Climbers make their way to Advanced Basecamp (ABC) through the massive Western Cwm (glacial valley) on the Southeast Ridge route on Mt. Everest, Nepal. Everest's Southwest Face rises to the left with Lhotse and the Lhotse Face in the distance. Jake Norton, 4, 20, 2002, Western Cwm, Everest, Nepal.

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