![DESCENDING CLIMBER - NEVADO JUNCAL - CHILE [NJC_0167] This photo shows two of four Spanish climbers descending to base camp.](../imgThmb/NJC_0167a.jpg)
![NEVADO JUNCAL - CHILE [NJC_0069] Hiking to camp 1. Nevado Juncal is located in Chile, 50 miles south of Aconcagua. We climbed the heavily glaciated north side.](../imgThmb/NJC_0069a.jpg)
![MUCHO PENITENTES - NEVADO JUNCAL - CHILE [NJC_0096] These were the small penitentes. They got much bigger and the terrain got much steeper. And they never ended. Back at the lower camp, after our carry, I pulled a muscle in my leg, so I had to forego the summit attempt and stay at lower camp. Luckily, I was not alone, as another climber was not going to summit. Andres, our guide, and Joel, the third climber, ascended back to high camp and reached the summit the following day.](../imgThmb/NJC_0096a.jpg)
![ON MY WAY TO HIGH CAMP - NEVADO JUNCAL - CHILE [Photo by Andres Zeger]](../imgThmb/Rengo_y_Sn_Gabriel_and_juncal_081a.jpg)
![HIGH CAMP - NEVADO JUNCAL - CHILE [Photo by Andres Zeger]](../imgThmb/Rengo_y_Sn_Gabriel_and_juncal_098a.jpg)
![NEVADO JUNCAL - CHILE [NJC_0102] We are descending to lower camp (12.3k ft.) after a carry to high camp (15.4k ft)](../imgThmb/NJC_0102a.jpg)
![NEVADO JUNCAL - CHILE [NJC_0094] This is the view looking back toward base camp and camp 1.](../imgThmb/NJC_0094a.jpg)
![NEVADO JUNCAL - CHILE [NJC_0109] Descending to camp](../imgThmb/NJC_0109a.jpg)
![NEVADO JUNCAL - CHILE [NJC_0112] Descending to camp](../imgThmb/NJC_0112a.jpg)
![NEVADO JUNCAL - CHILE [NJC_0176]](../imgThmb/NJC_0176a.jpg)
![PRAYER ROCKS - NEPAL [3500 NE] Throughout the day and into the night, you could hear the tapping on the rocks as they are hand carved.](../imgThmb/3500_NE_MV.jpg)
![CLOUDS SURROUNDING EVEREST - NEPAL [3502 NE] I was descending 18,192 foot (5545 meters) Kala Pattar when I noticed the clouds part just enough to show Everest's summit (back left). I quickly threw down my bag, pulled out my camera, and shot two black and white photos (this and the next one), using two different lenses. Then I changed the film and took the same with color. Within minutes, the summit was gone. Sometimes taking photographs in the mountains is more exhausting than hiking in them!](../imgThmb/3502_NE_MV.jpg)
![MOUNT EVEREST - NEPAL [3501 NE] Mount Everest, at 29,035 feet, is the highest mountain in the world and is located on the Nepal/Tibet border. It was named in 1865 after Sir George Everest, the British surveyor general of India. The Nepalese name for the mountain is Sagarmatha, which means Goddess of the Sky. The Tibetan name is Chomolungma, which means Mother Goddess of the Universe. I'd like to climb it and if you'd like to pay for it, please let me know.](../imgThmb/3501_NE_O.jpg)
![NAMCHE BAZAAR - NEPAL [1230 NE] We stayed here two nights on our way to Everest Base Camp and Kala Pattar in 1999. At 11,286 feet (3,440m), Namche is the main trading center for the Khumbu region.](../imgThmb/1230_NE_O2.jpg)
![MOUNT EVEREST, TIBET [EVE 2007-04-30_6] This is the view of Everest from Tibet - the north side of the mountain.](../imgThmb/EVE_2007-04-30_6O.jpg)
![LEAVING BASE CAMP - MOUNT EVEREST, TIBET [EVE 2007-04-11_8]](../imgThmb/EVE_2007-04-11_8O.jpg)
![BASE CAMP TO ADVANCED BASE CAMP - MOUNT EVEREST, TIBET [EVE 2007-04-27_62]](../imgThmb/EVE_2007-04-27_62O.jpg)
![BASE CAMP TO ADVANCED BASE CAMP - MOUNT EVEREST, TIBET [EVE 2007-04-27_21]](../imgThmb/EVE_2007-04-27_21O.jpg)
PRAYER ROCKS - NEPAL [3500 NE] Throughout the day and into the night, you could hear the tapping on the rocks as they are hand carved.
PRAYER ROCKS - NEPAL [3500 NE] Throughout the day and into the night, you could hear the tapping on the rocks as they are hand carved.
