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NEPAL: ATTEMPT BARUNTSE : An attempt that never really got going. ~ Oct / Nov 1999(12) images

More of a great trek than a serious climbing trip. A huge storm at the start of the fall season made for trouble in all sorts of ways.  

TERRACED FIELDS AND HOUSES ON THE RIDGE DESCENDING TO THE VILLAGE OF NUM ARUN RIVER REGION, NEPAL

LHOTSE 8516M AND LHOTSE SHAR 8400M ABOVE CHO POLU 6711M FROM HILLARY B.C. ON THE BARUN GLACIER, HIMALAYA, NEPAL

EARLY MORNING SUN AND PRAYER FLAGS AT BARUNTSE BASECAMP 5213 METERS, MAKALU-BARUN NATIONAL PARK, NEPAL

MORNING VIEW FROM HILLARY B.C., MAKALU-BARUN NATIONAL PARK, NEPAL

DAVE HART LEAVING BARUNTSE BASECAMP 5213M ON A CARRY TO CAMP 1, MAKALU-BARUN NATIONAL PARK, NEPAL

LHOTSE, EVEREST AND PRAYER FLAGS FROM BARUNTSE BASECAMP 5213M, MAKALU-BARUN NATIONAL PARK, NEPAL

ROB GARNEAU AND MORNING VIEW OF NUPTSE AND THE BARUN GLACIER FROM BARUNTSE BASECAMP, HIMALAYA, NEPAL

THREE CLIMBERS MOVING UP THE GLACIER FOR A CROSSING OF EAST COL ON THE WAY TO WEST BARUN GLACIER AND BARUNTSE, NEPAL

MORNING VIEW OF MAKALU FROM OUR BASECAMP

DON, WIN, SUE AND ROB IN THE MESS TENT AT THE CAMPSITE AT UPPER MUMBUK, MAKALU-BARUN NATIONAL PARK, NEPAL

CLOUDS REFELCTED IN THE KALO POKHARI ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF SHIPTON LA 4170M, MAKALU-BARUN NATIONAL PARK, NEPAL

AT LAST, THE COSMIC AIR FLIGHT LOADING UP FOR THE ONE HOUR FLIGHT FROM TUMLINGTAR TO KATHMANDU, ARUN RIVER REGION, NEPAL


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