To this they readily agreed.
The photo directly below was actually the last taken, when the two guides and myself had a end-of-30-days-on-the-trail haircut and shave. The remaining 17, however, are chronilogical from start to finish. Click on any photo to get a larger image on your screen
I should note that I took 2,500 pictures in those 30 days. These 18 can hardly show the experience but it will have to suffice.
Campsite on the edge of glacier at 19,2000 ft.
Breakfast next morning after a midnight snowfall
Plastic shoes on our favorite sherpa as snow begans to fall. He told us he didn't want to soil his leather shoes.
Heading out at dawn to cross a 20,000 ft pass
Working the fixed lines up and across the pass
Our two guides just over the other side; British/American Adrian and Ecuadorian Jamie
The back side of Ama Dablam (22, 494 ft)
Two sherpa loads compared to our loads
Viewing an Everest sunrise from the summit of Kala Pattar
The sun rising behind Everest
Looking towards Everest from Tengboche
Heading home, Ama Dablam to our backs
