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  • Himalayan mountaineer Jay Jensen experiences 100+mph winds at about 23,000' on Baruntse Peak, Nepal.
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  • John Muir Wilderness, Sierra Nevada, California.	A mountaineer watches dawn break after bivouac on a mountain ledge.	color image,photography,outdoors,day,one person,men,unrecognizable person,standing,watching,dawn,low angle view,mountain climbing,mountaineer,climbing,sport,athlete,relaxation,morning,full length,rear view,sunrises,sky,cliffs,mountains,rock,keeler needle,john muir wilderness area,sierra nevada mountains,california,camps,camping,inyo national forest,adventure bivouac,inyo county,adventure,copy space
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  • ANTARCTICA. Mountaineer Vern Tejas on Mount Vaughan in Queen Maud Mountains, part of the vast Trans-Antarctic Mountains. Cappellari and Amundsen Glaciers bkg.
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  • Mountaineer Sam Lightner (MR) descends a slot canyon below huge Shipton's Arch in the arid Kara Tagh Mountains near the Taklimakan Desert in China's Xinjiang province.
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  • A helicopter flies below a mountaineer in the Cirque of the Unclimbables.
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  • ANTARCTICA. Mountaineer Hector MacKenzie on first ascent of Mount Simmons in southern Ellsworth Mountains.  Vast polar icecap background.
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  • Helicopter flies over mountaineer crossing a narrow arete in the Cirque of the Unclimbables, Yukon Territory, Canada.
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  • BAFFIN ISLAND, NUNAVUT, CANADA. Mountaineer Alex Lowe, in hanging camp, hears on radio that leaders are near summit of Great Sail Peak. Stewart Valley bkg. (MR)
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  • Stewart Valley, Baffin Island, Nunavut, Canada. A mountaineer free climbs high on Great Sail Peak's huge north face.
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  • ANTARCTICA. Mountaineer Hector MacKenzie on bare ice glacier in southern Ellsworth Mountains.  Mount Fordell bkg.
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  • ANTARCTICA. Mountaineer Hector MacKenzie on bare ice glacier in southern Ellsworth Mountains.  Mount Fordell bkg.
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  • ANTARCTICA, Ski mountaineer Tom Day (MR), on Calley Glacier, Danco Coast, Antarctic Peninsula, during Warren Miller ski movie shoot.
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  • Mountaineer Rick Ridgeway huddles against the cold during a forced bivouac in Queen Maud Land, Antarctica.
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  • Great Himalaya Range, Kashmir, India. Mountaineer cross country skis around camp in Warwan Valley during two-week Himalayan crossing.
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  • Cordillera Sarmiento, Patagonia, Chile. A mountaineer relaxes at camp in this previously unexplored range.
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  • Cordillera Sarmiento, Patagonia, Chile. A mountaineer digs out a storm-choked entrance to a snow cave shelter.
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  • ANTARCTICA, Ski mountaineer Mike Farny jumps icy serac on Mount Berry, Calley Glacier, Danco Coast during Warren Miller ski movie filming.
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  • ANTARCTICA, Ski mountaineer Mike Farny (MR) climbs Mount Berry, Danco Coast, Antarctic Peninsula, during Warren Miller ski movie filming.
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  • ANTARCTICA, Ski mountaineer Mike Farny jumps icy serac on Mount Berry, Calley Glacier, Danco Coast during Warren Miller ski movie filming.
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  • Mountaineer Dr. Peter Hackett skis on the Changri Nup Glacier near Mount Everest, which towers in the background.
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  • CHINA, Xinjiang.  Mountaineer Sam Lightner (MR) in slot canyons below Shipton's Arch in arid Kara Tagh Mts near Taklimakan Desert.
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  • Mountaineer Jay Jensen skis on the Changri Nup Glacier near Mount Everest, which towers in the background.
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  • ANTARCTICA, Queen Maud Land.  Mountaineer pees in a barrel. Antarctic protocol is to fly out anything imported to the continent, including human waste.
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  • Filchner Mountains, Antarctica.	Alex Lowe bivouacs near the summit of Troll's Castle.
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  • MOUNTAINEERING. Climbers on Crescent Glacier, below Snowpatch Spire in the Bugaboo Mountains, British Coumbia, Canada.
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  • MOUNTAINEERING. Climbers on Crescent Glacier, below Snowpatch Spire in the Bugaboo Mountains, British Coumbia, Canada.
