The expedition

• The route and location Where is this all? Maps + Google Earth pics
• Base Camp, 4650m The last place with horses, afterwards all is carried on the back
• View from Base Camp
• Advanced Case Camp The last bath.. The end of the kitchen
• The Advanced Case Camp, 4950m
• First view of the summit, from Camp 1 (5450m)
• Going down from the col, pretty close to C1
• Crossing Mamostong Col (5850m)
• Crossing Mamostong Col (5850m) Fixed rope on this side
• View on Camp "2.5" (6250m)
• Cozy tent of the Indian team
• Music is the key
• Some crevasses on the way look a bit nasty. Fortunately there's not that many
• Wonderful setting and view of the summit
• Some ice climbing around 6400m Good I had had some classes with MITOC!
• Camp 3, 6550m 3 nights there. 12h of sleep per 24h, but I just couldn't eat anything... It's too high to stay there for long, b
• The summit is hidden behind. So impressively steep! But the picture doesn't show it. The little dots on the way are people
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• kinda cool hanging there, at about 6850m Good to have a fixed rope too...
• Going up 2 people on a rope, "belaying" with the ice axe in the snow. 35° to 45+° slope. Some exposure, but no reason
• Three people slept there, at 6800m... Or tried to
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• I was comfortable here taking the picture, at ~6900m. Wasn't the easiest nor the worst slope
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• Amazing view!! Reaching the highest point we got that day (and my highest point), 7100m
• Clouds starting to hit us Here comes our guide, Paulo It feels secure having him on the other end of the rope
• Paulo, me, and my sponsor: my company OC&C Strategy Consultants
• Weather's gone pretty bad, shortly after our descent. The clouds too just love summits. And they're pretty sticky ones...
• View from the summit by summiter Michel Gayton. (Thanks for the pic!)
• It's good to rest... And the astronaut clothes are rather comfy
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• Yeah, I don't look that good after a while in the heights
• Well - inflating is a side-effect of high altitude.. More severe in the morning: at night there's more dehydration and breathin
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• My rope mate, tent mate, and also my Dad
• Progress curve Remember one thing: for you comfort and your safety go up S-L-O-W!