuche Peka West, Nuptse and Lobuche Peak East
Heading down from Cho La
Ama Dablam, Chola Tsho (Lake) Taboche and Cholatse
Chola Tsho (Lake), Malanphulan, Taboche, Cholatse
Ama Dablam and Chola Tsho (Lake) looking towards Pheriche
Ama Dablam & Pheriche (bottom right) Chamlang in the background
Ama Dablam and Dzonglha (just beyong 1st small Lake)
Ama Dablam (left), Pheriche Village (just above river)
Stunning scenery for a poser
Cholatse, 6440 m
Dzonglha Guest House
Approaching Gorak Shep (5140m)
Gorak Shep and Kala Patthar (5550m), Pumori (7166m) top left
Everest Base Camp (5364m)
Khumbu Ice Fall from Everest Base Camp
Upper portion of Khumbu Ice Fall from Everest Base Camp
Posing at Everest Base Camp, Khumbu Ice Fall behind
Everest Base Camp poser
Self Explanatory
Atop Kala Patthar
Ama Dablam (6814m)
Nuptse - western summit
Frozen waterfall on Kongma La (5535m)
Frozen waterfall Kongma La, Pokalde (5693m) in background
Frozen Waterfall - Kongma La
Frozen waterfall Kongma La
Happy in the cold
Icicles
Lake just past Kongma La to Makalu, Baruntse and Chhukhung Glacier
Lake just past Kongma La - Makalu and Baruntse in background
Kongma La (5535m)
Kongma La views to Makalu, Baruntse and Chhukhung Glacier
Lhotse from Kongma La
View from Chukking Ri
View from Chukking Ri to Chhukung Glacier
Ama Dablam from Chukking Ri
Island Peak, Makalu, Num Ri, Baruntse
Chukking Ri Summit to Cho Oyu
Thamserku, Karyolung, Numbur, Taboche
View from Chukking Ri to Makalu and Num Ri
Grizzly Poser on Chukking Ri
Chukking Ri to Ama Dablam
Crossing chilly stream in bare feet!
Ama Dablam Lake
On the trail to Pangboche
New and old bridges
Thangboche Monastery
Mandela at Thangboche Monastery
Mandela - made of different coloured sands. Once they complete it they destroy it and start again.
Tibetan carvings
Lovely flowers
Wreckage of plane we were supposed to fly in. Lukla
Lukla runway
Drinking Millet beer - not very nice!
30 Days and only 1 shave - what do you expect!!
Departure morning (so we thought) Lukla
Stuck in Lukla so time for a shave
Nervous smile
Hope the blade doesn't slip!
Best shave I ever had
Bits of crashed plane we were supposed to catch
Fuselage of plane we were supposed to fly into Lukla in
Plane impact site
Bedlam at Lukla Airport after 3 days fog and no planes
Lukla Airport
All looks ok to me!!??
En Route to Kathmandu
Pilot reading the newspaper whilst flying to Kathmandu
