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Kala Patthar: The coldest we’ve ever been
- Aperture: f/10
- ISO: 500
- Shutter Speed: 1/200 s
- Focal Length: 10mm
- Camera: Canon EOS 7D
Day 9 – April 6, 2013 – Gorak Shep to Kala Patthar to Pheriche Climbing Kala Patthar, by Him: “Lakpa?” I called into the dark room of bunk beds where several Sherpa guides were sleeping in what seemed to be a giant pile — completely understandable given the below 0 temperatures. The hour was nightmarish, just…
An avalanche at Everest Base Camp
- Aperture: f/13
- ISO: 400
- Shutter Speed: 1/1000 s
- Focal Length: 75mm
- Camera: Canon EOS 7D
Day 8 – April 5, 2013 – Lobuche to Gorak Shep to Everest Base Camp “Hotel” is a generous word to describe Sagarmatha National Park Hotel, a ramshackle collection of plywood boards resembling a child’s self-constructed tree house. The ceiling of our room sagged like the cloth ceiling of a decades-old minivan taxi, and the…
From extreme ironing to blow-up dolls
- Aperture: f/14
- ISO: 200
- Shutter Speed: 1/320 s
- Focal Length: 12mm
- Camera: Canon EOS 7D
Day 7 – April 4, 2013 – Dingboche to Lobuche After spending two nights making multiple trips to a bathroom exposed to the frigid night air of Dingboche, we packed our backpacks once more to move on. We left Hotel Family about 8:15 a.m., heading west over the hill we climbed the day before to…
Operation Clean Underwear
- Aperture: f/18
- ISO: 400
- Shutter Speed: 1/125 s
- Focal Length: 15mm
- Camera: Canon EOS 7D
Day 5 – April 2, 2013 – Pangboche to Dingboche In case you couldn’t tell from the video documenting our terrifying landing at Tenzing-Hillary Airport, I had some trouble understanding our Everest Base Camp trek guide. In addition to his strong Nepalese accent, Lakpa had a tendency to speak much too quickly, blending each sentence…
