The North Col
The first climbers of the 2004 season on Mount Everest, including Sherpas and climbers with the Connecticut Everest Expedition, make their way up the ice and snow of the East Rongbuk Glacier to the top of the North Col, the location of Camp One, one of three, increasingly higher camps that lead to the mountain's summit.
Heading Out
Connecticut Everest Expedition member Bill Driggs heads out from Advanced Basecamp for an acclimitization hike to the ropes that lead to the top of the North Col, where Camp One resides on Mount Everest.
Porter
A Tibetan porter makes his way along the East Rongbuk Glacier on his way to Advanced Basecamp on the north side of Mount Everest.
Headwall
Sherpas working for an expedition on the Tibet side of Mount Everest tackle the steepest section of the climb to the North Col, where Camp One awaits.
Prayers
George Dijmarescu, clockwise from bottom right, Dawa Nuru Sherpa - a Sherpa working for the Connecticut Everest Expedition who was a Buddhist monk for eight years, Dawa Sherpa and Lhakpa Sherpa, top right, pray before heading up Mount Everest on their summit bid Monday, May 17.
Camp One
Anne Parmenter looks over her tentsite in Camp One, at 7,100 meters on the North Col of Mt. Everest Friday after waking from her first night at the camp. She and most other members of the Connecticut Everest Expedition spent a night on the col camp then returned to Advanced Basecamp. They will make several more trips to Camp One and perhaps one to Camp Two to acclimitize before heading for the summit of Everest in the last two weeks of May.
The Slog
South African and Japanese climbers make their way up the North Ridge of Mount Everest amid a line of more than 30 climbers headed to Camp Two to make their summit attempts in a narrow weather window.
Disappointment
Anne Parmenter has a cup of tea and consoles herself after retreating from her summit attempt on Mount Everest. Four other members of the Connecticut Everest Expedition continued up and reached the summit two days later.
The Struggle
Anne Parmenter, co-leader of the Connecticut Everest Expedition, takes her final steps to the lowest tents of Camp Two, nearly 25,000 feet above sea level. The Connecticut expedition's tents were another 1,200 feet higher on the North Ridge of Everest in Tibet.
The Pleasuredome
After Sherpas had refused his orders to help a climber who had gone missing after summiting Everest, George Dijmarescu sulked in the Pleasuredome, a tent that was normally festive due to the booze and porn consumed there.
