RobSC wrote:I'd agree, it's an amazing picture. The crowds certainly make me want to go to somewhere solitary...
From what I understand it was taken on May 1st of 2012. There hadn't been much done above camp 3 at that point. Camp 3 is located in the seracs part way up the Lhotse Face. Quite a few of the tents can be seen.
There is a pack out poop policy from base camp but not higher up on the mountain.
Regarding: Wow. Even for being the highest peak, the amount of people there is staggering. At least the summit is not crowded. I uploaded a picture: #831412 of the summit taken a few weeks later. I don't know how to get it to show here... The day that this picture was taken, the winds were howling...
Rob
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That quote looks something like what I posted earlier. I checked out your Everest trip report, which is really neat. Congratulations on reaching the summit, especially after looking forward to it for so long. That must have been quite the gratifying feeling. Anyway, the summit was certainly crowded in your photos. That's wild. I also liked your photo 811303 from the Hillary Step. Maybe two dozen people in that frame.
At the time you were on Everest taking those pictures, I was more than 8000 meters lower in Missouri's Bell Mountain Wilderness, and I saw one person there in 36 hours. Perhaps the only thing in common there is that we both really enjoyed what we were doing that day, and that is awesome.