Photos by shamu

Dave's leading the pitch, Vince's belaying, I am taking pictures.

Brief rest on the small pass between Tarija and P. Alpamayo before the final push for the summit.

Crossing crevasses on the way down from Piramide Blanca (17,154ft5,230m). July 2004.

Cabeza del Condor (5648 m) in full view. We are going to the base camp near Lago Chiar Khota.

Clouds are finally breaking over the glacier. Huayna Potosi - 19,968ft6,088m

View from Tarija (17,220ft5,250m) - Eric took hundreds of shots with different teams summiting on the sunny winter day.

climbing Hidden Falls, as the name implies it's quite secluded, not many people on the weekends.

Early morning view from my house on the slopes of Black Mtn. Denver below clouds.

from the left: view of the Static Peak (12,560 ft) and Mount Richthofen (12,940 ft). Picture taken from Nokhu Crags after climbing the Nokhuloir. I love Colorado, I've been living here for 13 years, and it's first time I got to the area, only 4 hours drive from Denver. So many mountains, and life is too short...

Approaching Nokhuloir (Nokhu Crags -12,485) from Crags Campground. it cleared later on, but it didn't look too inviting at first.

me, at the bottom of the Nokhuloir, waiting for fun to begin.

from the left: Dave, Larry and Heather. Steve is hiding behind Dave. - Arch Rock - Staircase

The weather is perfect, Everest hiding behind Nupste, and South Face of Lhotse to the right

view from Refugio Gray towords glacier of Ventisquero Gray

typical mess at the camp, Henry and Andrew cooking and resting.

Everest, Lhotse and Nupste as seen from Tengboche Monastery.

Huayna Potosi as seen from the road between Milluni and Zongo Pass

Approaching Campamento Argentino at 5,450 m/17,880 ft.

Top of Mont Blanc in the fog, Darek and I just climbed Brenva Spur, it was cold and very windy.

Illimani seen from Campamento Argentino on H. Potosi

Island Peak seen from Chukung. Ridge from the left is the one of Lhotse.

It was in 1983, Zbig and I crossed a border between Czechoslovakia and Poland illegally, we bought beer than we climbed 'Staflovka' on South Face of Volia Veza (Wolowa Turnia). I am a dude in yellow, wearing a helmet bought from some miner of Silesia. We just finished the route, and we were approaching the top of Volia Veza.

another pic of Everest and Lhotse from E. Base Camp trail

trek in Torres del Paine National Park - 6 days, almost 100 km.

it was a day #3, somewhere between Namche Bazaar and Teyngboche Monastery (sp?)