Mount Everest is a journey that challenges human nature on every level. Sandra LeDuc captured this photo as climbers approached the Hillary Step, before the Everest summit. Click through our gallery to see more photos from climbers taken on Everest during 2012.
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Mount Everest is a journey that challenges human nature on every level. Sandra LeDuc captured this photo as climbers approached the Hillary Step, before the Everest summit. Click through our gallery to see more photos from climbers taken on Everest during 2012.
Sandra LeDuc
Yak trains are used to carry the pounds of gear it requires to climb Everest. Jon Kedrowski's photo captured these yaks on the way to base camp.
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Yak trains are used to carry the pounds of gear it requires to climb Everest. Jon Kedrowski's photo captured these yaks on the way to base camp.
Jon Kedrowski
A helicopter flies into base camp. Rescue helicopters can't fly above Camp 2 on Everest to reach stranded climbers.
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A helicopter flies into base camp. Rescue helicopters can't fly above Camp 2 on Everest to reach stranded climbers.
Courtesy Nadav Ben Yehuda
A photo shows Jon Kedrowski crossing a crevasse in the Khumbu Icefall on a ladder.
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A photo shows Jon Kedrowski crossing a crevasse in the Khumbu Icefall on a ladder.
Mia Gaeffe
Jon Kedrowski snapped this photo at 6:30 p.m. on May 19th, 2012, at 26,000 feet as he looked out from his tent. He thought the climbers were beginning their summit attempt, but many clustered at the top were just beginning to come down from the top.
Everest: From base camp to the summit —
Jon Kedrowski snapped this photo at 6:30 p.m. on May 19th, 2012, at 26,000 feet as he looked out from his tent. He thought the climbers were beginning their summit attempt, but many clustered at the top were just beginning to come down from the top.
Jon Kedrowski
The tents from Camp 1 appear incredibly small against the backdrop of Everest.
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The tents from Camp 1 appear incredibly small against the backdrop of Everest.
Courtesy Nadav Ben Yehuda
Nadav Ben Yehuda (left), Aydin Irmak and a Sherpa after Ben Yehuda rescued Irmak.
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Nadav Ben Yehuda (left), Aydin Irmak and a Sherpa after Ben Yehuda rescued Irmak.
Courtesy Nadav Ben Yehuda
Ben Yehuda's hand after frostbite set in.
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Ben Yehuda's hand after frostbite set in.
Courtesy Nadav Ben Yehuda
Ben Yehuda's photo of a lone tent at Camp 3 shows the loneliness that can reign on Everest.
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Ben Yehuda's photo of a lone tent at Camp 3 shows the loneliness that can reign on Everest.
Courtesy Nadav Ben Yehuda
The peak of Nuptse, just over a mile southwest of Everest, is visible amongst the clouds in the Nepalese Himalayas.
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The peak of Nuptse, just over a mile southwest of Everest, is visible amongst the clouds in the Nepalese Himalayas.
Courtesy Nadav Ben Yehuda
Climbers on Everest work to help someone in distress.
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Climbers on Everest work to help someone in distress.
Courtesy Nadav Ben Yehuda
Sandra at Everest base camp with the team Sherpas.
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Sandra at Everest base camp with the team Sherpas.
Sandra LeDuc
The mesmerizing view from Everest's Pumori Camp 1, showing the visual effects of the atmosphere.
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The mesmerizing view from Everest's Pumori Camp 1, showing the visual effects of the atmosphere.
Courtesy Nadav Ben Yehuda
Sandra LeDuc captured this photo of a triumphant and relieved Jon Kedrowski reaching the summit of Mount Everest on May 26, 2012.
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Sandra LeDuc captured this photo of a triumphant and relieved Jon Kedrowski reaching the summit of Mount Everest on May 26, 2012.
Sandra LeDuc