Mount Everest Photo Gallery - Miscellaneous Photos

In October 1997 I trekked to Everest in Nepal. I had a beautiful but cold morning on my trek to Kala Pattar. Here is a longer view of Everest, Lhotse and Nuptse.

From Kala Pattar in 1997 I had this magnificent view of Everest and a portion of the Lhotse Face.

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

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

The Mountain Flight is a popular way to see the mountains from Kathmandu to Everest. From left to right: Pumori, Nuptse, Everest, and Lhotse.

From the Mountain Flight from Kathmandu are Nuptse, Everest, and Lhotse. In the lower right is the beautiful Ama Dablam.

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.

Here is a close up of the East Kangshung face of Everest.

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.

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

In May 2000 I trekked to Gokyo and Everest Base Camp. Here is a view of Everest from beyond Gokyo.

In May 2000 I trekked to Gokyo and Everest Base Camp. Instead of Kala Pattar, I trekked towards Base Camp and climbed a ridge for a different perspective of Everest.

In October 2004, Mount Everest and Lhotse glisten from Kathmandu’s Mountain flight. The famous South Col is the flat snowy area at the bottom of the U-shape. The bump near the summit of Everest is the South Summit. The normal climbing route to Lhotse is to the right of the U-shape, while the treacherous south face plummets to the clouds below. The two peaks to the right of Lhotse are Lhotse Middle and Lhotse Shar. Nuptse is the mountain at the far left along the long ridge from Lhotse.

Nasa has taken some excellent photos over the years. Here is a view from the north spanning the North Face of Everest on the left to Cho Oyu just to the right of centre beyond the brown Tingri plain.

Here is a Nasa view of Everest from the East, showing the extremely difficult East Kangshung Face of Everest, Lhotse, Nuptse, and the Western Cwm. The North Face is in shadow. The Rongbuk Glacier and East Rongbuk Glaciers snake away from the North Face towards the lower right.

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.

Here is a Nasa view of Everest from the south with Nuptse, Everest and Lhotse visible. On the right is Makalu, and in the lower centre is Ama Dablam.