Skills training on the East Rongbuk Glacier at Advance Base Camp.
Bunter and I practise our abseiling technique on the East Rongbuk Glacier (Photo: Mic Rofe)
Mark's and my tent beside the windsock at ABC (Photo: Bunter Anson)
Looking across the East Rongbuk Glacier to Lhakpa Ri (Photo: Bunter Anson)
Alpine accentor in flight (Photo: Bunter Anson)
Lhakpa Ri from Advanced Base Camp (Photo: Bunter Anson)
Our tent at ABC (Photo: Bunter Anson)
Ian at ABC, with Lhakpa Ri above (Photo: Bunter Anson)
Mark abseils at ABC (Photo: Bunter Anson)
I prepare for an abseil (Photo: Bunter Anson)
Mark at ABC (Photo: Bunter Anson)
Mic on the East Rongbuk Glacier
(Photo: Mark Dickson)
Interesting clouds begin to form over Everest (Photo: Bunter Anson)
The jetstream strikes the top of Everest (Photo: Bunter Anson)
Wispy cirrus clouds over Everest (Photo: Bunter Anson)
Looking northeast down the East Rongbuk Glacier from ABC (Photo: Bunter Anson)
Mic on the East Rongbuk Glacier, with Lhakpa Ri behind (Photo: Bunter Anson)
Lhakpa Ri from ABC after a fall of snow (Photo: Bunter Anson)
Lhakpa Ri from ABC (Photo: Bunter Anson)
Ian laces his boots at Advanced Base Camp (Photo: Bunter Anson)
Mark in his 'gimp mask'.
Petr on the East Rongbuk Glacier, with Everest as a backdrop.
Practicing rope skills beneath Everest.
Mic and Tim on the East Rongbuk Glacier, with Everest behind.
Rope work training (Photo: Bunter Anson)
Me climbing an ice pinnacle (Photo: Bunter Anson)
Tim climbs onto the glacier (Photo: Bunter Anson)
Our tent beside a windsock at Advanced Base Camp, with Lhakpa Ri behind.
Everest from Advanced Base Camp.
Petr training on the East Rongbuk Glacier (Photo: Mark Dickson)
Ian training on the East Rongbuk Glacier (Photo: Mark Dickson)
Petr with his daughter Klara at ABC (Photo: Mark Dickson)
Tim training on the East Rongbuk Glacier (Photo: Mark Dickson)
Me training on the East Rongbuk Glacier, with Everest behind (Photo: Mark Dickson)
Yaks at ABC ready for the return journey (Photo: Bunter Anson)
Ian feeds a yak a biscuit (Photo: Bunter Anson)