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  • ANTARCTICA, Queen Maud Mountains. Vern Tejas (MR) on false summit of 10,302-foot Mount Vaughan, near the South Pole in the Queen Maud Mountains, part of the vast Trans-Antarctic Mountains.  Mount Goodale bkg.
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  • Michael Graber (MR) climbs lower slopes of The Troll's Castle in the Filchner Mountains, Queen Maud Land, Antarctica.
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  • ANTARCTICA. Alex Lowe (MR) atop a pinnacle on 2850-meter Mount Bearskin in the Ellsworth Mountains.
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  • ANTARCTICA, Queen Maud Mountains. Vern Tejas (MR) surveys route on 10,302-foot Mount Vaughan, near the South Pole, up which he is guiding Norman Vaughan, 88, after whom the peak was named in 1929 by Richard Byrd in honor of Vaughan's participation in Byrd's 1929 expedition to fly over the Pole. Trans-Antarctic Mountains.
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  • Khumbu Region, Himalaya, Nepal. Mountaineers camp at Zatr Og pass, atop Sebuk Danda ridge above Lukla.
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  • Vern Tejas (MR) nears the  summit of Mount Vaughan in the Trans-Antarctic Mountains, Antarctica.
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  • Expedition members ski near the wind-whipped Filchner Mountains in Queen Maud Land, Antarctica.
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  • A young mountaineer and his adult companions descend the Vowell Glacier after climbing a mountain in Bugaboo Provincial Park, British Columbia, Canada.
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  • A mountaineer crosses the Vowell Glacier under the Howser Spires Massif in Bugaboo Provincial Park, in the Purcell Mountains of British Columbia, Canada.
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  • A Mountaineer stands atop a high ridge in the Cirque of the Unclimbables in Canada's Logan Mountains.
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  • A mountaineer ascends slope below Pilot Peak.
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  • Mountaineer Sam Lightner, Jr. climbs treacherous conglomerate rock on Shipton’s Arch in the arid Kara Tagh Mountains next to the Taklimakan Desert near Kashagar (Kashi) in Xinjiang Province, China. Later the expedition crossed the range by descending the dangerous and unexplored slot canyon behind him.
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  • Mountaineer Sam Lightner, Jr. climbs treacherous conglomerate rock on Shipton’s Arch in the arid Kara Tagh Mountains next to the hazy Taklimakan Desert near Kashagar (Kashi) in Xinjiang Province, China. Later the expedition crossed the range by descending the dangerous and unexplored slot canyon below him.
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  • Mountaineer Sam Lightner, Jr. climbs treacherous conglomerate rock on Shipton’s Arch in the arid Kara Tagh Mountains next to the Taklimakan Desert near Kashagar (Kashi) in Xinjiang Province, China.
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  • Mountaineer Sam Lightner, Jr. climbs treacherous conglomerate rock on Shipton’s Arch in the arid Kara Tagh Mountains next to the hazy Taklimakan Desert near Kashagar (Kashi) in Xinjiang Province, China. Later the expedition crossed the range by descending the dangerous and unexplored slot canyon below him.
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  • A mountaineer studies the east face of Mount Whitney, the highest summit in the lower 48 States, en route to climbing nearby mountains.
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  • A mountaineer rappels below Shipton’s Arch, one of the world’s largest natural bridges, which is well hidden in the arid Kara Tagh Mountains next to the Taklimakan Desert near Kashagar (Kashi) in Xinjiang Province, China.
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  • Mountaineer Mark Newcomb ascends treacherous conglomerate rock on Shipton’s Arch in the arid Kara Tagh Mountains next to the Taklimakan Desert near Kashagar (Kashi) in Xinjiang Province, China.  Later the team crossed the range, descending into the dangerous and previously unknown slot canyon behind him.
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  • Mountaineer Sam Lightner, Jr. climbs treacherous conglomerate rock on Shipton’s Arch in the arid Kara Tagh Mountains next to the Taklimakan Desert near Kashagar (Kashi) in Xinjiang Province, China. Later the expedition crossed the range by descending the dangerous and unexplored slot canyon behind  him.
