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  • Franklin Bay, Beaufort. A dogsled team threads through pressure ridges.
    ST 3544.jpg
  • A succession of Himalayan ridges east of the Khumbu region of Nepal's Himalaya. Shot from Zatr Pass.
    KB 2115.jpg
  • A Mountaineer stands atop a high ridge in the Cirque of the Unclimbables in Canada's Logan Mountains.
    NW 1934.jpg
  • A sunset illuminates the rugged and seldom-visited Crazy Mountains in central Montana near Livingston.
    MTe 080930-446-2.jpg
  • A sunset illuminates the rugged and seldom-visited Crazy Mountains in central Montana near Livingston.
    MTe 080930-446.jpg
  • A sunset illuminates the rugged and seldom-visited Crazy Mountains in central Montana near Livingston.
    MTe 080930-438.jpg
  • A sunset illuminates the rugged and seldom-visited Crazy Mountains in central Montana near Livingston.
    MTe 080930-414.jpg
  • A sunset illuminates the rugged and seldom-visited Crazy Mountains in central Montana near Livingston.
    MTe 080930-407.jpg
  • A sunset illuminates the rugged and seldom-visited Crazy Mountains in central Montana near Livingston.
    MTe 080930-375.jpg
  • Montana's rugged Absaroka Mountains rise north of Yellowstone National Park in Beartooth-Absaroka Wilderness.
    MTe 080930-169.jpg
  • 11,217-foot Mount Cowen is the highest peak of Montana's rugged Absaroka Mountains, in Absaroka-Beartooth Wilderness, north of Yellowstone National Park
    MTe 080930-105.jpg
  • 11,217-foot Mount Cowen is the highest peak of Montana's rugged Absaroka Mountains, in Absaroka-Beartooth Wilderness, north of Yellowstone National Park
    MTe 080930-094.jpg
  • Filchner Mountains, Queen Maud Land, Antarctica. An expedition skier ascends Mount Kubus in front of Troll's Castle.
    QM 7570.jpg
  • 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.
    CX 3171.jpg
  • 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.
    CX 3131.jpg
  • 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.
    CX 3033.jpg
  • 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.
    CX 2996.jpg
  • A sunset illuminates the rugged and seldom-visited Crazy Mountains in central Montana near Livingston.
    MTe 080930-479.jpg
  • A sunset illuminates the rugged and seldom-visited Crazy Mountains in central Montana near Livingston.
    MTe 080930-471.jpg
  • A sunset illuminates the rugged and seldom-visited Crazy Mountains in central Montana near Livingston.
    MTe 080930-426.jpg
  • A sunset illuminates the rugged and seldom-visited Crazy Mountains in central Montana near Livingston.
    MTe 080930-424.jpg
  • A sunset illuminates the rugged and seldom-visited Crazy Mountains in central Montana near Livingston.
    MTe 080930-397.jpg
  • A sunset illuminates the rugged and seldom-visited Crazy Mountains in central Montana near Livingston.
    MTe 080930-389.jpg
  • A sunset illuminates the rugged and seldom-visited Crazy Mountains in central Montana near Livingston.
    MTe 080930-388-2.jpg
  • Montana's rugged Absaroka Mountains rise north of Yellowstone National Park in Beartooth-Absaroka Wilderness.
    MTe 080930-174.jpg
  • Montana's rugged Absaroka Mountains rise north of Yellowstone National Park in Beartooth-Absaroka Wilderness.
    MTe 080930-150.jpg
  • Montana's rugged Absaroka Mountains rise north of Yellowstone National Park in Beartooth-Absaroka Wilderness.
    MTe 080930-149.jpg
  • A ray of sun illuminates Rangdum Gompa at the foot of the Zanskar Mountains in Ladakh, India,
    TH 3213.jpg
  • Explorer Will Steger mushes guides his dog team on the frozen Arctic Ocean, Northwest Territories, Canada.
    ST 3931.jpg
  • North Cascades National Park, Mount Baker Ski Area, Washington. Skiers hike up Shuksan Arm, below Mount Shuksan.
    SK 21728.jpg
  • Heavily eroded spires and gullies characterize Badlands National Park.
    SD 0106.jpg
  • Afternoon clouds billow around a Himalayan peak in Nepal's Khumbu region, near Mount Everest. (Cholatse?)
    S 1632.jpg
  • Deep canyons of the eastern Andes drain towards the Amazon Basin.
    PT 0210.jpg
  • A hiker walks on the frozen Arctic Ocean at the geographic North Pole.
    NP 1331.jpg
  • Clouds shroud a mountain above the Khumbu Valley in Nepal's Himalaya.
    KF 1610.jpg
  • 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.
    CX 3503.jpg
  • 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.
    CX 3162.jpg
  • 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.
    CX 3139.jpg
  • 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.
    CX 2998.jpg
  • 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.
    CX 2953.jpg
  • Mountaineers Mark Newcomb and Nancy Feaghin explore a treacherous slot canyon carved through conglomerate rock below  Shipton’s Arch in the arid Kara Tagh Mountains next to the hazy Taklimakan Desert near Kashagar (Kashi) in Xinjiang Province, China.
