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Crossing a makeshift ladder over a crevasse on Tocllaraju, Peru

The photograph below shows Pasang Ongchu Sherpa crossing a ladder over a crevasse on Tocllaraju in Peru. A Himalayan veteran with multiple ascents of Everest and Manaslu to his name Pasang is no stranger to using ladders to get across crevasses, but even he looked a little nervous crossing this one. Continue reading →
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Published on July 24, 2014 08:08
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