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Nepal·snow · hills

The climbers get ready for the move across the Khumbu Icefall, with a Sony PC5 Mini DV camera in hand, to film the summit attempt. The Khumbu Icefall is an icefall at the head of the Khumbu Glacier and the foot of the Western Cwm.

Nepal·snow · hills

View of avalanche thunders down near Everest Base camp in Nepal. Nowhere in the world is more spectacular than in the Everest region. It is where four of the world's six tallest peaks Mt. Everest, Mt. Lhotse, Mt.

Nepal·snow · hills

Nowhere in the world is more spectacular than in the Everest region. It is where four of the world's six tallest peaks Mt. Everest, Mt. Lhotse, Mt.

Nepal·snow · hills

The Khumbu Glacier is located in the Khumbu region of northeastern Nepal between Mount Everest and the Lhotse-Nuptse ridge.

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Mountaineers witness snowfall at Everest Base Camp in Nepal. Nowhere in the world is more spectacular than in the Everest region. It is where four of the world's six tallest peaks Mt. Everest, Mt. Lhotse, Mt.

Nepal·hills · river

Breathtaking time lapse of the fast winds of the jet stream scouring the snow into long ribbons from the sawtooth ridge of Nuptse (7861m) and summit spire of Lhotse (8516m) deep in the remote Himalaya mountain wilderness of the Everest Nati…

Nepal·birds · forest

Monticola cinclorhynchus or the Blue-capped Rock Thrush is here seen on the Everest trail, within the Sagarmatha National Park. It is a common summer visitor to the Himalayan region and prefers open dry forests.

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Aerial view of Everest expedition members trekking from Junbesi to Lumthala within Sagarmatha National Park in Nepal.

Nepal·snow · hills

Team members making their way through late winter early spring snow in the Sagarmatha National Park, towards the Base Camp of Everest. They pass through glorious forests of Rhododendrons while yaks carry their rations and other camp gear.

Nepal·snow · hills

Sagarmatha is an exceptional area with dramatic mountains, glaciers and deep valleys, dominated by Mount Everest, the highest peak in the world (8,848 m).

Nepal·flowers · hills

A windy spring time day in the Sagarmatha National Park, with the wind blowing around the Rhododendron shrubbery on an overcast day just prior to the main flowering period.

Nepal·snow · hills

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…

Nepal·hills · wildlife

Seen around the fields and villages, and around Pine forests, this Monal Pheasant, the national bird of Nepal, can be seen freely roaming around the Sagarmatha National Park in Nepal, as our crew headed to Everest for a climbing expedition.…

Nepal·hills

Sagarmatha is an exceptional area with dramatic mountains, glaciers and deep valleys, dominated by Mount Everest, the highest peak in the world (8,848 m).

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The trek up to the Base Camp of Mt. Everest (Sagarmatha / Chomolongma) in Nepal, goes through the Sagarmatha National Park, and some fantastic wild mountain country.

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The trek up to the Base Camp of Mt. Everest (Sagarmatha / Chomolongma) in Nepal, goes through the Sagarmatha National Park, and some fantastic wild mountain country.

Nepal·hills

Sherpas check Koflach boots and crampons at Mount Everest Base Camp, Nepal. Nowhere in the world is more spectacular than in the Everest region. It is where four of the world's six tallest peaks Mt. Everest, Mt. Lhotse, Mt.

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View of a colourful tented city at Everest Base camp in Nepal. Nowhere in the world is more spectacular than in the Everest region. It is where four of the world's six tallest peaks Mt. Everest, Mt. Lhotse, Mt.

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View of snow filled rugged Himalayan mountains as seen from the Everest Base Camp in Nepal. Nowhere in the world is more spectacular than in the Everest region. It is where four of the world's six tallest peaks Mt. Everest, Mt. Lhotse, Mt.

Nepal·hills · river

Tengboche Monastery (or Thyangboche Monastery), also known as Dawa Choling Gompa, in the Tengboche village in Khumjung in the Khumbu region of eastern Nepal is a Tibetan Buddhist monastery of the Sherpa community.

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Indian Army added another feather to its cap in May 2001, when its mountaineers successfully scaled Mount Everest and put a record eight members and seven Sherpas on the summit.

Nepal·ceremony · hills

Mountaineers heading into the Sagarmatha National Peak's upper reaches, for a summit climb of Everest, recite Tibetan and Buddhist prayers for the safety and well-being of the entire expedition group, prior to their climb...

Nepal·hills

The climatic conditions in the Sagarmatha region change without prior signs. The team gears up for the summit attempts as the weather clears up and the men set out for the top.