2. Caving

2012-11: Ngozumpa Glacier Caving (public)

Hunting for glaciers caves on the Ngozumpa glacier in the Khumbu (Everest) Region of Nepal in November 2012 to support glaciology research.
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Supraglacial lake.
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Supraglacial lake.

  • The Ngozumpa. So this is what a debris-covered glacier looks like!
  • Yaks (or cows) crossing the 3rd Lake.
  • Ice face on the Ngozumpa glacier with potential cave openings.
  • Looking south over the Ngozumpa.
  • Ice face and a cave entrance (bottom of the picture).
  • Notice the debris pile on top of the cave entrance, sending down rubble as the ice melts.
  • Supraglacial lake.
  • Cho Oyu.
  • Clouds moving in from the south.
  • Weird birds hanging out around Gokyo.
  • More ice faces and lake.
  • Third lake, on the non-glacier side of the lateral moraine. Clouds moving in.
  • Third lake.
  • Trash fire in Gokyo.
  • Looking southwest across the third lake.
  • Pretty ice.
  • More pretty ice.
  • A (mostly) drained lake on the glacier.
  • Very instable cave entrance on the right.
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