Articles tagged ‘Pictures’
Picture of the week 38
By Ed | September 17th, 2007 |
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These are the final steps at the top of the Western Breach Route. I’d never climbed anything like the Breach, at that altitude, (16,000-ft to 18,800-ft) in my life. My flatlander perspective saw the task as daunting, challenging and even scary.
I have shared in past articles that I used the porters as motivation and inspiration.
Indeed, [...]
Picture of the week 37
By Ed | September 10th, 2007 | Add a Comment »
Our first real break on the Breach route was at 17,300-feet.
Mt. Meru can be seen off in the distance. Lava Tower camp is the beige patch in the lower right with the Shira Plateau beyond, an outstanding view from any angle.
Pictured is our head guide, Stephen. He’s standing in a spot where I had no intention [...]
Picture of the week 36
By Ed | September 4th, 2007 | Add a Comment »
As we inched up the Western Breach Route, I invested most of my limited cognitive and physical resources, rest stepping and breathing. While we were still in the shade provided by our early start, I happened to look to the left and saw the sun just beginning to touch the top of Lava Tower 2500-ft. [...]
Picture of the week 35
By Ed | August 27th, 2007 | Add a Comment »
Dawn, at Arrow Glacier Camp, the morning we would finally attempt our assent of the Western Breach. It was very cold, but the early departure would minimize our exposure to rock fall.
The shadow of Mt. Kilimanjaro is draped atop the 12,000-ft cloud layer stretching all the way to Mt.Meru some 30+ miles away.
Although I had the [...]
Picture of the week 34
By Ed | August 21st, 2007 | Add a Comment »
For the acclimation run up the Western Breach, Steven our head guide produced some very cool Sherpa glasses to combat the increasing UV levels at 17,000 feet. My son on the other hand wore dime store aviator shades over his regular glasses. Both strategies worked just fine and remember, big checks don’t always have to [...]
Picture of the week 33
By Ed | August 13th, 2007 | 1 Comment »
This image still invokes awesome emotions three years after it was captured.
Upon our arrival at Arrow Glacier Camp, our head guide and my son & I continued part way up the Western Breach Route as part of our acclimatization program.
As our head guide, Stephen, and my son descend, both Arrow Camp (middle left) and Lava Tower [...]
Picture of the week 32
By Ed | August 6th, 2007 | Add a Comment »
This is a second image of Arrow Glacier Camp as cloud came in and hid the upper sections of the Western Breach. As I study the photo now I count 16 tents, 3 dinning tents, 4 black public outhouses and our own orange loo (just for my son and I). This represented three teams from [...]
Picture of the week 31
By Ed | August 1st, 2007 | Add a Comment »
This is Arrow Glacier Camp and the Western Breach with our yellow Eureka Scorpion Tent sitting ready and waiting. The line up the Breach is directly above the orange tent although it did zigzag to the left out of the photograph occasionally.
We weren’t afraid exactly but were overcome with a thunderous anticipation of the, as [...]
Picture of the week 30
By Ed | August 1st, 2007 | Add a Comment »
This picture was taken as I stood in oxygen starved amazement at an altitude of 16,000 feet. This is one of my favorite photographs because not only is it a spectacular image of our hard working porters cresting the last rock strewn ridge into Arrow Glacier with the Shira Plateau and Mt. Meru in the [...]
Picture of the week 29
By Ed | July 16th, 2007 | Add a Comment »
Looking back at Lava Tower during our ascent to Arrow Glacier Camp the Shira Plateau can be seen off in the distance over 20 miles away and Lava Tower Camp is the light beige patch to the right of the tower.
Even with the absence of most plant life, the textures and colors of the geology [...]
