Kala Patthar is in fact a shoulder of Pumori(7161m). The climb is tiring, especially because of thin air. This summit is widely enjoyed for it is mainly snow-free and this peak offers a particularly charming view on Mount Everest. All around ice cathedrals throw their spires towards the sky: Pumori (7161m) and Mount Everest (8848m) but also Lhotse (8516m), Nuptse (7861m), Cho Oyu (8201m), Changtse (7543m). At east, you can catch a glimpse of Makalu (8463m). In the south, you can admire Ama Dablam (6856m), Thamserku (6620m) and Kangtega (6685m). Below, Khumbu Icefall seracs and the base camp complete this gigantic panorama.
Panorama made of 3 x 15 photos taken on the 12 April 2009.
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It is 4 o'clock in the morning. We leave with frontal lamps and a temperature 5c degrees below zero! How incredible the light is at that altitude. The lamps are soon useless. The sunrise takes place behind us slowly throwing light on the highest snow-capped summits. As soon as a sunbeam touches us, it warms us. Little by little we take off gloves, caps and sweatshirts. The climb is steady and slow along the moraine of Khumbu glacier. The tons of stones carried by the glacier make a mineral strip that we climb up. Cairns (handmade piles of stones to prepare the ground) are made with these stones.
Panorama made of 3 x 12 photos taken on the 12 April 2009.
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