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Walking to Everest Base Camp, in the spring-time, through Sagarmatha National Park, when the beautiful middle Himalayan mountain landscape is covered in snow! The climbers (and even a pair of skittish yaks!) cross a suspension bridge over a torrent below! The yaks suddenly speed up when over the bridge! Everest climbers crossing wooden bridge and strolling towards their destination! Climbers negotiate spindrift and light powdery fresh snow as they descend a steep icewall, using crampons. They are roped up with the help of carabiners. You can hear the climbers gasp for breath as they descend quickly through the thin air, and in time to get back to camp before darkness. They avoid crevasses as they descend. Mountaineers on Everest. Located in the Himalayas Mount Everest is the world's highes