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Mount Everest Photo Gallery - Best Photos - Everest from Renjo La, Gokyo Ri, Namche Bazaar, Tengboche and Kala Pattar in Nepal, Everest North Face from Tibet, Everest East Kangshung Face from Tibet, Kathmandu Mountain Flight, and Nasa Satellite photos.

I have traveled to Mount Everest in Nepal in 1997, 2000 and 2008, the Mount Everest East Kangshung Face in Tibet in 1998, and the Mount Everest North Face in Tibet in 1998 and 2005.

1997 Everest and Lhotse From Mountain Flight Close Up Here's a close up of Nuptse, Everest and Lhotse from the Mountain Flight from Kathmandu.

1997 Everest and Lhotse From Mountain Flight Close Up

1998-1 Lhotse and Everest Kangshung Face In October 1998 I trekked through the Karta Valley to the East Kangshung Face of Everest. It was a beautiful trek and the east face is dramatically different from the South-West and North faces. Here is a view of the snow clad east faces of Lhotse and Everest.

1998-1 Lhotse and Everest Kangshung Face

1998-2 Everest Summit and Kangshung Face Here is a close up of the East Kangshung face of Everest.

1998-2 Everest Summit and Kangshung Face

1998-3 Everest North Face and Rongbuk Monastery After trekking to the East Kangshung face of Everest, we drove to the North Face and had a clear wonderful view. This is the face that defeated George Mallory three times in the early 1920s.

1998-3 Everest North Face and Rongbuk Monastery

1998-4 Everest North Face Sunset The sunset on the Everest North Face from the Rongbuk Monastery was magnificent. By contrast, the sunrise was not very good.

1998-4 Everest North Face Sunset

2005 Everest North 01 04 Everest Partially Visible From Rongbuk Mount Everest (8850m) remained hidden for the three days we were there. The most we saw was a glimpse of the right shoulder.

2005 Everest North 01 04 Everest Partially Visible From Rongbuk

Nasa Everest From North ISS011-E-6104 Here is a Nasa view of Everest from the north, with the North Face of Everest perfectly displayed. Behind Everest are Lhotse, the Western Cwm, and the steep walls of Nuptse. In the centre, the Rongbuk Glacier snakes to the North Face while to the left, the Eastern Rongbuk Glacier snakes to the North Col.

Nasa Everest From North ISS011-E-6104

Lukla To Namche Bazaar 06 Plane Ready To Descend Lukla Airstrip With Karyolung, Lukla, And Nupla The excited trekkers quickly exited the plane and were encouraged to leave quickly by the whistle-blowing policemen. A few minutes later the weary but happy trekkers who had finished their trek jumped into the airplane and off they went back to Kathmandu. Nupla is in the background. The airport in Lukla was renamed in 2008 to the Tenzing-Hillary Airport. The bituman runway is 527m long, the width is 20m, and the runway incline is almost 20%.

Lukla To Namche Bazaar 06 Plane Ready To Descend Lukla Airstrip With Karyolung, Lukla, And Nupla

Lukla To Namche Bazaar 25 Namche Bazaar In The Early Morning Sun Namche Bazaar (3450m) is a major stop-off point for trekkers and climbers heading for Gokyo, Tengboche, and Mount Everest.

Lukla To Namche Bazaar 25 Namche Bazaar In The Early Morning Sun

Khumjung 05 Khumjung And Kunde From East With Nupla, Kongde Shar, Kongde Lho, Kongde Nup, And Tengkangpoche Above Khumjung (3790m) stretches out to Kunde with Nupla, Kongde Shar, Kongde Lho, Kongde Nup, and Tengkangpoche rising above.

Khumjung 05 Khumjung And Kunde From East With Nupla, Kongde Shar, Kongde Lho, Kongde Nup, And Tengkangpoche Above

03 Namche Bazaar To Tengboche - Nuptse, Everest, Lhotse From Just Beyond Namche Bazaar Mount Everest pokes its summit above the Nuptse, Lhotse, Lhotse Middle, and Lhotse Shar, seen just after leaving Namche Bazaar.

03 Namche Bazaar To Tengboche - Nuptse, Everest, Lhotse From Just Beyond Namche Bazaar

10 Tengboche - Valley Toward Dingboche With Nuptse, Everest, Lhotse, Ama Dablam The Everest Southwest Face and summit pokes above the Nuptse-Lhotse south wall with Ama Dablam on the right, seen from Tengboche.

