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Shanker Hotel, Kathmandu
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Lukla Village & Airport
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Buddhist Prayer Wheel & Shrine
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Steel Cable Bridge with
Yak
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Entrance to Sangamartha
National Park
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Swing Bridge & Waterfall
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Mountains West of Namche
Bazaar
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Namche Bazaar Main Street
- Sherpa Lhakpa Dorjee and Cook Jangbu front right
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Khumbu Valley Looking
South
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6000 m Peak near Phakding
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Tea at Lodge at Phakding
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Entrance to Sangamartha
National Park
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Swing Bridge over Khumbu
River
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Porter Crossing Bridge
near Namche Bazaar
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Everest on Upper Left,
Lhotse in Centre
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Left to Right: Everest,
Lhotse and Ama Dablam
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Trail from Namche Bazaar
to Thangboche
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Ama Dablam with Buddhist
Shrine in Foreground
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The Ama Dablam Lodge with
Yak on Right
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The Himalayas
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A Porter Load!
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Ama Dablam
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Lodge in Pangboche with
Everest and Ama Dablam behind
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Ama Dablam with Breached
Lake in
Foreground
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Yaks Carrying René's Red
and Yellow Bags
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Trail to Ama Dablam
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Thangboche Monastery
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Trail to Ama Dablam
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Monastery at Pangboche
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Pangboche
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René on Khumbu River
Crossing below Ama Dablam
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Hike to Ama Dablam Base
Camp
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Members of the AC
Team on Hike to Ama Dablam Base Camp
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Dining Tent at Ama Dablam
Base Camp
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Acclimatisation Hike to
Advanced Base Camp with Ming Bo Pass on Left
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Cook Tent at Advanced
Base Camp
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Puja Ceremony: Blessing
of Helmets and Ice Axes
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Raising the Puja Pole
under Ama Dablam
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Ama Dablam Base Camp
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Advanced Base Camp
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René's tent at Ama Dablam
Base Camp
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Mountains to the South of
Ama Dablam Base Camp
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Puja Ceremony with Lama
Tashi and Sherpas
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Ama Dablam Base Camp
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René with Flour-Smeared
Face - Provides Good Luck for the Climb
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Sherpa Team Standing with
Lama seated
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Advanced Base Camp
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View of Ama Dablam from
Advanced Base Camp
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View of Ama Dablam from
Advanced Base Camp
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James with Reflections on
his Glasses
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Inside René's Tent at
Camp 1
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Relaxing in Afternoon
Warmth at Camp 1
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Sange Dorjee, René's
Personal Sherpa on Ama Dablam
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View Looking Back to Camp
1 from Ridge Near Camp 2
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SE Ridge Rock Formation,
Circa 6000 m High
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Gary Kuehn and Sange
Dorjee on SE Ridge
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Looking SE from René's
Tent at Camp 1
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Boiling Water at Camp 1
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Ama Dablam with Camp 1 in
Foreground
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View from Camp I to the
South West
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On South East Ridge with West
Ridge in Background
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Sange Dorjee and René on
SE Ridge
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René: Below Camp 2 on SE
Ridge
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Descending to Camp I on
Fixed Ropes
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Injured Sherpa at Camp I,
Struck by Rock below Orange Tent
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René's Tent at Camp I
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Ama Dablam from
Tangboche: AC Summit Team on Final Top Ice Field at this
Time
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View Up the Khumbu Valley
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Buddhist Shrine on Trail
down Khumbu Valley
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Geological Folding on
Left with Prayer Wheel on Right
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Lukla Airport - now
called the Hillary Tenzing Airport
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Taking off at Lukla down
11 Degree Runway
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Cook and Shower Tents
back in Base Camp
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Ama Dablam from Pangboche
on the Return Trip
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Ama Dablam AC Summit Team
Descending Around 2 pm
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Lunch Stop at Phakding
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Returning to Lukla, one
is Greeted by a Map of the Town
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Lukla with Mountain to
the West
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Last view of the
Himalayas
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Elephant, Chitwan
National Park
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Chitwan National Park
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Elephant Breeding Centre,
Chitwan National Park
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Chitwan National Park -
perfect birding venue
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Chitwan National Park
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Birding day for René in
the Chitwan National Park
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Peaceful Water Scene in
the Chitwan National Park
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Natural History Museum,
Kathmandu
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Elephant Breeding Centre,
Chitwan National Park
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Sundowners in the Chitwan
National Park
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Chitwan National Park
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René, the Intrepid Birder
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Sunset in Chitwan
National Park
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Dept. of Mines and
Geology, Kathmandu
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Buddhist Shrine,
Kathmandu
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