We hike up to the Cho La pass

Sherpas Kharma Sherpa and Ang Pasang, our sirdar

Lobuje East in the distance while descending the other side

Cairns and Ama Dablam from the west

Sunset on Ama Dablam...

Looking from the south at sunset on Nupste

Sunset on Pumori

The classic view on the way to the top of Kala Patar

Members of my trekking group relaxing on top

On the hike down to Shyangboche there is this nice mural honoring the Guru Rimpoche who brought Buddhism to the Khumbu

In the middle foreground you can see all of the monuments for climbers and Sherpas who have died on expeditions

View down valley

The rebuilt Thangboche Monastery - the original was destroyed in a fire

The Head Lama

Classic view of Everest behind the Nupste-Lhotse wall