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Lhotse Fac
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Camp IX
27,900 ft 8,504 m
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25,791 ft
7,861 m
22,000 ft 6,706 m
Camp IV
Advance
Base Camp
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W
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Fa
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21,200 ft 6,462 m
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Camp III
g
20,200 ft
6,157 m
e
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Ridg
North
Great C o u l o i r
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No
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Nuptse
Camp V
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29,035 ft 8,850 m
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23,000 ft 7,010 m
South Pi
llar
Hillary Step
So
Mount Everest
Glac
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Camp VI
G
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24,000 ft 7,315 m
25,900 ft
7,894 m
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Southeast
Ridge
Camp VII
Camp VIII
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South Col
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Hillary and Tenzing
(British) 1953
N
27,890 ft
8,501 m
Indian
Ocean
N up
Lhotse
AFRICA
CHINA
Mount
Everest
t se
27,513 ft
8,386 m
ho
24,902 ft
7,590 m
Lhotse Shar
N E PA L
CH I N A
Lho
tse
Gl
ac
ier
Peak 38
ASIA
NEPAL
F a c e
Khumbu
Icefall
Camp II
North Col
19,400 ft
5,913 m
G
Base Camp
17,600 ft
5,364 m
L ho L a
Gla
ci
er
24,879 ft
7,583 m
S
E
W
N
Rongb
uk
East Rongbuk G
lacier
Changtse
Khumbutse
21,867 ft
6,665 m
K
Present-day
Base Camp
17,600 ft
5,364 m
h
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m
b
u
l
a
c
r
i e
To Lobuje
2.5 miles
(4 kilometers)
AL
NEP A
N
CHI
Lingtren
22,142 ft
6,749 m
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