sunrise at abc, we called this peak the "throne" because we built a toilet at it's base. one night we were woken up by rock fall from the top. laying in your tent wondering if you are going to be crushed by an avalanche is always a fun time! 

some cornices on "nevis" around 20,000' 

Randall and Gerard are on the flat ledge just right of center, probably around 17,000' 

unloading some gear on the aksai chin plateau. nobody moves to fast at 16,000' 

modeling the fall line. orange is always a popular color.  

Gerard calmly hiking up...moments before before being tackled. 

watching from basecamp as dale soloed a peak. we tried to signal him with mirrors and such, but he wasn't paying attention, probably because he was a few miles away and a mile higher! 

smackdown...this takes quite a bit of effort at 19,000+' 

a surreal dawn at 17,000' 

irish...what more can you say? 

waiting for the weather to stabilize at 21,210' 

the troops hanging out at 20,320' (the height of denali!) waiting for the weather to clear. it didn't that day. but the next day 6 team members made it up the 22,222' summit 

randall and dale waiting at a military checkpoint...we tried a bribe, but they weren't biting, so we had to wait about half a day 

yet more photos

so i managed to get the next batch online. i need to scan some more slides and will hopefully get around to that in the near future. hope you enjoy the photos.
cheers,
ben

another shot of my most recent failed climb, don't worry i can guarantee that i won't get up some other climbs! 

annie, shedding layers on the way up "nevis", that's india/tibet in the far background 

"lefty" peak. this shot was taken while hiking around the 17,000' camp 

brook on the long slog to the top of "nevis" 21,780' 

hopefully the last camel ride any of us will have to take...they are not very comfortable! 

camels hanging out at 12,000' with the Pamirs in the background 

the start of the couloir i climbed 

here is the "face" after i climbed out of the couloior, classic case of being steeper than the photo suggests 

looking down couloir # 2...the one i actually cllimbed 

kitty litter canyon, in all it's glory. brook, trevor and toma climbed the peak in the background on brook's birthday (18,975') 

you can really tell that this road worker loves his job. (he didn't have any ear protection!) 

dale at the beginning of the end. shortly after this shot we pulled a few moves that we weren't going to down climb. it was all up...and steep and loose...from there!