With so many expedition tents, pathways and generators, it feels like asmall village.C1: 19,500/5943m - 4-6 hours, 1.62 milesReaching C1, is the most dangerous part of a south climb since itcrosses the Khumbu Icefall. The Icefall is 2,000 of moving ice,sometimes as much as 3 feet a day. But it is the deep crevasses,towering ice Replica Breitling A39362-F5 Professional Hercules Men's Watch seracs and avalanches off Everests West shoulder thatcreates the most danger.C2: 21,000/6400m - 2-3 hours, 1.74 milesThe trek from C1 to C2 crosses the Western CWM and can be laden withcrevasse danger. But it is the extremely hot temperatures that takes atoll on climbers. Again avalanche danger exist from Everests WestShoulder that has dusted C1 in recent years.C3: 23,500/7162m - 3-6 hours, 1.64 milesClimbing the Lhotse Face to C3 is often difficult since almost allclimbers are feeling the effects of high altitude and are not yet usingsupplemental oxygen. The Lhotse Face is steep and the ice is hard.
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