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Everest and Lhotse Expedition: Fear and Love Ueli Steck climbing above the bergschrund on Sagarmāthā's South Face - 23 April 2017 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5304f7eae4b0a78f9c8afe13/1493637803718-A072DNP04SU69JZ4E6BE/Ice+Fall+-++Night.jpg Blog - Everest and Lhotse Expedition: Fear and Love - Climbing through the Ice Fall https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5304f7eae4b0a78f9c8afe13/1493637824710-8OMHUG6WIPV550W45QX1/Ice+Fall+-+Chwengg+Lendu.jpg Blog - Everest and Lhotse Expedition: Fear and Love - My Sherpa, Chhewang Lendu He holds the world record for the most summits of Lhotse https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5304f7eae4b0a78f9c8afe13/1493637910965-AMNQ8B7208I7N9OYUZ6O/Camp+I.jpg Blog - Everest and Lhotse Expedition: Fear and Love - Camp I 19,843 ft (6,050 m) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5304f7eae4b0a78f9c8afe13/1493638011251-2DHJBPX96R2A331AK4KC/Cwm+Walk+-+Everest+and+Lhotse.jpg Blog - Everest and Lhotse Expedition: Fear and Love - Walking through the Western Cwm Sagarmāthā attracts whisps of clouds just left of center and Lhotse appears in the distance https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5304f7eae4b0a78f9c8afe13/1493638082196-53J56NJK9LOCWRIPJC1E/Rappelling+in+Cwm.jpg Blog - Everest and Lhotse Expedition: Fear and Love - Rappelling one of the many crevasses in the Cwm https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5304f7eae4b0a78f9c8afe13/1493638189674-YS09CUXG26DB47BDYLVW/Lhotse+Face.jpg Blog - Everest and Lhotse Expedition: Fear and Love - Lhotse Face Camp III is half way up the crevasses below the rock bands, the Geneva Spur and the Yellow Band https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5304f7eae4b0a78f9c8afe13/1493638308523-VP4K99KX3O7UOS1MS9PL/Nightime+at+Camp+II.jpg Blog - Everest and Lhotse Expedition: Fear and Love - Starry night at Camp II The South Face of Sagarmāthā is on the left and the Lhotse Face is on the right https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5304f7eae4b0a78f9c8afe13/1493638380005-X62M8S6MW1JFAZHQ404Y/Cwm+Ladder.jpg Blog - 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She did what I asked her: She neither gave me fleas nor peed on me. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5304f7eae4b0a78f9c8afe13/1493643980709-C2VCO3SXHGFDKHK76K6I/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Everest and Lhotse Expedition: Fear and Love Our expedition was blessed by a puja on 9 April 2017. Prayers, chang, and San Miguel beer consecrated our climb. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5304f7eae4b0a78f9c8afe13/1493644181375-KHKUOFCHFK3IXRB6TR4T/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Everest and Lhotse Expedition: Fear and Love Yaks roam the sand pit in Gorak Shep. 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This was no contest for him. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5304f7eae4b0a78f9c8afe13/1492343917659-8QI1LV2DSK9Z32JUSLVQ/13+-+Pheriche+Jumping.jpg Blog - Everest and Lhotse Expedition: Contradiction - Fura, Pega, and Moe having fun in Pheriche https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5304f7eae4b0a78f9c8afe13/1492344017672-TV7B0ISEZX4UPIE7G0AH/14+-+Dingboche.jpg Blog - Everest and Lhotse Expedition: Contradiction - Dingboche with Island Peak in the background Imja Tse a.k.a. 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We have to climb through that pile of seracs six times. http://www.patrickmauro.com/blog/everest2017-namche monthly 0.5 2017-04-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5304f7eae4b0a78f9c8afe13/1490891956780-FUK2GMECQIRDXCR9XG7J/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Everest and Lhotse Expedition: Chaos Chaos in the streets outside Thamel, Kathmandu https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5304f7eae4b0a78f9c8afe13/1490891897958-SVDEG0Z489BF5LFZHPA4/2+-+At+Airport.jpg Blog - Everest and Lhotse Expedition: Chaos - Getting to Kathmandu Airport at 5:30am https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5304f7eae4b0a78f9c8afe13/1490891810864-H8TZE27AHDK24668O5EK/3+-+Boarding+Plane.jpg Blog - Everest and Lhotse Expedition: Chaos - Boarding the plane to Lukla https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5304f7eae4b0a78f9c8afe13/1490891957315-L7D3478K090TL1WWX3QE/4+-+In+Plane.jpg Blog - Everest and Lhotse Expedition: Chaos - Me and the crew on the plane We're a bit nervous because our destination is the most dangerous airport in the world. