Climb to Lobuche East summit

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01A The rock climbing assisted by a hand rope continued a few minutes after leaving Lobuche East High Camp 5600m to start the climb to the Lobuche East Peak summit
01B The rock climbing with a hand rope continued a few minutes after leaving Lobuche East High Camp 5600m to start the climb to the Lobuche East Peak summit
02A The sun burned bright orange as it broke thru the clouds over Ama Dablam, Malanphulan, Kangtega, Thamserku from just beyond Lobuche East High Camp 5600m
02B Taboche, Cholatse and Cholatse Tso Lake below from just beyond Lobuche East High Camp 5600m to start the climb to the Lobuche East Peak summit
03 Guide Lal Sing Tamang puts on his crampons 30 minutes after leaving High Camp 5600m on Lobuche East Peak summit climb
04A One last very large rock blocks the way to the snow slopes on Lobuche East Peak summit climb
04B I point to two mountaineers near the summit of Lobuche East Peak before I tackle the last large rock to get to the snow slpopes
04C Two mountaineers are near the summit of Lobuche East Peak as we make our way to the last large rock blocking our way to the snow slopes
05A One last large rock to climb before reaching the snow slopes on Lobuche East Peak summit climb
05B Climbing one last large rock assisted by hand ropes before reaching the snow slopes on Lobuche East Peak summit climb
05C Looking up at the end of the hand ropes to climb one last large rock before reaching the snow slopes on Lobuche East Peak summit climb
06A I reached the snow slopes 90 minutes after leaving high camp 5600m after climbing one last very large rock on Lobuche East Peak summit climb
06B Large tall seracs and crevasses near the climbing route after reaching the snow slopes on the Lobuche East Peak summit climb
06C Guide Lal Sing Tamang ropes up and leads the way after reaching the snow slopes on the Lobuche East Peak summit climb
07A The beginning of the snow slopes are fairly gentle and I use my trekking poles on the Lobuche East Peak summit climb
07B The route ahead gets a little steeper as I use my trekking poles at the beginning of the snow slopes on the Lobuche East Peak summit climb
08A The route gets steep on the Lobuche East Peak summit climb
08B Guide Lal Sing Tamang leads the way up the steep snow slope on the Lobuche East Peak summit climb
08C I clip into the fixed ropes and use my ascender to climb the steep snow slope on the Lobuche East Peak summit climb
09A Guide Lal Sing Tamang leads the way up the steep snow slope on the Lobuche East Peak summit climb
09B Climbing the steepest snow slope using fixed ropes and my ascender with Khumbu Glacier and Cholatse Tso Lake below on the Lobuche East Peak summit climb
09C Climbing the steepest snow slope with Khumbu Glacier and Cholatse Tso Lake below on the Lobuche East Peak summit climb
10A Guide Lal Sing Tamang leads the way up the steep snow slope on the Lobuche East Peak summit climb
10B A large serac and crevasse next to the climbing route as we near the Lobuche East Peak summit
11A The climbing route got less steep as I approached the Lobuche East Peak summit
11B I reached the Lobuche East Peak fore summit after climbing for four hours from high camp 5600m
12A Jerome Ryan and Dangles celebrate on the Lobuche East Peak fore summit in cloudy conditions with Ama Dablam and Taboche beyond
12B I enjoy a Coke and an energy gel on the Lobuche East Peak fore summit with Ama Dablam beyond
12C Mountaineering guide Lal Sing Tamang with Dangles on the Lobuche East Peak fore summit with Taboche beyond
13 Jerome Ryan, Dangles and mountaineering guide Lal Sing Tamang on the Lobuche East Peak fore summit
14A Looking across and up at the true Lobuche East summit from the fore summit
14B The true Lobuche East summit close up from the fore summit
15A Ama Dablam, Kangtega, Thamserku from Lobuche East fore summit
15B Taboche and Cholatse close up from Lobuche East fore summit
16A Descending from the Lobuche East summit is safe using a figure 8
16B Dare I say that rappelling abseiling down from the Lobuche East summit is even fun
16C Rappelling abseiling down from the last large rock from the Lobuche East summit
16D It took us 90 minutes to rappel abseil down from the Lobuche East summit back to high camp 5600m
16E It took us just 60 minutes to climb down from Lobuche East high camp 5600m to base camp 5170m