Here's a shot of Shanee and I heading off to Base Camp. The camp is still out of site; it's in the lower middle of this picture--right where the grey, brown, and white parts meet. The snowy part to the right is the Khumbu Icefall--where the climbers begin their journey to Everest.
Here's an avalanche we saw on the way.
Our camera ran out of batteries at about this time, so you won't be seeing Base Camp itself. You won't miss much, though--it was the same as this just with some flat spots for pitching tents.
The Icefall is the beginning of the Khumbu Glacier. The Glacier is 17 km long and 120 meters deep. As the glacier melts away it leaves these rocks up on stilts of ice. Pretty cool, huh?
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