
| An Aussie, Ian Hatchett, and myself hooked up in Dingboche a couple weeks earlier, climbed Imja Tse, and went on to Lobuche. We ascended straight up to the ridge from the path along the Khumbu Gl and set up our tents. Next day we went up to where the ridge ended at the summit ridge, at which point we ate lunch and descended since it was a whiteout and we had no views any longer. Nothing beats the view I had earlier though, of Everest and Nuptse rising into view as we climbed!! And no other people nor fixed ropes on the route - so beautiful... |