Mingmar Sherpa leads the team out of camp on day one. They were expecting the snow to be "up to shoulder height in some areas". Tough work! [Update: 7 April 2013. RIP Mingmar Sherpa, aged 45, who lost his life after falling into a crevasse near the top of the icefall. My thoughts are with his wife, Mrs Fur Diki Sherpa, their son and their friends. A collection at Base Camp raised around $3000 for his family and his employer, the SPCC, contributed a further NR150,000.]
Icefall Doctors head out, with the fearsome jumble of the icefall beyond. [Update: 7 April 2013. RIP Mingmar Sherpa who lost his life after falling into a crevasse near the top of the icefall. My thoughts are with his wife, Mrs Fur Diki Sherpa, children and friends. A collection at Base Camp raised around $3000 for his family and his employer, the SPCC, contributed a further NR150,000.]
Icefall Doctors head out, with the fearsome jumble of the icefall beyond [Update: 7 April 2013. RIP Mingmar Sherpa who lost his life after falling into a crevasse near the top of the icefall. My thoughts are with his wife, Mrs Fur Diki Sherpa, children and friends. A collection at Base Camp raised around $3000 for his family and his employer, the SPCC, contributed a further NR150,000.]
![Icefall Doctors head out, with the fearsome jumble of the icefall beyond.
[Update: 7 April 2013. RIP Mingmar Sherpa who lost his life after falling into a crevasse near the top of the icefall. My thoughts are with his wife, Mrs Fur Diki Sherpa, children and friends. A collection at Base Camp raised around $3000 for his family and his employer, the SPCC, contributed a further NR150,000.]](https://photos.smugmug.com/photos/i-9Dj2C2n/780/L/i-9Dj2C2n-L.jpg)
![Icefall Doctors head out, with the fearsome jumble of the icefall beyond
[Update: 7 April 2013. RIP Mingmar Sherpa who lost his life after falling into a crevasse near the top of the icefall. My thoughts are with his wife, Mrs Fur Diki Sherpa, children and friends. A collection at Base Camp raised around $3000 for his family and his employer, the SPCC, contributed a further NR150,000.]](https://photos.smugmug.com/photos/i-wkFD6cF/797/L/i-wkFD6cF-L.jpg)