British climber and photographer Jon Griffith is attempting the Everest-Lhotse traverse this season with Sherpa Tenji. Griffith plans to live-stream and record the ascent in Virtual Reality 3D, in memory of his close friend Ueli Steck.
Here is a selection of Jon’s photographs from week one on the mountain.
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- Climbers in the icefall. Photo: Jon Griffith.
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- Griffith negotiating a crevasse
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- Photo credit: Jon Griffith
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- Into the mouth of a crevasse
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- A Puja ceremony
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- Looking up to Everest
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- Tenji on the move
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- Nuptse in the background
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- Himalayan giants shrouded in cloud
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- View on the walk in
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- Basecamp at night
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