10 Tengboche - Valley Toward Dingboche With Nuptse, Everest, Lhotse, Ama Dablam

20 Tengboche Gompa - Wide View Of Altar The Tengboche prayer hall (Dokhang) has an altar with the scriptures of the Kagyur on either side, and many paintings, statues, and thangkas.

20 Tengboche Gompa - Wide View Of Altar

14 Dingboche With Nuptse and Lhotse South Face Behind The trail crosses a bridge (4130m) over the Khumbu Khola and then climbed beside the river, contouring around a hill to Dingboche (4350m), a village getting larger and larger every year. Nuptse, Everest and Lhotse are behind.

14 Dingboche With Nuptse and Lhotse South Face Behind

26 Jerome Ryan On Lower Chukung Ri With Shartse, Makalu, Num Ri, Baruntse, Imja Tso Jerome Ryan on Lower Chukung Ri (5417m) in 1997 with Shartse, Makalu, Num Ri, Baruntse, and Imja Tso behind.

26 Jerome Ryan On Lower Chukung Ri With Shartse, Makalu, Num Ri, Baruntse, Imja Tso

06 Lobuche With Pumori, Lingtren, Khumbutse, And Changtse After turning a corner, I entered Lobuche (4930m), a few lodges on the terminal moraine between Lobuche East and the Khumbu Glacier. The view ahead included the beautiful Pumori, Lingtren, Khumbutse, and Changtse

06 Lobuche With Pumori, Lingtren, Khumbutse, And Changtse

12 Nuptse Sunset From Lobuche In 1997 I stayed at Lobuche rather than Gorak Shep. It paid off with a magnificent sunset on Nuptse.

12 Nuptse Sunset From Lobuche

06 Gorak Shep With Kala Pattar, Pumori, Lingtren, Khumbutse After 80 minutes from Lobuche, I walked down off the Changri Glacier to the few welcome lodges at Gorak Shep (5160m), with Pumori above the trail to Kala Pattar, Lingtren, and Khumbutse.

06 Gorak Shep With Kala Pattar, Pumori, Lingtren, Khumbutse

20 Everest Close Up From Pumori Base Camp Near Gorak Shep May 2000 The view of Everest from Pumori Base Camp beyond Gorak Shep is closer than Kala Pattar.

20 Everest Close Up From Pumori Base Camp Near Gorak Shep May 2000

21 Pumori Sunset From Gorak Shep The clouds at Gorak Shep dispersed just before sunset, with Pumori shining with the last rays of sunset.

21 Pumori Sunset From Gorak Shep

23 Changtse Close Up Sunset From Gorak Shep Changtse (Everest north peak, 7583m) shines with the last rays of sunset from Gorak Shep. Changtse was first climbed on October 14, 1982 by German Udo Zehetleitner.

23 Changtse Close Up Sunset From Gorak Shep

24 Nuptse Sunset From Gorak Shep Nuptse (7861m) shines with the last rays of sunset from Gorak Shep. Nuptse was first climbed on May 16, 1961 by Dennis Davis and Tashi Sherpa.

24 Nuptse Sunset From Gorak Shep

26 Everest Close Up Sunset From Gorak Shep The snow plume of Everest burns bright with the last rays of sunset from Gorak Shep.

26 Everest Close Up Sunset From Gorak Shep

02 Kala Pattar Prayer Flags With Pumori Behind The prayer-flag festooned Kala Pattar is actually a ridge of Pumori, towering above.

02 Kala Pattar Prayer Flags With Pumori Behind

09 Everest, Lhotse, Nuptse From Kala Pattar The classic view of Mount Everest is from Kala Pattar, with the South Col to the right of Everest, and then Lhotse and Nuptse.

09 Everest, Lhotse, Nuptse From Kala Pattar

10 Everest And South Col From Kala Pattar The view was magnificent from Kala Pattar. The weather was perfectly clear, and I was surprised at how much more detail there is on the Everest Southwest Face than in photos. I could clearly see some of the gullies that the Chris Bonnington team had climbed in 1975. I looked longingly at the South Col, the dip between Everest and Lhotse.

10 Everest And South Col From Kala Pattar

11 Everest Close Up From Kala Pattar Everest close up from Kala Pattar, with the Hillary Step in the middle right and the South Summit on the right.

11 Everest Close Up From Kala Pattar

09 Everest Base Camp Stretches Along The Khumbu Glacier Everest Base Camp is so long that it took me 45 minutes to walk through it in May 2000. The Base Camp staff not on the mountain were very friendly, offering me tea and snacks.

