A set of paintings showing the routes on Mt Everest.
Mt Everest is an attraction: every spring media report about Everest-climbers, sherpa and tourists. But is climbing Mt Everest still an adventure? There are two main routes onto the tallest mountain of the word: From South via Nepal North via Tibet Summit and Panorama from above There should be around 20 routes from all sides […]
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Little people so far had the opportunity to enjoy the breathtaking view from the summit of Mount Everest. Many details can be seen because the mountain is so much higher than its surroundings. With good weather conditions six other 8.000ers and in total thirty of the highest mountains of the world can be seen. You
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Many people are interested to know what the “tallest mountain in the world” is. Those who assume this would be Mt Everest want to know the height of Mount Everest. The answer seems to be easy, but a closer look reveals the complexity of this questions.
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What is the Hillary Step? Not a hilarious step, but one of the greatest obstacles while climbing Mount Everest from the south. The legendary Edmund Hillary and Sherpa Norgay Tenzing mastered this about 40-feet or twelve-meter high barrier while they were climbing Mount Everest as part of the ninth British expedition to Everest in 1953.
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Mount Everest has two normal climbing routes. The one from the North, from Tibet, is called Mallory route and uses the Northeast ridge of the mountain. The Northeast ridge has many rocky steps. The first, second and third step are best known.
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South Col, 2014, 220 *135 cm, Oil, Acryl and Tempera on Linen The South Col of Mount Everest is the highest Col one could imaginge. Almost 8.000 meters high it is the lowest point between Mount Everest and Lhotse, the highest and the fourth highest mountain of the world.
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The Khumbu Icefall is located close to the Mount Everest base camp when approaching the mountain from the south. All climbers from the south need to pass this glacier because it blocks the way further up the silent valley (western cwm) , the main route to Mount Everest and also Lhotse. The Khumbu Icefall is
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The North Col is the first camp climbers reach if they climb Everest from the North side. Many tents are ready – build by Sherpas – for the climbers that go up there for acclimatization or the final attempt.
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In this blog I highlighted some absurdities around high altitude and the Mount Everest especially. Looking on other developments on earth I found some more questions. Scenarios for the Future of the Highest This works shows some possible scenarios, which would help to answer many questions around Mount Everest. I have assessed the feasibility of
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This article shows paintings you might know already. I painted over them and I put them in context of the concept of “High Altitude”. This series shows Mount Everest by describing its coldness, steepness, and scantiness – its extremes by painting. It shows what mountaineers see while climbing Mount Everest. These landscape paintings reflect views from
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