Approaching the yellow band and geneva spur with everests summit pyramid beyond 20 may1

Timelime Science Into Thin Air

  • receive base camp information

  • reports of sever weather, trip is delayed

  • working out final details of the trip

  • The journey began

    The journey began
  • reach 9,200 feet

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  • Reach 16,200 feet, Khumbu Glacier, 12 miles of ice

  • Reach 16,200 feet, The Lobuje

    Reach 16,200 feet, The Lobuje
  • Arrived at base camp and had a Puja Ceremony

    Arrived at base camp and had a Puja Ceremony
  • Reach Everest base camp, 17,600 feet

  • Reach Everest base camp

  • Resting after passage thorugh Ice Fall

    Resting after passage thorugh Ice Fall
  • Spent the night at camp 1

    Spent the night at camp 1
  • Descent to the lower Ice Fall

  • Team acclimatizes at camp 2

    Team acclimatizes at camp 2
  • Nawang sick with edema, very sick

  • Guide ropes need to be fixed at South Col

  • Nawang rushed to Kathmandu

  • Team now stable (o2) at camp 3, 24,000 feet

    Team now stable (o2) at camp 3, 24,000 feet
  • Descended back to base camp 2 for rest

    Descended back to base camp 2 for rest
  • Fischer's crew is looking strong

  • Jon sperates ribs when coughing

    Jon sperates ribs when coughing
  • Resting at camp 2

  • Left camp 2

  • Reach camp 3

  • Major storm, 8 die many stranded

  • Begin descent

    Begin descent
  • Scott Fischer and Rob Hall stranded on Everest

  • 8 confirmed dead on Everest

  • Fisher is buried above south pole

  • Imax group finds Rob Halls body