Western Cwm
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The Western Cwm is a broad, flat, gently undulating glacial valley basin terminating at the foot of the Lhotse Face of Mount Everest. It was named by George Mallory when he saw it in 1921 as part of t
The Western Cwm with Lhotse in the background
Everest kalapatthar crop
On the 1963 American Mount Everest expedition, Jim Whittaker and Sherpa Nawang Gombu reached the summit of Mount Everest on May 1, 1963, using the conventional route via the South Col. This was the fi
Mount Everest from the west with West Ridge sloping down over snowfield (center), flanked by Changtse (left) and Lhotse (right background)