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Eight Canadians and Sherpas Carry Loads of Food and Oxygen up to the 1,524 metre (5,000 foot), 30-45° Slope of the Lhotse Face Toward Camp lll.

Date: 
29 September 1982
Medium: 
Photograph
Accession number: 
EX-82-680
Category: 
Photography
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Camp lV (7,955 metres, 26,100') on the South Col, with Mount Everest in the Background. Pat Morrow Salvaged Enough Oxygen from Tanks Discarded on Previous Climbs to Attempt a Summit Push. Carrying Two Tanks Weighing 7.26 kilograms (16 lbs) Each, He J

Date: 
6 October 1982
Medium: 
Photograph
Accession number: 
EX-82-681
Category: 
Photography
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Having Left Camp lV at 5:20a.m., Alan Burgess' Oxygen Set Failed at This Point. Although, as a Client, He Could have Requested the Use of One the Sherpas' Sets, He Considered Them to be Equal Climbing Partners and Turned Back.

Date: 
7 October 1982
Medium: 
Photograph
Accession number: 
EX-82-682
Category: 
Photography
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One Hour from the Summit. Lhakpa Tshering and Pema Dorje Rest Before the Final Push on the Steep Summit Ridge of Snow and the Hillary Step, a Difficult Rock Face just East of the Summit.

Date: 
7 October 1982
Medium: 
Photograph
Accession number: 
EX-82-683
Category: 
Photography
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Lhakpa Tshering and Pema Dorje Reach the Summit (8,848m., 29,028') with Pat Morrow at 11:30 a.m. They Pose near a Half-Empty Bottle of Oxygen Left by Laurie Skreslet Two Days Earlier.

Date: 
7 October 1982
Medium: 
Photograph
Accession number: 
EX-82-684
Category: 
Photography
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The Descent to Camp lV Took Two Hours. Breakage of Frozen Film while Loading His Camera near the Hillary Step was the Only Photographic Problem He Encountered.

Date: 
7 October 1982
Medium: 
Photograph
Accession number: 
EX-82-685
Category: 
Photography
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Western Cwm. The Descent from Camp ll to Base Camp Took 12 Hours. Pema Dorje's Suffering from Snow Blindness and the Climbers' Suffering from Exhaustion Slowed the Return to their Jubilant Reception.

Date: 
8 October 1982
Medium: 
Photograph
Accession number: 
EX-82-686
Category: 
Photography
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Climbers Midway Through Ice-Fall. Base Camp to Camp 1 Was a 4 Hour Climb once the Route Was Established.

Date: 
22 August 1982
Medium: 
Photograph
Accession number: 
EX-82-687
Category: 
Photography
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Camp 111 (7,010m., 23,000') on Lhotse Face. Gordon Smith, Laurie Skreslet and Dwayne Congdon Clearing Snow. Climbers Would Spend only One Night at this Location: Two Per Tent with One Tent Used for Food and Supplies.

Date: 
29 September 1982
Medium: 
Photograph
Accession number: 
EX-82-690
Category: 
Photography
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Above Camp III. Laurie Skreslet Prussiks his Way up the Fixed Rope. (The Clamp Moves in One Direction). On October 5, with Sungdare and Lhakpa Dorje, Laurie Skreslet Would be the First Canadian to Reach the Summit of Mount Everest.

Date: 
29 September 1982
Medium: 
Photograph
Accession number: 
EX-82-694
Category: 
Photography
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