Picture of the week 30

This picture was taken as I stood in oxygen starved amazement at an altitude of 16,000 feet. This is one of my favorite photographs because not only is it a spectacular image of our hard working porters cresting the last rock strewn ridge into Arrow Glacier with the Shira Plateau and Mt. Meru in the distance but it reminds me of the awesome feelings we encountered of accomplishment mixed with the trepidations of the Western Breach climb we would attempt the following morning.