Advance Base Camp tents, with Everest ahead.
Tim and Mark at a stupa in ABC, with the North Col rising up behind them (Photo: Bunter Anson)
Mic, Sangye and Petr at Advanced Base Camp (Photo: Bunter Anson)
Resting at ABC, with the North Col ahead.
Lhakpa Ri seen across the East Rongbuk Glacier from ABC.
Ascending beyond ABC.
Sangye above ABC, with Lhakpa Ri behind.
Tim rests above ABC with Lhakpa Ri behind.
Above ABC, with the wall of the North Col up ahead (Photo: Bunter Anson)
Mark rests above ABC with the North Col wall behind.
Approaching the glacier (Photo: Bunter Anson)
Crossing a flat snow plain with the North Col wall up ahead.
Tim crosses a flat snow plain with Lhakpa Ri in cloud behind.
Me and Nima Dendi on the glacier approaching the fixed rope section, with Lhakpa Ri behind (Photo: Mic Rofe)
Figures on the North Col wall (Photo: Bunter Anson)
Approaching the fixed rope section of the ascent (Photo: Mic Rofe)
Tim approaches the fixed rope section (Photo: Mic Rofe)
Figures ascend to the North Col on fixed ropes.
Mic and Ian rest at the foot of the fixed ropes (Photo: Bunter Anson)
At the start of the fixed rope section (Photo: Bunter Anson)
Attaching a jumar (Photo: Mic Rofe)
Mark, Ian and me on the fixed rope (Photo: Mic Rofe)
On the early part of the climb (Photo: Bunter Anson)
Following the trail of ants up to the North Col (Photo: Bunter Anson)
Tim on the fixed ropes up to the North Col (Photo: Bunter Anson)
Ascending fixed ropes up to the North Col.
On a flat part of the North Col wall, with Lhakpa Ri in cloud behind.
Tashi Tenzing on his way up to the North Col (Photo: Mic Rofe)
Bunter, Klara and Tashi rest on their way up to the North Col (Photo: Mic Rofe)
High up on the North Col wall (Photo: Bunter Anson)
Looking up to the North Col approach (Photo: Bunter Anson)
The final near-vertical section up to the North Col (Photo: Bunter Anson)
Nearly there! (Photo: Bunter Anson)
Looking back down from the edge of the North Col (Photo: Bunter Anson)
Me at Camp 1 on the North Col (7060m), my highest to date.
Looking back down from the North Col, with ABC far below to centre, and Lhakpa Ri on the horizon to the right.
The North East Ridge of Everest to the summit, from the North Col camp.
Tents at the North Col, with Changtse in cloud.
Walking through the North Col camp.
The final approach to the North Col, with ABC far below (Photo: Mic Rofe)
Tim and Bunter arrive at Camp 1 on the North Col (Photo: Mic Rofe)
Mic, Mark and Tim at the North Col, with Changtse behind
(Photo: Mark Dickson)
Mic, Bunter and Tim with Changtse behind (Photo: Bunter Anson)
Sangye celebrates at Camp 1 on the North Col (Photo: Mic Rofe)
Tim and Bunter with Everest's summit quite close (Photo: Mic Rofe)
The summit of Everest from the North Col (Photo: Mic Rofe)
Tents on Everest's North Col, with the summit behind (Photo: Mark Dickson)
Kardapu Peak (7283m) and Lhakpa Ri (7045m) with ABC below, from Everest North Col (Photo: Bunter Anson)
Mic, Bunter and Tim at Everest North Col with the Northeast Ridge and summit behind (Photo: Bunter Anson)
A close up of Everest's summit pyramid, with the Norton Couloir on the left (Photo: Bunter Anson)
Looking up the Norton Couloir to the summit from Everest's North Col (Photo: Bunter Anson)
Camp 1 on Everest's North Col (Photo: Bunter Anson)
Crossing a crevasse on an aluminium ladder (Photo: Mic Rofe)
Descending the fixed ropes back to ABC (Photo: Mic Rofe)
The Northeast Spur of Everest, with the summit on the right (Photo: Bunter Anson)
Tim models for next year's Cotswold Outdoor catalogue (Photo: Bunter Anson)
My somewhat weatherbeaten face on the morning after my return from the North Col.