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  • Mountaineer Mark Newcomb climbs treacherous conglomerate rock on Shipton’s Arch in the arid Kara Tagh Mountains next to the hazy Taklimakan Desert near Kashagar (Kashi) in Xinjiang Province, China. Later the expedition crossed the range by descending the dangerous and unexplored slot canyon below him.
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  • Mountaineer Mark Newcomb climbs treacherous conglomerate rock on Shipton’s Arch in the arid Kara Tagh Mountains next to the Taklimakan Desert near Kashagar (Kashi) in Xinjiang Province, China. Later the expedition crossed the range by descending the dangerous and unexplored slot canyon below him.
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  • Mountaineer Roger Schley surveys the high Sierra backcountry from Mount Humphreys, above Bishop, California.
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  • Mountaineer John Moynier prepares to cook a meal during a bivouac near the summit of Temple Crag in the Palisade Glacier region of California’s Sierra Nevada.
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  • A mountaineer stands atop 14,040+ foot Starlight Peak, on the Palisade Crest in California's Sierra Nevada.  This summit divides Kings Canyon National Park (background) and John Muir Wilderness.
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  • A mountaineer approaches the summit of Mount Humphreys on the crest of California's Sierra Nevada.
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  • A mountaineer approaches the foggy summit of Mount Humphreys on the crest of California's Sierra Nevada.
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  • Mountaineer John Fischer stands atop a crag below Mount Humphreys on the crest of California's Sierra Nevada.
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  • A mountaineer stands on a foggy outcrop of Mount Gould in Montana's Glacier National Park.
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  • A mountaineer stands below Shipton’s Arch, one of the world’s largest natural bridges, in the arid Kara Tagh Mountains next to the Taklimakan Desert near Kashagar (Kashi) in Xinjiang Province, China.
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  • A mountaineer crosses the Palisade Glacier en route to climbing a peak on the Palisade crest of California’s Sierra Nevada.  Behind is Mount Gayley.
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  • Mountaineer Mike Rufer climbs on Mount Gayley in the Palisades region of California's Sierra Nevada.
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  • A mountaineer melts snow for water in a camp below the Palisade Glacier in California's Sierra Nevada.  Behind are 14,000+ foot North Palisade and Thunderbolt Peaks.
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  • Mountaineer Mike Rufer climbs on Mount Gayley in the Palisades region of California's Sierra Nevada.
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  • Mountaineer Mike Rufer climbs on Mount Gayley in the Palisades region of California's Sierra Nevada.
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  • Mountaineer Mike Rufer climbs on Mount Gayley in the Palisades region of California's Sierra Nevada.
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  • Mountaineer Mike Rufer climbs on Mount Gayley in the Palisades region of California's Sierra Nevada.
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  • Mountaineer Mike Rufer climbs on Mount Gayley in the Palisades region of California's Sierra Nevada.
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  • Mountaineer Mike Rufer climbs on Mount Gayley in the Palisades region of California's Sierra Nevada.
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  • Mountaineer Mike Rufer climbs on Mount Gayley in the Palisades region of California's Sierra Nevada.
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  • Mountaineer Mike Rufer climbs on Mount Gayley in the Palisades region of California's Sierra Nevada.
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  • Mountaineer Mike Rufer climbs on Mount Gayley in the Palisades region of California's Sierra Nevada.
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  • Mountaineer Mike Rufer climbs on Mount Gayley in the Palisades region of California's Sierra Nevada.
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  • Mountaineer Mike Rufer climbs on Mount Gayley in the Palisades region of California's Sierra Nevada.
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  • Mountaineer Mike Rufer climbs on Mount Gayley in the Palisades region of California's Sierra Nevada.
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  • A mountaineer leaves camp for a climb up one of the 14,000-foot peaks above the nearby Palisade Glacier in California's Sierra Nevada.
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  • Baffin Island, Nunavut, Canada. Looking out of a hanging tent, high up on Great Sail Peak.
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  • Great Sail Peak, Baffin Island, Nunavut, Canada. Alex Lowe looks for gear on a very difficult aid pitch.
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  • An early trekker rests atop 5780m Amphu Laptsa Pass between the Hongu Basin and Imja Valley in Nepal's Khumbu Region of the Himalaya. Lhotse Peak towers in the background.  (1980)
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  • Camped atop a 16,000+ foot pass, ski mountaineer Allan Pietrasanta looks back at some of the gorges his team followed during an expedition across India's Great Himalaya Range from Ladakh to Kashmir.  Just hours later, on the other side of the pass, the team was caught in an avalanche and the photographer crushed two vertebrae, but the group finished their journey under their own power.
