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
About the Author
Ash Routen
Ash Routen is an outdoor and adventure writer from the UK specialising in adventurous travel and expeditions, such as mountaineering, polar travel, and ocean crossings. Ash juggles a day job as a public health scientist with this second career in outdoor writing.
His words have featured in national newspapers, national and international outdoor and adventure magazines, and various websites. Bylines include Financial Times, Daily Telegraph, Outside Magazine, Rock and Ice, and Red Bull.
Alongside writing, Ash also spends some time undertaking his own adventures, and completed a 640 km foot crossing of a frozen Lake Baikal in 2018. His next arctic journey is a 700 km trek along the coast of Baffin Island in Canada.
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