17,400 ft.

o0o must have been cold Phill the old glasses have misted up ;-) oOo

love the light and low cloud ... reminds me of the colours of tortoiseshell
remember those items you would have seen at your Grans ;-) seriously
its a great picture Phill ... bit oif heavy breathing I reckon on the way up
there ;-)

ADMIRED in LANDSCAPES 4U

A stunning shot of the sun coming through the morning mists, with just a hint of the mountain itself. What a marvellous experience, I can imagine the excitement levels when you took this.

Wow! So atmospheric. I guess you made it to the top OK.
Have a great weekend.

Magical and mysterious, what an amazing place to be standing. How I envy you!! Fantastic!

beautiful

o0o congratulations on explore Phill oOo

ADMIRED in NATURE 4U

That,s quite a climb....how did you go for breath? I have been a number of times over 5000 meters and the air is pretty thin!!! You obviously summitted...well done you!
atmospheric shot!

I have a regime of counting breaths in time with steps...it seems to work!

Hats off to you for making this climb and having the strength left to take photos as well! I'm at that age when the further from the car a subject is, the less photogenic it becomes :)

This is such a striking shot...........moody, surreal and a touch threatening. You should have this made into a large canvas and hang it on a wall!!

I'm beginning to know what you mean! ;-)

Gorgeous capture!

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Thanks to you all for your kind and generous comments. Yes, I did make it to the summit...rumour has it smokers do better at altitude than non-smokers due to being used to oxygen deprivation...get yourselves a 20-a-day habit like me and the sky's the limit! ;-)

Another look at this gorgeous shot. That's an awful lot of smoke from one ciggie. Are you sure it wasn't a cigar or even a pipe??

wonderful atmosphere of mystery.
well done.

Spectacular shot, Phil. Maybe I'll have to take up smoking!

cool... my daughter and son-in-law did this 1 and half years ago in Sept...