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Paul near camp 1
Fiona standing above camp 2
Camp 1 - Mingma and Dason enjoy the bench seats that some of our team members dug out
Paul melting snow inside the cook tent at camp 1
Dasona talking to his kids on the satellite phone from camp 1
Paul with the pile of oxygen bottles at camp 2
The toilet at camp 2 was initially a plastic bag strung between ice blocks - you needed a rope to get up to here
Looking towards camp 2 from the toilet!
Heading up the Western Cwm towards the Lhotse face
Fiona at camp 1
Paul using oxygen inside our tent at camp 3
Camp 2 at dusk looking up towards the Lhotse Face
Camp 2 at dusk looking up towards the Lhotse Face
Camp 2 looking up towards the South Summit of Everest
The oxygen stash at camp 2
Camp 2 at dusk
Fiona resting at camp 2 using a bandana to shield her eyes from the bright light
Camp 3
Our tents at camp 3
Looking up towards Everest from camp 3
A shocking mess in the toilet at camp 2
Looking back towards basecamp from the lower part of the icefall
Coming into basecamp
Camp 2 at dusk
Camp 2 looking up towards Everest
Late sun on the Lhotse face from camp 2
Dennis melting snow at camp 3
Camp 3 looking down the Western Cwm
Our tents at camp 3
Arriving at camp 3
Paul resting at camp 3
Camp 3 looking up towards Everest
Paul and Fiona using oxygen for the first time to sleep with at camp 3
Fiona near camp 3
Arriving at camp 4
Our tents at camp 4
Fiona resting and using oxygen at camp 4
Fiona using the phone at camp 4
Looking up towards the South Summit of Everest from camp 4
The Lhotse Face - the tiny people are Paul and Dasona
Looking up towards the Everest taken near camp 2
Enjoying dinner back at camp 2 (Paul and Fiona are on the left)
The camp 2 cooks Mingma and Lakpa stayed for weeks at camp 2 (they're the ones standing here)
Fiona writing an update from our tent at camp 2
The avalanche we saw as we descended through the icefall for the last time
Avalanche
Avalanche
Avalanche
Route from the balcony to the summit of Everest
Mt Everest and the Khumbu Glacier
Camp 2 after a snowfall
The view out of Paul's tent at Camp 3. The route goes up here.
Sherpa meeting at Camp 2 on Everest
A tent at Camp 2 on Everest at dusk
The route up from Camp 1 to Camp 2 on Everest
Paul on the way up to camp 2
Low clouds in the valley on Everest
Low clouds at dusk on Everest - taken from camp 3
Looking down from Camp 3 on Everest
Paul writing a blog article while using oxygen from camp 3
Looking up towards the south summit (taken from between camp 3 and 4)
Looking down towards basecamp from camp 3
The South Summit on Everest
A view of the Everest Icefall
Mt Everest from Kala Patar