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5304f7eae4b0a78f9c8afe13/1490892135229-7Z5SWBYHG18D87490GO6/5+-+Lukla+Airport.jpg Blog - Everest and Lhotse Expedition: Chaos - Tenzing-Hilary Airport in Lukla Runway altitude: 9,334' (2,845 m) Runway length: 1,729' (527 m) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5304f7eae4b0a78f9c8afe13/1490892851031-IY2AKX3GN87C1I5JCFDY/6+-+Trek+-+Everest+Sign.jpg Blog - Everest and Lhotse Expedition: Chaos - Useful sign along the trekking route Going uphill generally gets you to Everest https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5304f7eae4b0a78f9c8afe13/1490892856925-K0EV2HTAM7EF1NXGTVCI/7+-+Trek+-+Bridge.jpg Blog - Everest and Lhotse Expedition: Chaos - One of the first bridge crossings on the way to Namche Bazar https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5304f7eae4b0a78f9c8afe13/1490893031706-6QYYBBLKDR0DP8QJULE3/8+-+Trek+-+Mist.jpg Blog - Everest and Lhotse Expedition: Chaos - Early morning fog outside Phakding https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5304f7eae4b0a78f9c8afe13/1490893052902-S1U5H1X052W8Z5Q72M13/9+-+Trek+-+Team.jpg Blog - Everest and Lhotse Expedition: Chaos - The team en route to Namche Bazar https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5304f7eae4b0a78f9c8afe13/1490893099732-V36JFJ1AVT1PPNM3W249/11+-+Trek+-+Flowers.jpg Blog - Everest and Lhotse Expedition: Chaos - A wet spring means that the flowers are in bloom https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5304f7eae4b0a78f9c8afe13/1490893140188-RM8TCZ4WCQBEXEFJ6Y95/12+-+Trek+-+Bridge.jpg Blog - Everest and Lhotse Expedition: Chaos - Bridge crossing over the Dudh Koshi River https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5304f7eae4b0a78f9c8afe13/1490893046188-VST3I91SISMGODNG2F59/10+-+Trek+-+Porter.jpg Blog - Everest and Lhotse Expedition: Chaos A porter carries goods along the trekking route between Lukla and Namche Bazar https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5304f7eae4b0a78f9c8afe13/1490893238342-FAIQ2IG7QRMVP6KMNS6P/13+-+Namche+Town.jpg Blog - Everest and Lhotse Expedition: Chaos Namche Bazar viewed from above the town's monestary https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5304f7eae4b0a78f9c8afe13/1490892887479-2D9YFWBAOWQCISP8T4WE/14+-+Namche+-+Mountain+View.jpg Blog - Everest and Lhotse Expedition: Chaos Kongde Ri (20,299’; 6,187 m) across the valley from Namche Bazar http://www.patrickmauro.com/blog/2016/9/3/cho-oyu-expedition-kathmandu-to-lhasa monthly 0.5 2016-09-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5304f7eae4b0a78f9c8afe13/1472946018226-F8POT55UQDLOFUR6TI7V/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Cho Oyu Expedition: Kathmandu to Lhasa Kathmandu Streets https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5304f7eae4b0a78f9c8afe13/1472946081320-0LMY7QK65X1S9U009CFC/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Cho Oyu Expedition: Kathmandu to Lhasa The Himalayas https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5304f7eae4b0a78f9c8afe13/1472946274242-EMTN7YZ8BW8PWO0XSU20/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Cho Oyu Expedition: Kathmandu to Lhasa Norbulingka http://www.patrickmauro.com/blog/everest-2015-avalanche monthly 0.5 2017-03-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5304f7eae4b0a78f9c8afe13/1430405465679-F79ZT4BJ3UWS2GPO91DT/image-asset.jpeg Blog - The Deadly Power of the 2015 Everest Avalanche Seracs on Mount Rainier, 2013 (Patrick Mauro) http://www.patrickmauro.com/blog/2014/11/16/nyc-marathon-2014-the-wind monthly 0.5 2014-11-17 http://www.patrickmauro.com/blog/2014/5/3/wittenberg-cornell-hike monthly 0.5 2015-07-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5304f7eae4b0a78f9c8afe13/1399579410462-YDLPE3ODXWQ9BTBCI5ME/wittenberg+summit Blog - Wittenberg-Cornell Hike View from the summit of Wittenberg Mountain with the Ashokan Reservoir in the distance https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5304f7eae4b0a78f9c8afe13/1399579324118-X9OZ39G161GTF912QZI4/IMG_2123.JPG Blog - Wittenberg-Cornell Hike Andre on one of the many scrambles on the way up