Climbers in the Khumbu icefall, Mount Everest, Solu Khumbu Everest Region, Sagarmatha National Park, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Nepal, Himalayas, Asia

Crossing ladders on the Khumbu icefall on Mount Everest, Solu Khumbu Everest Region, Sagarmatha National Park, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Nepal, Himalayas, Asia

The Khumbu icefall on Mount Everest, Solu Khumbu Everest Region, Sagarmatha National Park, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Nepal, Himalayas, Asia

Khumbu icefall from Everest Base Camp, Solukhumbu District, Sagarmatha National Park, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Nepal, Himalayas, Asia

Climbers in the Khumbu icefall, Mount Everest, Solu Khumbu Everest Region, Sagarmatha National Park, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Nepal, Himalayas, Asia

Crossing ladders on the Khumbu icefall on Mount Everest, Solu Khumbu Everest Region, Sagarmatha National Park, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Nepal, Himalayas, Asia

The Khumbu icefall on Mount Everest, Solu Khumbu Everest Region, Sagarmatha National Park, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Nepal, Himalayas, Asia

Climbers in the Khumbu icefall, Mount Everest, Solu Khumbu Everest Region, Sagarmatha National Park, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Nepal, Himalayas, Asia

Climber in the Khumbu icefall, Mount Everest, Solu Khumbu Everest Region, Sagarmatha National Park, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Nepal, Himalayas, Asia

Huge avalanche, near Tangnag, Khumbu region, Himalayas, Nepal, Asia

Crossing ladders in the Khumbu icefall on Mount Everest, Solu Khumbu Everest Region, Sagarmatha National Park, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Nepal, Himalayas, Asia

View from Everest Base Camp over Khumbu glacier towards Khumbu Icefall, Khumbu Himal, Sagarmatha National Park, Nepal

Viennese climber Geri Winkler on a ladder overcoming a crevasse of Khumbu Icefall, ca.5600 m, Mount Everest, Himalaya, Nepal

Climber between bizarre ice sculptures of Khumbu Icefall above Base Camp, Mount Everest, Himalaya, Nepal

Female climber with crampons on a rope in lower Khumbu Icefall, Base Camp, 5300m, Mount Everest, Himalaya, Nepal

View from Everest Base Camp over Khumbu Gletscher towards Khumbu Icefall, Khumbu Himal, Sagarmatha National Park, Nepal

View from Everest Base Camp over Khumbu glacier towards Khumbu Icefall, Khumbu Himal, Sagarmatha National Park, Nepal

Night scene of a dining tent at the Everest Base Camp. The summit of Everest is blocked by part of the ridge that extends out on the left, while Nupste can be seen on the right of the picture. The infamous Khumbu ice fall can be seen as the rubble that pours out in the middle of the picture, Nepal

Ngawang Sherpa crosses a massive crevasse on a ladder

Mountaineer climbing Everest's Khumbu Icefall

Mountaineers climbing Everest's Khumbu Icefall

Mountaineers climbing up the Khumbu Icefall on the route up Everest, Everest Base Camp, Khumbu, Nepal

Mountaineers climbing up the Khumbu Icefall on the route up Everest, Everest Base Camp, Khumbu, Nepal

Mountaineers climbing up the Khumbu Icefall on the route up Everest, Everest Base Camp, Khumbu, Nepal

Mountaineers climbing up the Khumbu Icefall on the route up Everest, Everest Base Camp, Khumbu, Nepal

Mountaineers climbing up the Khumbu Icefall on the route up Everest, Everest Base Camp, Khumbu, Nepal

Mountaineers climbing up the Khumbu Icefall on the route up Everest, Everest Base Camp, Khumbu, Nepal