    CX 2225.jpg
  • Mountaineers Mark Newcomb and Nancy Feaghin explore a desert wash looking for a route to Shipton’s Arch (upper left) in the arid Kara Tagh Mountains near Kashagar (Kashi) in Xinjiang Province, China. Later the expedition climbed it from the other side, then crossed the range by descending the dangerous and unexplored slot canyonthat emerges on the far right of this frame.
    CX 2201.jpg
  • Shipton’s Arch, one of the world’s largest natural bridges is well hidden in the arid Kara Tagh Mountains next to the Taklimakan Desert near Kashagar (Kashi) in Xinjiang Province, China.
    CX 1692.jpg
  • A Uygar villager from Mingyol steers a burro cart carrying his wife and him to a market town below the arid Kara Tagh Mountains on the edge of the Taklimakan Desert near Kashgar (Kashi) in Xinjiang, China.
    CX 1636.jpg
  • A Uygur villagers steers his horse cart down a rugged road on the edge of the Taklimakan Desert near Kashagar (Kashi) in Xinjiang Province, China.
    CX 1630.jpg
  • Fortress-like Yumbu Lakang, the oldest castle in Tibet, towers near Tsedang.
    CF 1650.jpg
  • Morning light glows on eroded mineral hills below Zabriskie Point in California's Death Valley National Park.
    CA 1214.jpg
  • Danco Coast, Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica.
    AG 3799.jpg
  • Danco Coast, Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica.
    AG 3798.jpg
  • A sunset illuminates the rugged and seldom-visited Crazy Mountains in central Montana near Livingston.
    MTe 080930-458.jpg
  • A sunset illuminates the rugged and seldom-visited Crazy Mountains in central Montana near Livingston.
    MTe 080930-411.jpg
  • A sunset illuminates the rugged and seldom-visited Crazy Mountains in central Montana near Livingston.
    MTe 080930-378.jpg
  • A sunset illuminates the rugged and seldom-visited Crazy Mountains in central Montana near Livingston.
    MTe 080930-325.jpg
  • A dirt road switchbacks above a canyon draining into the Amazon.
    PE 1911.jpg
  • A trekker hikes out of  the remote Hinku Valley up[ Zatr Pass in the Khumbu region of Nepal's Himalaya.
    KB 2119.jpg
  • 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.
    CX 3838.jpg
  • Reinhold & Hubert Messner test sleds amidst pressure ridges before attempting to cross the Arctic Ocean from Severnaya Zemlya, Russia, to Canada, via the North Pole. Background mist rises from open water leads. Temperature is about minus 35 degrees F.
    ST 6458.jpg
  • DOGSLEDDING, International Arctic Project. Team led by Will Steger (MR) threads between pressure ridges on frozen Arctic Ocean shortly after leaving Severnaya Zemlya, Russia, en route to Canada via the North Pole. Air temperature is -40 degrees.
    ST 6889.jpg
  • Khumbu Region, Himalaya, Nepal. Mountaineers camp at Zatr Og pass, atop Sebuk Danda ridge above Lukla.
    KB 1804.jpg
  • INTERNATIONAL ARCTIC PROJECT, Expedition team mushes over wind-sculpted pressure ridge on Arctic Ocean.
    ST 7786.jpg
  • Mount Baker Ski Area, Washington.	An out-of-bounds skier on a ridge in front of Mount Baker.
    SK 21746.jpg
  • A skier catches air on The Ridge at Bridger Bowl ski area.
    SK 21269.jpg
  • SKIING, Montana, Skiers on The Ridge during storm, Bridger Bowl, Montan.
    SK 17737.jpg
  • Selwyn Mountains, Yukon Territory, Canada.  A helicopter lands an advertising crew atop a ridge in the Cirque of the Unclimbables.
    NW 1893.jpg
  • Martha Bellisle scrambles up ridge on Boundary Peak in White Mountains, California.
    BP 3111.jpg
  • Hikers stand atop an eroded ridge near Zabriskie Point in California's Death Valley National Park.
    BP 1651.jpg
  • ANTARCTICA.  Norman Vaughan, 88, climbs steep ridge on first ascent of Mount Vaughan,  a 10,302-foot mountain, near the South Pole, that was named for him by Richard Byrd in honor of his participation in Byrd's 1929 expedition to fly over the Pole. Carolyn Muegge-Vaughan bkg.
    AV 2066.jpg
  • ANTARCTICA, Mount Vaughan Expedition (Queen Maud Mountains region of Trans-Antarctic Mts.), Climbers on south ridge on 10,300' Mt. Vaughan.
    AV 1650.jpg
  • BAFFIN ISLAND, NUNAVUT, CANADA.  Belvedere Ridge & Sam Ford Fjord (capped by Broad Peak on left). Polar Sun Spire above Walker Arm foreground.
    BI 7691.jpg
  • MOUNTAINEERING. Mike McDowell on summit ridge of 4650-meter Mount Shinn, Antarctica's third highest summit. 4,852-meter Mount Tyree (Antarctica's second highest peak) in background.  Ellsworth Mountains.
