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Khumbu Icefield, Nepal, 1999

Sherpa Fura Gyaljen gingerly crosses a crevasse in Everest's Khumbu Icefield. A month before, the same crevasse had measured six inches (15 centimeters) wide.

(Photographed on assignment for the Everest/K2 Expedition, sponsored in part by the National Geographic Expeditions Council)

Photograph by Bobby Model