White Limbo: The First Australian Climb of Mt. Everest |
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... ledges more than a few centimetres wide . As the sun was setting in the lowlands Tim reached a steep snow - filled gully . There the snow was deep enough for us to dig ledges large enough to sit on . The sunset was magnificent ...
... ledges more than a few centimetres wide . As the sun was setting in the lowlands Tim reached a steep snow - filled gully . There the snow was deep enough for us to dig ledges large enough to sit on . The sunset was magnificent ...
Page 162
... ledge across the Face , wide enough and long enough for us to sit on while we attached our crampons to our boots , and so that we could lounge about and enjoy our afternoon tea on beautiful days such as this . Having room to move around ...
... ledge across the Face , wide enough and long enough for us to sit on while we attached our crampons to our boots , and so that we could lounge about and enjoy our afternoon tea on beautiful days such as this . Having room to move around ...
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... ledge and removing my mittens so that I could rummage for my glasses was too great . It was better to continue as fast as I could and hope to reach camp while I could still see . Unfortu- nately it was further to our crevasse than I had ...
... ledge and removing my mittens so that I could rummage for my glasses was too great . It was better to continue as fast as I could and hope to reach camp while I could still see . Unfortu- nately it was further to our crevasse than I had ...
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abseiled Advance Base Camp Ama Dablam anchor Andy Henderson Andy's Annapurna II Anyemaqen arrived ascent attempt Australia avalanche bad weather Beijing bergschrund boots camera Changtse China Chinese Cho Oyu cliff climb Everest climbers clouds cold Colin Couloir crampons crevasse Dablam danger descend equipment exhausted expedition felt film crew fixed rope gear Geof Bartram Greg and Andy Greg's gully high altitude Himalayan Howard huge hundred metres ice-axe Jim Duff Khumbutse kilometres lack of oxygen ledge Lhasa loads looked Macartney-Snape mess tent Mike mind monsoon morning moun mountain Mt Everest Narayan and Tenzing needed Nepal night North Face Nuptse organised pack peak problem Pumori Qomolangma radio river rock rockclimbing Rongbuk Glacier route seemed skis sleeping bags snow cave spent steep stoves thousand metres Tibet Tibetan Tim Macartney-Snape took valley wait walked walls West Ridge White Limbo wind worry Xigatse yaks Zealand