
Continuing up the moraine from Japanese Camp.

Yaks continue up the trail.

Me on my way above Japanese Camp (Photo: Bunter Anson)

An interim campsite (the old Camp II) en route
(Photo: Mark Dickson)

Mic and I cross a stream running down the East Rongbuk Glacier (Photo: Bunter Anson)

Bunter descends a tricky stretch of ice.

Interim camp site along the Magic Highway.

Me and a shark's fin (Photo: Bunter Anson)

Mic and Bunter on their way up the Magic Highway, with Everest behind.

Ascending the Magic Highway, with Everest ahead.

Looking up the Magic Highway towards Everest (Photo: Bunter Anson)

Looking back down the East Rongbuk valley.

A yak approaches a tricky section of ice.

Yaks leap down a tricky section of ice.

I talk to a yak driver on the Magic Highway (Photo: Bunter Anson)

Lunch on the Magic Highway (Photo: Bunter Anson)

Looking up the Magic Highway towards Everest.

Walking the Magic Highway, with Everest ahead (Photo: Bunter Anson)

Petr on his way up the Magic Highway (Photo: Bunter Anson)

Everest and an ice pinnacle.

Ice pinnacles with Changtse in cloud.

A figure advances up the Magic Highway, with Everest ever closer.

Continuing up the Magic Highway.

Jagged ice pinnacles on the East Rongbuk Glacier.

The approach to Changtse Base Camp (Photo: Bunter Anson)