Tents above Panch Pokhari
Porters prepare for the Amphu Labtse
Gombu, Karma, Pasang and Dawa snatch a quick breakfast
Approaching the Amphu Labtse glacier
Siling looks up to the Amphu Labtse, with Panch Pokhari behind him
Porters ascending to the Amphu Labtse
Looking back down on Panch Pokhari during the ascent to the Amphu Labtse
Approaching the Amphu Labtse glacier
Dawa on the first ice section
Mark ascends the first ice section
Mark at the top of the second ice section
Dawa beneath the Amphu Labtse
Siling ascending an ice chimney
Sarki on his way up to the Amphu Labtse
Mark scrambles up a rock section
Dawa traversing across ice
Mark on his way up to the Amphu Labtse
Ascending an ice field
Drugchung and Mark beneath the Amphu Labtse
Mark and Siling before the Amphu Labtse's ice shelves
Mark and Siling look back down into the Hongu valley
Final few steps to the top of the Amphu Labtse
Everest (8848m) and Lhotse (8516m) from the Amphu Labtse, with Island Peak (6189m) almost invisible in front
Pathetic looking Island Peak nestles beneath the vast south face of Lhotse
Top end of the Hongu valley from the Amphu Labtse
Siling and Mark admire the view from the Amphu Labtse
Me at the Amphu Labtse with the Hongu valley behind me
Me at the Amphu Labtse with Everest and Lhotse behind me
Steep descent from the Amphu Labtse
Brandt's mountain finch
You can arm wrap, I'll abseil
Waiting on a sloping ledge beneath the abseil section
Everest (just) and Lhotse from below the Amphu Labtse
Crossing the moraine fields of the Amphu Labtse Glacier
Trail descending towards Island Peak
Trekking towards Island Peak (foreground), with Lhotse towering behind it
Island Peak viewed from the south
Approaching Imja Tsho, with Island Peak behind
Siling looks west across the glacial waters of Imja Tsho
Beautiful pure blue water of Amphulabtse Tsho
Looking out across Amphulabtse Tsho
Peaks rise above Amphulabtse Tsho
The Imja valley near Imja Tsho
Island Peak from Imja Tsho Camp