09 Everest Base Camp Stretches Along The Khumbu Glacier

17 Khumbu Icefall Khumbu Icefall from the end of Everest Base Camp, where you can trek no farther.

17 Khumbu Icefall

Thame 08 Thame Gompa The Thame gompa clings to a cliff high above the village. It was founded in 1667 and has about 35 monks.

Thame 08 Thame Gompa

Renjo La 1 Jerome Ryan, Chandraman, Dumbar, Climbing Sherpa Palden, Guide Gyan Tamang, Pasang Here is my crew on the Renjo La (5345m). In front is Jerome Ryan, cook Chandraman (his second time with me), porter Dumbar. In back is climbing Sherpa Palden (his third time with me), guide Gyan Tamang (his seventh time with me), and porter Pasang.

Renjo La 1 Jerome Ryan, Chandraman, Dumbar, Climbing Sherpa Palden, Guide Gyan Tamang, Pasang

Renjo La 4-4 Everest North And Southwest Faces Close Up From Renjo La Everest North and Southwest Faces even closer from Renjo La.

Renjo La 4-4 Everest North And Southwest Faces Close Up From Renjo La

Gokyo 1 2 Gokyo And Gokyo Lake With Cholatse And Taweche Gokyo (4750m) consists of a few lodges between Dudh Pokhari, the beautiful blue third Gokyo Lake, and the lateral moraine of the Ngozumpa glacier. Cholatse and Taweche dominate the view to the east.

Gokyo 1 2 Gokyo And Gokyo Lake With Cholatse And Taweche

Gokyo 5 Scoundrels View 8-2 Everest Close Up Everest North and Southwest faces from Scoundrel's View.

Gokyo 5 Scoundrels View 8-2 Everest Close Up

Gokyo 6 Knobby View 5 Everest Close Up Everest close up from Knobby View north of Gokyo.

Gokyo 6 Knobby View 5 Everest Close Up

Gokyo Ri 04-1 Everest, Nuptse, Lhotse, Makalu, Cholatse, Tawache From Gokyo Ri Before Sunset The view from Gokyo Ri to the east in the late afternoon was excellent, including Everest, Nuptse, Lhotse, Makalu, Cholatse and Taweche. The Nguzumpa Glacier is in shadow below.

Gokyo Ri 04-1 Everest, Nuptse, Lhotse, Makalu, Cholatse, Tawache From Gokyo Ri Before Sunset

Gokyo Ri 05-1 Everest North Face and Southwest Face Close Up From Gokyo Ri At Sunset Mount Everest North and Southwest faces burn red at sunset from Gokyo Ri.

Gokyo Ri 05-1 Everest North Face and Southwest Face Close Up From Gokyo Ri At Sunset

Gokyo Ri 08-1 Everest, Nuptse, Lhotse, Makalu, Cholatse, Tawache From Gokyo Ri Sunset Ends The last rays of the sun highlight Mount Everest and Lhotse, while a warm glow surrounds Nuptse, Makalu, Cholatse, and Taweche. The Nguzumpa Glacier is in shadow below.

Gokyo Ri 08-1 Everest, Nuptse, Lhotse, Makalu, Cholatse, Tawache From Gokyo Ri Sunset Ends

Cho La 07 Nearing The Bottom Of The Cho La From The Gokyo Side The trail from Dragnag climbs out of the valley with a view of Cho La ahead.

Cho La 07 Nearing The Bottom Of The Cho La From The Gokyo Side

Kongma La 02 Pangbuk, Jobo Rinjang, Lobuche, Khumbu Glacier, Lobuche East, Lobuche West, Cho Oyu, Chakung, And Chumbu The view from the Kongma La (5535m) was excellent. To the northwest is Pangbuk, Jobo Rinjang, Lobuche, Khumbu Glacier, Lobuche East and West, Cho Oyu, Chakung, and Chumbu.

Kongma La 02 Pangbuk, Jobo Rinjang, Lobuche, Khumbu Glacier, Lobuche East, Lobuche West, Cho Oyu, Chakung, And Chumbu

Kongma La 13 Chomolonzo, Kangchungtse. Cho Polu, Island Peak, Makalu, Baruntse, P6770, And Chamlang The view from the Kongma La (5535m) was excellent. To the east is Chomolonzo, Kangchungtse. Cho Polu, Island Peak, Makalu, Baruntse, P6770, Chamlang. The descent from the Kongma La towards Chukung passes the large lake and then descends to the valley floor after 90 minutes.

Kongma La 13 Chomolonzo, Kangchungtse. Cho Polu, Island Peak, Makalu, Baruntse, P6770, And Chamlang


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