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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The ice plates indicate the previous water level of a supraglacial lake.
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The ice plates indicate the previous water level of a supraglacial lake.

  • Notice the bands of debris in the ice face.
  • A cave!
  • It didn't go far.
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  • Another potential cave entrance?
  • Tourists on the lateral moraine.
  • Tourists on the lateral moraine.
  • About to check out another potential cave entrance.
  • Another supraglacial lake.
  • Cave.
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  • Not really a cave.
  • Ice shaving off an ice face.
  • A bird.
  • The ice plates indicate the previous water level of a supraglacial lake.
  • Another lake in the background.
  • Wind stirring up debris. We saw huge boulders come off the lateral moraine as a result of those conditions.
  • Hiking north across the lateral moraine.
  • Cho Oyu.
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