Khumbu Icefall ladder crossing

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One of many ladders placed to cross crevasses in the Khumbu Icefall on Mt. Everest. In early May 2008 I counted as many as 35 ladder crossings between Base Camp and Camp 1.

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eferesen

Infamous Ladders

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I read about the infamous ladder in the book "into thin air".

Posted Jul 25, 2008 9:56 pm


	Kurt Wedberg	Re: Infamous Ladders
	Hasn't voted	The expeditions pay a group of Sherpas they call the "Ice Fall Doctors" to maintain the route through the ice fall. They're constantly rearranging ladders as the glacier shifts. It's a lot of work!
		Posted Aug 5, 2008 10:09 pm

Deltaoperator17

So you are headed. . .

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So you are headed down in this pic? Awesome picture and background.

Cheers

S

Posted Nov 11, 2008 4:56 pm


	Kurt Wedberg	Re: So you are headed. . .
	Hasn't voted	Yes I'm headed down in this photo. It is in the lower part of the Khumbu Icefall. There were several avalanches that came down from that area in the background but they didn't come across the route.
		Posted Nov 17, 2008 6:19 pm

rmac10

Ladder

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OK, that does it! No climb of Everest for me! LOL. That ladder would fire off my acrophobia like crazy! Congrats on your climb... and may you have many more! I was shocked to read that a man my age--66--and from Washington State where I live, just summited Everest.

Posted May 26, 2009 4:24 pm


	Kurt Wedberg	Re: Ladder
	Hasn't voted	Yeah, the trick to crossing the ladders is to focus on the rungs of the ladder and NOT look past them to the abyss below.
		Posted May 28, 2009 10:56 am

jasonwb

Harness?

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are you in a harness? If you fell, what happens? I guess falling is not an option.

Posted Sep 29, 2009 1:57 pm


	Kurt Wedberg	Re: Harness?
	Hasn't voted	Yeah I'm wearing an alpine climbing harness and clipped into one of the ropes that is used as a hand line. If you fall you would go maybe 2 meters (with rope stretch) and you'd need a set up for ascending rope to get out unless you had someone nearby who could throw you a tag line.
		Posted Oct 5, 2009 7:28 pm