Travel photographs

Dawn over Everest, Lhotse and Ama Dablam from the lodge at Tengboche.

Dawn over Everest and Lhotse from the lodge at Tengboche.

Everest and Lhotse in the morning light from the lodge at Tengboche.

Ama Dablam in the morning light from the lodge at Tengboche.

Sunrise over Everest and Lhotse from the lodge at Tengboche.

Khumbila and the Tengboche monastery in the morning light.

Everest and Lhotse from the ridge above Tengboche.

Tengboche from the ridge above.

Khumbila from the ridge above Tengboche.

Another view of Everest and Lhotse from the ridge above Tengboche.

Ama Dablam from the ridge above Tengboche.

More of Everest and Lhotse from the ridge above Tengboche.

Taboche Peak (right, 6367m) from the ridge above Tengboche.

A distant peak rises above the southernmost flank of Taboche Peak, seen from the ridge above Tengboche.

I obscure Everest, with Lhotse visible over my left shoulder.

The Sherpas turn us around at 4120m, the highest point of our trek, saying there is too much snow to scramble any higher. I pose for one last photograph.

Everest and Lhotse seen upon our descent.

A view of our scramble from the lodge at Tengboche.

Kangtega (6685m) seen on the descent from Tengboche.

Water driven buddhist prayer wheel at Phunki Tenga on the Imja Khola river.

A water driven buddhist prayer wheel.

A buddhist mural painted on the rock on the trail to Kjanjuma.

A musk deer hiding in the trees near Kjanjuma.