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  • A mountaineer camps atop a 16,000+ foot pass near the end of an expedition to ski from Ladakh to Kashmir across India's Great Himalaya Range.  Later that day the team was avalanched over a cliff on the other side of the pass and the photographer crushed two vertebrae, but the team managed to finish the expedition successfully under their own power.
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  • A mountaineer skis near the Muhlig-Hoffman Mountains in Queen Maud Land.
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  • Mountaineer Sam Lightner (MR) rappels down dangerous loose, crumbling rock in slot canyons below Shipton's Arch in arid Kara Tagh Mountains near Kashgar and the Taklimakan Desert.
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  • A young Sherpa mountaineer learns proper belay techniques at a climbing school operated by Mountain Travel Nepal in September, 1980.
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  • ANTARCTICA. Ski mountaineer Mike Farny (MR) jumps icy serac on Mount Berry above Calley Glacier, Danco Coast, Antarctic Peninsula.
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  • ANTARCTICA. Mountaineer atop Independence Hills in southern Ellsworth Mountains.  Dr. Lis Densmore (MR).  Vast polar icecap in background.
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  • A mountaineer cooks in a remote Patagonian snow cave.
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  • CORDILLERA SARMIENTO EXPEDITION, CHILE. Mountaineer Jack Miller (MR) rests in mossy rain forest in this previously unexplored mountain range above the southern fjords of Patagonia.
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  • A mountaineer ascends Cordillera Sarmiento, a previously unexplored Chilean Range.
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  • A lone ski mountaineer stands atop the Patriot Hills in the southern Ellsworth Mountains, Antarctica.
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  • Mountaineer Michael Graber ascends a satellite peak of the Troll's Castle (bkg.) in Queen Maud Land, Antarctica.  Behind is the vast polar plateau.
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  • A ski mountaineer crosses Gulol Pass, en route across the Himalaya.
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  • Ski mountaineer Allan Pietrasanta squeezes with two companions into a small two-person tent during a pioneering two-week ski expedition across India's Great Himalaya Range, from Ladakh to Kashmir.
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  • Using a short, thin rope, ski mountaineer AllanPietrasanta rappels from trees to tree into the Warwan River Gorge during a pioneering two-week ski expedition from Ladakh to Kashmir across India's Great Himalaya Range.
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  • Ski mountaineer Allan Pietrasanta kicks steps down an icy slope above the Warwan River Gorge, during a pioneering two-week ski expedition across India's Great Himalaya Range, from Ladakh to Kashmir.
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  • Ski mountaineer Allan Pietrasanta explores around a camp below 16,000 foot Warwan Pass during a pioneering two-week ski expedition across India's Great Himalaya Range, from Ladakh to Kashmir.
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  • A mountaineer rappels below Shipton's Arch in the Kara Tagh Mountains near Kashgar, Xinjiang, China.
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  • Mountaineer Mark Newcomb rappels below massive Shipton's Arch in the Kara Tagh Mountains near Kashgar, Xinjiang, China.
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  • A mountaineer stands atop Shipton's Arch in the Kara Tagh Mountains near Kashgar, Xinjiang, China.
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  • A mountaineer looks at mountains along the Continental Divide from a bivouac cave on Mount Gould, in Montana's Glacier National Park.
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  • ANTARCTICA. Ski mountaineer Brian Sisselman (MR) in powder snow on Detroit Plateau, above Calley Glacier, Danco Coast, Antarctic Peninsula.
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  • Mountaineer Michael Graber ascends a satellite peak of the Troll's Castle (bkg.) in Queen Maud Land, Antarctica.  Behind is the vast polar plateau.
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  • A mountaineer hikes below the Troll's Castle, Filchner Mountains, Queen Maud Land.
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  • A mountaineer camps atop a 16,000+ foot pass near the end of an expedition to ski from Ladakh to Kashmir across India's Great Himalaya Range.  Later that day the team was avalanched over a cliff on the other side of the pass and the photographer crushed two vertebrae, but the team managed to finish the expedition successfully under their own power.
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  • A ski mountaineer - dwarfed by India's Great Himalaya Range - climbs out of the Warwan River Gorge as a storm approaches and avalanche danger builds.
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