    AG 2378.jpg
  • Helicopter flies over mountaineer crossing a narrow arete in the Cirque of the Unclimbables, Yukon Territory, Canada.
    NW 1926.jpg
  • A helicopter flies below a mountaineer in the Cirque of the Unclimbables.
    NW 1917.jpg
  • Sunrise on eroded hills at Zabriskie Point, Death Valley National Park, California.
    CA 5410.jpg
  • Polar Sun Spire and Broad Peak divide the Walker Arm (foreground) from Sam Ford Fjord, partly hidden behind the foreground peaks.
    BI 7704.jpg
  • Polar explorers work together to cross a "lead" on the frozen Arctic Ocean.
    ST 8858.jpg
  • Fall colors punctuate dramatic erosion that has carved deep gullies and steep aretes and ridges on the folded, sedimentary East Face of Laurel Mountain in the eastern Sierra Nevada near Mammoth Lakes.
    CAe 141004-372.jpg
  • Fall colors punctuate dramatic erosion that has carved deep gullies and steep aretes and ridges on the folded, sedimentary East Face of Laurel Mountain in the eastern Sierra Nevada near Mammoth Lakes.
    CAe 141004-350.jpg
  • A trekker prepares to photograph fog shrouding the deep canyons and steep ridges of the Cordillera Vilcabamba range of the Peruivian Andes.
    PT 2701.jpg
  • The Langtang Himal rises behind forested ridges in the foothills of Nepal.
    LT 0207.jpg
  • Dramatic erosion has carved deep gullies and steep aretes and ridges on the folded, sedimentary East Face of Laurel Mountain in the eastern Sierra Nevada near Mammoth Lakes.
    CAe 141004-379.jpg
  • Fall colors punctuate dramatic erosion that has carved deep gullies and steep aretes and ridges on the folded, sedimentary East Face of Laurel Mountain in the eastern Sierra Nevada near Mammoth Lakes.
    CAe 141004-369.jpg
  • Dramatic erosion has carved deep gullies and steep aretes and ridges on the folded, sedimentary East Face of Laurel Mountain in the eastern Sierra Nevada near Mammoth Lakes.
    CAe 141004-358.jpg
  • After sleeping atop a small mountain where a National Geographic expedition found remains of an Inca ceremonial site, one of the young assistants stretches as he greets the day breaking over fog filled canyons and ridges of the rugged Cordillera Vilcabamba range of Peru's Andes Mountains.
    PT 2532.jpg
  • A villager surveys the deep canyons and steep ridges of the Cordillera Vilcabamba in the Cusco District of the Peruvian Andes.
    PT 0780.jpg
  • Dramatic erosion has carved deep gullies and steep aretes and ridges on the folded, sedimentary East Face of Laurel Mountain in the eastern Sierra Nevada near Mammoth Lakes.
    CAe 141004-376.jpg
  • Fall colors punctuate dramatic erosion that has carved deep gullies and steep aretes and ridges on the folded, sedimentary East Face of Laurel Mountain in the eastern Sierra Nevada near Mammoth Lakes.
    CAe 141004-371.jpg
  • Descending from both the right and the left, alternating ridges of 25,531ft  (7782m) Namcha Barwa (L) and 23,930ft (7294m) Gyala Peri are divided by  in the Tsangpo River Gorge, one of the world’s deepest canyons, in remote southeastern Tibet, China.
    TS 3088.jpg
  • ARCTIC OCEAN, Leads, pressure ridges & fractured sea ice in "Shear Zone" near Severnaya Zemlya, Russia.
    ST 7042.jpg
  • Shadows from afternoon clouds pass across the aretes and ridges of Temple Crag, near Palisade Glacier in California's Sierra Nevada.
    SN 0622.jpg
  • NORTH POLE. Midnight sun circles pressure ridges on sea ice drifting over Arctic Ocean at the Pole.
    NP 1323.jpg
  • Fluted snow ridges drape the side of a mountain in the Khumbu region of Nepal's Himalaya.
    K 1312.jpg
  • An expedition stops at a hunt looking into the Tsangp River Gorge, one of the world’s deepest canyons, in remote southeastern Tibet, China.  Bethind are ridges from Mounts Namcha Barwa and Gyala Peri.
    TS 3138.jpg
  • Horses graze atop a snowy ridge in the Gallatin Valley, Montana.
    MTe 120104-188.jpg
  • WYOMING. Teton National Park. 13,770-foot Grand Teton & 12,325' Teewinot Mountain. Exum Ridge is near left skyline, East Ridge on right.
    WY 2455.jpg
  • A young Sherpa stands atop a ridge in the Khumbu region of Nepal. 1980.
    KB 1811.jpg
  • Ama Dablam (north ridge is the left skyline)
    S 1420.jpg
  • Ama Dablam (north ridge is the left skyline)
    S 1415.jpg
  • Moonrise over Ama Dablam, Khumbu Region, Nepal 1980.  The North ridge is the long left skyline.
    S 1406.jpg
  • North Ridge of Baruntse with Imja Valley and Lhotse in the background.
    B 0580.jpg
  • Jay Jensen on Corniced North Ridge of Baruntse Peak, Nepal.
    B 0578.jpg
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