Everest Base Camp trek, Nepal, March 2008

Kathmandu - Taleju Temple gate, Durbar Square	Kathmandu - Bodhnath Stupa	Kathmandu - Bodhnath Stupa
Himalaya, seen from the flight to Lukla	Himalaya, seen from the flight to Lukla	Our Twin Otter at Lukla
Lukla	Outside Lukla	Kusum Kangguru (6367m, 20,889ft), from Tharo Kosi
Thamserku (6,608 m, 21,680 ft)	'Laughing Buddha' rock	Namche Bazaar (3446m, 11,306ft)
Namche Bazaar (3446m, 11,306ft)	A snowy Namche morning	First view of Everest (skyline left)
Morning light above Namche	En route to Kyangjuma, Kangtega rising in the background	Ama Dablam (6856m, 22,493ft) towers above the trekking path
Lhotse by moonlight, with star trails	Ama Dablam at night	Lhotse and Ama Dablam by moonlight
Morning view of Lhotse and Ama Dablam	Tengboche	Gateway to Tengboche monastery
Lammergeier	Inscription on a Mani stone	Village of Periche, with Kangtega rising behind
Lhotse (8501m, 27,890ft) from Dingboche	Dingboche and Lhotse	Kangtega, from the route up Nangkartshang
Climbing 5100m (16,732ft) Nangkartshang, from Dingboche	Climbing Nangkartshang	Taboche & Cholatse, from Nangkartshang
Altimeter off the scale! Top of Nangkartshang (5100m)	Makalu (centre, background), from Nangkartshang	Big landscape
The trail to Lobuje	Figures in the landscape	The Memorial Chortens above Duglha
The Khumbu glacier, near Lobuje	Kangtega and Thamserku from Lobuje	Nuptse and moon, from Lobuje
Delicate morning cloud over Nuptse	The lodges at Gorak Shep (5184m, 17,008ft)	Moonlit Pumori (7,161m, 23,494ft)
Pumori above Gorak Shep (5184m, 17,008ft), with Kala Patthar in mid distance	Perched rock and Lho La Pass	Nuptse before sunset, from Gorak Shep
Nuptse at sunset, from Gorak Shep	Sun rising behind Nuptse (7861m, 25,791ft)	A rest while climbing Kala Patthar, 5623m (18448ft)
Everest from Kala Patthar (5623m, 18,448ft)	Kala Patthar - a view further down the glacier	Everest from 5623m (18,448ft) Kala Patthar
Pumori	Tibetan Snow Cocks	Nuptse and cairn
Just outside Lobuje	Lion and stupa, Tengboche	Evening light on Ama Dablam
Lhotse wall and Everest, Tengboche evening	Last light on Everest	Everest, Lhotse and star trails
Ama Dablam after sunset	Ama Dablam, moonlit cloud, moonbeams & star trails	Moonlit Thamserku & buildings at Tengboche
Stupa and Ama Dablam	Lhotse and Ama Dablam	Rhododendron, 'Laughing Bhudda' and Thamserku
Back at Lukla - misty valley