https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5304f7eae4b0a78f9c8afe13/1399580825372-9NWBOC22NNLSTA5G0CHJ/IMG_2132.JPG Blog - Wittenberg-Cornell Hike View from the summit of Cornell of Slide Mountain (left-most peak) and Panther Mountain (right-most peak) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5304f7eae4b0a78f9c8afe13/1399581185882-R49G29YTGVMYEKM53QZC/IMG_2126.JPG Blog - Wittenberg-Cornell Hike - Andre and Me on Wittenberg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5304f7eae4b0a78f9c8afe13/1399581176113-G7QAPPDQI5IODTGW0F71/IMG_2133.JPG Blog - Wittenberg-Cornell Hike - Andre and Me on Cornell https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5304f7eae4b0a78f9c8afe13/1399581191675-7ZJ04AIIQTL4WQDMGZPO/IMG_2131.JPG Blog - Wittenberg-Cornell Hike - Panther Mountain Photographed from the summit of Cornell Mountain. Giant Ledge is the minor summit just to the left of the tall tree in the foreground. 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Hood, Oregon, USA Here's a shot from daybreak at Illumination Saddle on Mt. Hood. Before this picture was taken, we endured over 12 hours of freezing fog in a whiteout. This summit attempt ended in failure when we were unable to find our way across the Yocum Ridge, but I began to realize that I might be ready for the psycological challenges of Himalayan climbing. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5304f7eae4b0a78f9c8afe13/1489506854720-ZCTDTG6DVRKTD73LRFWE/DSC03451.jpg HRT Slideshow - Alpine start on Mt. Hood, Oregon, USA Here's a shot from daybreak at Illumination Saddle on Mt. Hood. Before this picture was taken, we endured over 12 hours of freezing fog in a whiteout. This summit attempt ended in failure when we were unable to find our way across the Yocum Ridge, but I began to realize that I might be ready for the psycological challenges of Himalayan climbing. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5304f7eae4b0a78f9c8afe13/1489506942806-SYIQ8OEA3O22MYIE1YW0/DSC03703.jpg HRT Slideshow - Adams Glacier, Mt. Adams, Washington, USA On that trip, our bad luck continued during our attempt to climb Mt. Adams via the very technical and somewhat treacherous Adams Glacier. The adventure began when we had to stop our car 4 miles from the trailhead due to felled trees blocking the road. We suffered one crevasse fall and numerous route finding challenges on this broken up chunk of ice and got to the top of the route in a near whiteout. Down climbing the NE Ridge was fraught with loose, unstable snow and rock and high avalanche risk. When we got to the hotel that night after a 25 hour day and 23 hours of movement, I still had more fight in me and I knew I was ready to head to Cho Oyu. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5304f7eae4b0a78f9c8afe13/1489506986661-N1ACGCQ3ENSJC8W4A8H4/DSC03843.jpg HRT Slideshow - Looking towards the Reid Glacier from Illumination Saddle, Mt. Hood, Oregon, USA When you live on a mountain, you get to know its personality. I returned to Mt. Hood in July and successfully summitted via the Hogsback Route. The mountain had changed significantly since I was last there. All the brown, volcanic rock you see in this photo had been covered in feet of rime ice only a few months prior. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5304f7eae4b0a78f9c8afe13/1489506894983-BB5NKLZ9M6W5JUXZE8O6/DSC04258.jpg HRT Slideshow - Sunrise from the Summit of Mt. Hood, Oregon, USA In the background are Mt. St. Helens, Mt. Rainier, and Mt. Adams https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5304f7eae4b0a78f9c8afe13/1489507009258-WOAMIUCYAZ9710PMSK6E/DSC09775-2.jpg HRT Slideshow - Machapuchare looming over Pokhara, Nepal The mountains encroach on all parts of Nepali life. Machapuchare ("Fishtail Peak") has never been summitted. Just like Mt. Kailash in Tibet, the mountain is considered a sacred peak and is closed to climbers. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5304f7eae4b0a78f9c8afe13/1489507033818-D8Y89D633XXR7COK6GMI/DSC00028-2.jpg HRT Slideshow - Nyatapola Temple in Bhaktapur, Nepal There is a seamless blend between Hinduism and Buddhism in Nepal. Squares enclosing temples and stupas punctuate the otherwise tortuous network of Medeival streets. