• The long and lonely trail to the base of Everest
  • Everest still towers high above, even at 3.5 miles
  • This peak -- Ama Dablam -- struck me as the most beautiful classic peak I had ever seen
  • It stands out perfectly in the waning light
  • The sun's last rays hitting the peak of Everest
  • Venus and Jupiter above the craggy Himalayas
  • Stars over Everest
  • A faint glow in the west illuminates Everest below a blanket of stars
  • Near Everest base camp, with the Khumbu icefall spilling out of the valley below the mountain
  • Everest peaking over the nearby hills
  • Back down the valley
  • A simple shepherd's hut on a ledge above Khumbu valley
  • Apparently, this guy thinks he's a horse
  • Tengboche monastery
  • The dharma wheel admired by two deer
  • An enormous prayer wheel
  • One last view of Everest
  • A lonely helicopter heads from Namche to Lukla at the end of the day
  • As I drop in elevation, the trees and warmth return
  • The record of visits to the Everest valley. They've done well since the Maoists calmed down.