Chola Shan — July 20 - August 11, 2004

  1. Tiananmen SquareTiananmen Square
  2. Soldiers MemorialSoldiers Memorial
  3. Weird mint SpriteWeird mint Sprite
  4. Cheng Du climbing gymCheng Du climbing gym
  5. river valleyriver valley
  6. road wash-outroad wash-out
  7. lunch breaklunch break
  8. roadside houseroadside house
  9. househouse
  10. Dan BaDan Ba
  11. streamersstreamers
  12. loading the horsesloading the horses
  13. gategate
  14. looking down at base camplooking down at base camp
  15. Nathan, Rod, Spring and Tina at cache siteNathan, Rod, Spring and Tina at cache site
  16. returning to base campreturning to base camp
  17. waterfallwaterfall
  18. Nathan at advanced base campNathan at advanced base camp
  19. looking up from advanced base camplooking up from advanced base camp
  20. start of the glacierstart of the glacier
  21. glacierglacier
  22. Camp 1Camp 1
  23. rock cliffs above Camp 1rock cliffs above Camp 1
  24. route to Camp 2route to Camp 2
  25. heading up to Camp 2heading up to Camp 2
  26. Tao heading up to Camp 2; looking back at Camp 1Tao heading up to Camp 2; looking back at Camp 1
  27. taking GPS readingtaking GPS reading
  28. snow ridgesnow ridge
  29. climbing over seracsclimbing over seracs
  30. top of seracstop of seracs
  31. chipped toothchipped tooth
  32. trudging through the soft snowtrudging through the soft snow
  33. looking backlooking back
  34. seracs below Camp 3seracs below Camp 3
  35. candle stovecandle stove
  36. Rod with hanging stoveRod with hanging stove
  37. approach to summit blockapproach to summit block
  38. summit block aretesummit block arete
  39. view south-westview south-west
  40. people and packs at base of summit blockpeople and packs at base of summit block
  41. NathanNathan
  42. NimaNima
  43. Spring on fixed lineSpring on fixed line
  44. final steps to summitfinal steps to summit
  45. climbers at summit after spreading prayer cardsclimbers at summit after spreading prayer cards
  46. the descentthe descent
  47. view northview north
  48. view southview south
  49. descending the fixed linedescending the fixed line
  50. looking back at summit blocklooking back at summit block
  51. descending to Camp 3descending to Camp 3
  52. Tao backing down slopeTao backing down slope
  53. retracing route back to glacial plateauretracing route back to glacial plateau
  54. glacial poolsglacial pools
  55. back at base campback at base camp
  56. Rod fording the riverRod fording the river
  57. Tibetan stone carvingTibetan stone carving
  58. looking back at Chola Shan rangelooking back at Chola Shan range
  59. Nathan at the gateNathan at the gate
  60. farewell to Chola Shanfarewell to Chola Shan
  61. fowl prisonfowl prison
  62. Rod playing snookerRod playing snooker
  63. Nathan playing snookerNathan playing snooker
  64. lunchlunch
  65. man with donkeyman with donkey
  66. antler vendorantler vendor
  67. yak meat vendors at the Passyak meat vendors at the Pass
  68. baby pandasbaby pandas
  69. Great WallGreat Wall
Chola Shan (6,168M)
July 20 - August 11, 2004, Sichuan Province, China

Chola Shan Summit Ridge:
(audio/visual .avi 3.0 Mb)
(Windows Media .wmv 236 Kb, no audio)
Chola Shan Summit Panorama:
(audio/visual .avi 3.1 Mb)
(Windows Media .wmv 221 Kb)
Psycho Barking Dog at the Petro China Station:
(audio/visual .avi 1.9 Mb)
(Windows Media .wmv 146 Kb)