Mountaineering -Everest

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Everest - A new route without oxygen: Mount Everest is the ultimate symbol of adventure, and as such it was an amazing experience to climb a new route on the mountain, via the North Face. Mid-afternoon on 3 October, 1984, I realised we wouldn't reach the summit until sunset, so I turned back only a few hours from my dream. But my friends pushed on...

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Lhasa's Potala Palace
In Lhasa we visited the historical residence of the Dalai Lamas, the Potala Palace, seen here from the roof of the Jokhang temple.

Mt Everest from Rongbuk
Everest seen from 20 kilometres to the north, from the rebuilt Rongbuk Monastery

North Face of Mt Everest
At sunset, the final 1000 metres of Everest's North Face rises behind the sub-peak of Changtse.

At the Lho La looking into the Western Cwm
The Lho La is a high pass on the border between Tibet and Nepal. Here we look from Tibet into the Western Cwm in Nepal. Michael Dillon lies on the snow, filming two climbers and an avalanche falling from the North Face of Nuptse.

From Camp Four at 8100 metres
After returning to our tent at 4pm on summit day, I took this photo looking west past Gyachung Kang (triangular rock peak)and Cho Oyu to its left.

The North Face of Mt Everest
Tim on the nevée of the Rongbuk Glacier. Mt Everest's North Ridge is to the left. Our route follows the righthand edge of the Great Couloir, a huge gully hidden by the rib that cuts leftwards down the face from the summit.