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One of the Sherpa rope-fixers yesterday on the summit of Lhotse, with Everest in background.

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Us climber Sean McLane at the gate of the Indian Mountaineering Foundation offices.

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Gaston Rebuffat climbing in the Alps.

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Sherpa climbers at Everest

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