Scott Parazynski Everest Photo Update 4 June 2008
Keith’s note: Scott sent these photos from the last or so at Everest Base Camp.
Everest, Lhotse and Nupste behind prayer flags, as seen from Kala Pattar (18,500′)
Me and crew above CI
Hydrating in the CII dining tent
Kami from a vantage point well above CII
Rappelling down the Icefall following a rotation
Laundry day at EBC (Scott’s and Adam’s tents)
Kaji, our EBC cook, improvising (with an ice axe) as he butchered yak meat for dinner
Sunset on the Lhotse face above CII
The view towards the summit from CIII with the Yellow Band, Geneva Spur, Balcony and South Summit in view
Scott meets Apa Sherpa in the Western Cwm; Apa has now summited Everest 18 times!
a self-portrait just before going to bed at CIII on O’s
Bob Lowry stretching Scott out on the way down from CII to EBC; I wouldn’t have made it down from CIII the day before without periodic stretching and icing my back every 20-30 minutes.
My E-ticket ride home: a French-built Cheetah helicopter, piloted by the Nepalese Air Force. An hour and a half flight from the vicinity of EBC all the way to Katmandu, vice a 3-day, 36 mile trek!
