Advanced Base Camp - 21,000 feet

So we leave high camp @ about 3 in the morning. We trudge along in the dark getting to where the sherpa crew has stashed our climbing gear. Here we are getting gear ready. At this point my feet are beginning to warm up, now having my plastic boots on. Tom, Lakpa and Niels head towards the glacier to make an attempt @ Lhakpa Ri. Bill is feeling queasy and wants to hang out to see if he'll feel better. Kunga, Colin, Michael and I, are OK, decide to contiue up to Advanced base camp, wait for the sun to come up and get some photos of Everest.
This is our lead sherpa, Kunga. Kunga summited Everest earlier this year with a crew from the Indian Army.
This is me, on my little everest. this was a heap of rocks, that I almost fell off of. Kunga took a shot of the three of us with the North Col of Everest in the back ground.
This is Mic posing as the invisible man. You see, Mic made the mistake many of us made. If you allow your judgement to lapse and forget sun screen (I sunburned the underside of my nose and my lips) then you pay a hefty, hefty price. When the SPF 10,000 came off, Mic didn't look any better. Fortunately his face healed fine.
This is Colin. Behind him and to the left is Lhakpa Ri mountain. This was the closest we were going to get to it, that's for damn sure.