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Mount Everest climbers use ice axe and crampons to climb ice mountain during the Everest expedition.

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Ama Dablam is a mountain in the Himalaya range of eastern Nepal. The main peak is 6,812 metres (22,349 ft), the lower western peak is 6,170 metres (20,243 ft).

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One can see members of Mount Everest expedition team fixing ice pitons. Mt Everest climbing has proved to be a benchmark of climbing achievement. The mountain receives around 1000 summit attempts every year.

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Everested negotiate a large bergschrund with seracs above it, as they exit the Khumbu icefall for a higher camp, en route Camp I on Everest or Sagarmatha.

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Dangerously crevassed glacier, Khumbu icefall, Mt. Everest. Climbers cross a crevasse by crossing a series of joined ladders, while being roped up in case of a fall.

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Bridging the icy chasm of the Khumbu glacier, Everest. Deep crevasses criss-cross the icefall at Khumbu. Mount Everest is the world's highest mountain, with a peak at 8,848 metres (29,029 ft) above sea level.

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Pumori, Cho Oyo and Lho La pass from Kala Pattar above Everest Base with the sweeping Khumbu glacier below. A truly awe-inspiring view of the highest peaks in the world...

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Climbers test and arrange their ironmongery and other equipment into porter-loads before they start their journey to a higher camp on Mount Everest.

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Ascending a steep couloir in evening light, with blue sky behind. Climbers ascend roped up. Climbers ascend a steep ice wall past the Khumbu icefall and glacier.

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A snowman as seen from Base Camp and an avalanche thundering down the Everest face, as we sit at camp. A female Sherpa joins us at the campsite.

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Viewer discretion advised due to possible graphic content. Dead Body on South Col, Everest. This is known as the Death zone. Oxygen cylinders lie strewn nearby.

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Climbers at Base camp clearing fresh snowfall during their expedition to Everest. 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 She…

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When mountaineers stay away from their families for long periods, they start yearning for female company. This is what some of them end up doing... Sculpting a literally wasted snow woman in Mt.

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View of snow covered Himalayan peaks as seen from the base camp during Indian Army's Mt. Everest expedition.

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Indian Army climbers witness snowfall at Everest Base camp during their Mount Everest expedition in Nepal.

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Climbers chit chat and take break at the Base Camp. And Sherpas are seen clearing up snowfall during their expedition to Everest.

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As climbers plod through the complex Khumbu icefall, what they don't realize is that they are witnessing a rapid melt in the glacial headwaters on the Everest massif. Climate change is taking place here, too.

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Everest climbers crossing a crevasse during their Everest expedition. The Khumbu Icefall is an icefall at the head of the Khumbu Glacier and the foot of the Western Cwm.

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Helibernina Swiss Lama (known in India as Chetak or Cheetah) helicopter lands on a snowy mountain-top in the Himalaya.

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Kanchenjunga as seen aerially on the flight from Kathmandu to Paro in Bhutan. This clip also affords a superb view of Mt. Everest or Chomolongma in Tibetan or Sagarmatha in Nepalese.

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Superb views of the peaks of Nepal and Sikkim in India, with the summit of Kanchenjunga standing out, as seen from the air, with a blanket of puffy clouds below.

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Thick cloud on the way to Kathmandu Fabulous aerial views of the Himalaya, from 35, 000 feet above mean sea level! This clip also affords a superb view of Mt. Everest or Chomolongma in Tibetan or Sagarmatha in Nepalese.