
Camels arrive with baggage at Base Camp

My and Jeff H's tent, behind a dry stone wall at Base Camp

Muztag Ata base camp from a scree slope above our tent

Thick snow cover at Base Camp (Photo: Juliet Edwards)

Base Camp after an early morning snow shower

Base Camp from an outlet stream of the Kartamak Glacier

Looking up a moraine field to the Kartamak Glacier, with the convex dome of Muztag Ata curving away behind

Looking down on base camp from a moraine field above

Spying on Ela and Dave having a domestic from a hill above our camp

Base Camp from the moraine hill above camp

Looking up to Camp 1 from the moraine hill.

The path up to Camp 1 from base camp

Me on the hill above base camp

A donkey grazes near base camp

A marmot near base camp

A marmot crosses a hillside near base camp

A marmot on sentry duty

A marmot outside its burrow

Marmot peeps out of its burrow

A marmot pokes its head out of its burrow

The lower slopes of Muztag Ata from below base camp

Jeff H does his packing watched by Kirgiz folk

A glacial lake above base camp

Muztag Ata seen across a glacial lake at the foot of the Kartamak Glacier

Muztag Ata and the tents of Base Camp

Looking in the direction of base camp at a storm brewing, from the end of the Kmatolja Glacier.

Looking down on base camp from a short walk up to the Kmatolja Glacier

A chat outside the mess tent

Orna and Abdullah prepare dinner