Gorak Shep-Kala Patthar

Finally it looks like we may be taking small small steps out of lockdown, but the hills of Wales and Scotland are still going to be out of bounds. To mark the moment, I thought I would upload an older image of the biggest 'hill' of all, Everest. Taken not that far from Everest Base Camp, this shows the enormous ice cascade, the Khumbu Icefall, slowly grinding and crashing its way down from the Western Cwm to join the Khumbu Glacier. The summit of Everest glowers black against the deep blue sky, rinsing another 11,000 feet above the point where i was standing.