Climbing the Lhotse Face

After battling the searing heat of reflected radiation in the Western Cwm, we reached the second crux of the climb, the Lhotse Face. For 2000 feet the Lhotse Face rose steeply about two thousand feet, consisting of an ice slope of forty-five to seventy degrees. In the early season, wind scoured the face free of snow, transforming it into hard blue ice. Loose rocks a thousand feet up the face, dislodged by the wind, would rocket down the slick ice and land with a whoomph in the snow below. For eight hours we inched our way up the perilous steeps, as rocks whistled by our heads, like small fierce missiles flattening us against the face

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[sshrinivasan42]

And he's f***ing blind!

[sunnyday157]

amazing!! I truly admire all of you who have the courage to do such a thing!incredible...