Thursday 23 May 2013

Pictures from above Base Camp - Lhotse 2013


Pumori and the moon

Triple ladder in the icefall

Camping in the Western Cowm

Dawn at C1

Me slogging it out in the Western Cowm
(Bill Crouce)

Exiting the icefall

Me making my way to C2
(Bill Crouce)

Me loaded and ready for a load carry to C2

Hamant slogging it out

Making a call on the sat phone at C2

Kenton and myself at the foot of the lhotse face
(Bill Crouce

The start of the Lhotse Coloir

Whats Bill doing????

Oxygen and tents at C2

Padawa radioing in with BC

Lhakpa preparing to go down

Lhakpa and Dorgee

Lets put those crampons away

Lhakpa

Jhabu

Snowfall at C2

Sunset at C2 and its cold, down suits are on

Oxygen

Dusk in the Western Cowm

Pumori looking epic

Alpine glow

Western Cowm

Crevases, cloud and Lhotse standing proud

C2

Me at the foot of the Lhotse face

Me enjoying my time in the hills

Well needed at C2

Amazing morning light

Spot lights and the moon

Climbers and sherpas making there way over a ladder in the icefall

Typical day in the western cowm

Boiling,boiling,boiling.......

Chilling at C1

Amazing cloud formations, from C1

Cool camp site

Electril skies

Himalayan slogging

Hamant

Bill on his way to C2

Load carry to C2

Sherpa on route to C2

A lonely place

Ladders.....

Me deep in the Western Cowm

Me at C2

Slogging.....

Kenton, Bill and Me, taking it easy under the lhotse face

Kenton Coooooool

Warming up at C2

Making our way through the icefall