Manaslu Expedition 2009: Photo Gallery

NICHOLAS RICE

extreme high altitude athlete

2009 Manaslu expedition photo gallery

Porters starting up from Arughat

Porters at the start of the trek

Hen with her family along the way

Diabolical dentistry in Machha Khola

Nepali woman weaving a scarf

Tatopani

Nepali child on the trek in Tatopani

Nepali child in Tatopani

Children in Tatopani

Nick on a bridge just after Machha Khola

Signpost in Jagat

Waterfall across the valley from Philim

Trekking through Ekle Bhatti

Precarious bridge along the trek

Tibetan Engraving on a Mani along the trek

Prayer wheels in Lihi

View enroute to Shyo

Hanuman Langur in Shyo

Mountain vista along the trek

Lho and Tibetan Monastary

Lho

Mountain and prayer flags

Mountain viewed from Shyala

Yaks grazing close to Sama Gaon

Sama Gaon

Tibetan Girl in Sama Gaon

View from Sama Gaon

Our equipment in Sama Gaon

Child in Sama Gaon

Monks performing a Puja ceremony in Sama Gaon

Porters weighing loads in Sama Gaon

Nick Rice and Tibetans in Sama Gaon

Nick with the locals in Sama Gaon

Manaslu viewed from Sama Gaon

Looking down to the valley that we trekked up

Porters carrying up to Manaslu Base Camp

Puja Ceremony in Manaslu Base Camp

Equipment at Puja Ceremony

Base Camp after heavy snow

Avalanches present a real danger on Manaslu

Manaslu Base Camp

High winds and heavy snow fall in Base Camp

Manaslu viewed from Base Camp

View down enroute to Camp I

Climbers enrout to Camp I

The Koreans and I breaking trail to Camp I

View from close to Camp I

Koreans arriving to Camp I

View from Camp I at dusk

Breaking trail in deep snow to Camp I

Sunset in Camp I

Digging tents out in Camp I

View from Camp I

Final slope to Camp I

Camp I

Manaslu viewed from Camp I

Camp I viewed from above

High winds on Manaslu's upper slopes

High winds in Camp II

Nick's tent in Camp II

Ana and Nick in Base Camp

Nick taking a break enroute to Camp II

French Couple climbing toward Camp II

Climbers on the final slope to Camp II

Climbers arriving to Camp II

Descending in whiteout conditions

Inma giving blood

Inma and Nick in Spanish Base Camp

Nick giving blood for a study on blood gasses

Nick giving blood to Spanish Base Camp

Took some digging to get the tent unburied

Nick Rice in Camp II

Nick in his Camp III tent

Lina in Camp III

Nick's tent in Camp III

Nick and Lina help bring Marco down to Camp II

Helping Marco downclimb to Camp II

Marco arriving in Camp II

Rescuing Marco

Beautiful day in Camp II

Ana awaiting her helicopter evacuation

High winds on Manaslu viewed from Camp I

Helicopter rescue in Base Camp

Waving goodbye to Ana

Pika mouse in Nick's Base Camp tent

Nick's base camp tent during a storm

Climbers awaiting a Helicopter

Helicopter landing in Base Camp

Nick's destroyed Camp II tent after heavy snowfall

View from just above upper Camp II

High winds in high Camp II

High winds blast high Camp II

Climbers heading to Camp IV

View enroute to Camp IV

View from above Camp III

Climbing the serac to Camp IV

Camp IV

Lina in Camp IV

View from Camp IV

Sunrise on summit day

The long way to the summit of Manaslu

Climbers heading up the false summit

Looking toward the ridge to the true summit

Final slope to the True Summit

Old fixed lines to the True Summit

Nick Rice on the summit of Manaslu

Nick sun and wind-burned post-summit

Puppy that followed us after Namrung

View towards Ghap on trek down

Bridge on trek down

Broken bridge on the trek down

Snakes along the trek near Philim

Our lodging in Lapu Besi

Lodge in Lapu Besi

Baby goats along the trek

Arughat

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