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5304f7eae4b0a78f9c8afe13/1489507057825-ZEGY9DQU8JNUSPQ59TJI/DSC04885.jpg HRT Slideshow - Potala Palace, Lhasa, Tibet Once you enter Tibet, you immediately understand that this is region has been subjugated by China. Police patrol the streets in groups of four - two with automatic rifles, one with a shotgun, and one with a fire extinguisher to deter self-immolation. The Potala Palace was the Dalai Lama's home before his exile. The Chinese constructed the Monument to the Peaceful Liberation of Tibet in a square immediately adjacent to Potala Palace. Over 5,000 Tibetans died defending their homeland from China's invasion. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5304f7eae4b0a78f9c8afe13/1489510333143-0F0D5TIIVSK419NQ6LGA/DSC05971.jpg HRT Slideshow - The Road to Base Camp, Cho Oyu, Tibet This road used to be an ancient trade route between China and India. Merchants would travel over the Nangpa La, a 19,049' (5,806m) pass across the Himalayas, trading Tibetan salt for Nepali produce and spices. In 2006 the location was the site of an incident where the PLA fired upon a group of unarmed Tibetans refugees attempting to joint he Dalai Lama in India (link). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5304f7eae4b0a78f9c8afe13/1489510392310-GQHIBVWAWXYLJ97SAH2O/DSC06345.jpg HRT Slideshow - Camp I on Cho Oyu, Tibet - 21,019' (6,407m) High altitude expedition climbing involves a lot of waiting around in miserable, claustrophobic conditions. I spent more nights than I cared to at Camp I on Cho Oyu. Excursions out of the tent were limited to trips to the bathroom - a pit dug into a snow bridge over a crevasse - or to the mess tent to get more hot water for tea or ramen. Once we had to spend 36 hours in our tent waiting for a snowstorm to pass. (That was lucky. We could have been stuck there for a week.) Things are guaranteed to get more savage on Mt. Everest. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5304f7eae4b0a78f9c8afe13/1489510317859-91ROWUX4TXQMCT6PX3C4/DSC05088.jpg HRT Slideshow - Cho Oyu Summit, Tibet/Nepal - 26,906' (8,201m) Any time you venture above base camp, you're exposing yourself to extreme risk. The chance of death on Cho Oyu is about 1 in 200. The chance of dying on Everest is about 1 in 100. In order to break up the tension, I've decided to bring costumes on any high-risk excursions. Things got a bit cold in the -10F (-23C) weather but I think my hair looks fabulous. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5304f7eae4b0a78f9c8afe13/1489511217292-9VJK7KMTA33EHZA482Z2/DSC07626.jpg HRT Slideshow - Horses Grazing in the Cordón de Plata, Argentina - 11,898' (3,627m) While the expedition to Cho Oyu was effectively a dress rehearsal for Everest, my trip to Argentina to climb Aconcagua in a solo, unassisted, speed ascent was mainly psychological preparation. It worked. I was incredibly uncomfortable during my first few excursions into the mountains, but then I realized that the challenges presented by the terrain and weather were nothing I hadn't overcome before. This section in the Andes above Mendoza reminded me of the High Sierras in California. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5304f7eae4b0a78f9c8afe13/1489511194841-YNQ08RM44NCTMWYYEDHU/DSC07934.jpg HRT Slideshow - Vineyard in the Uco Valley, Argentina During the Austral summer, the Andes are lashed by fierce storms where wind speeds can exceed 80mph. Climbing on technical terrain becomes very difficult in winds over 35mph and nearly impossible over 60mph. During these storms I passed the days touring the wine country around Mendoza. The price of a full meal consisting of the juiciest, biggest cut of steak you've ever seen and the nice bottle of Malbec: $20 USD. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5304f7eae4b0a78f9c8afe13/1489511101550-6YVKIP4K3EYQ7Q5W8295/DSC07776.jpg HRT Slideshow - Milky Way Shot from High Camp on Volcán Maipo, Argentina/Chile - 12,005' (3,659m) I didn't want to get up on summit day for Volcán Maipo. The sense of remoteness had really started to get to me. I was all alone. I don't mean that no one else was in my climbing party. I mean that no one else was on the mountain. Fear latches on to nonspecific adversaries. It feeds on the unknown. I knew what I was up against - high class-4 climbs on loose rock, a solo glacier traverse, the grating effects of hypoxia - so I wasn't scared, just really discomforted. 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