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Climber coming up to Camp 3 on Everest, Tibet 25th April 2007

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    Claus:

    I love clouds, but it is not to often you see them from above! :-)

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    May 31st, 2007 at 03:27

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Climber coming up to Camp 3 on Everest, Tibet

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Slowly this man takes the last steps up to high camp on the Tibet side of Everest.

Bent over from exhaustion, he is at 8300 meter /27,000ft altitude, but the glacier you see just behind him, is more than 2000 meter/6500ft lower. There is no room for mistakes here, the clouds look soft, but will not protect…

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