In reply to McHeath:
> Didn't she says something on her (now taken down) website like: I came over the col, and there it was?
> Pretty misleading if you ask me.
It is still there, or my browser still has it cached; in her own words she claims these were photos she’d taken, not fine art, not composite, photos she’d taken…
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On a bitterly cold morning, I followed the icy rim of a gaping chasm, scoping out the Khumbu Valley with my Nikkor 500mm f/4 lens. After finding snow leopard tracks outside Gorak Shep (16,942 ft / 5,164 meters), I was confident I would find something.
At 18,000 feet (5486 meters the weather was unpredictable. Within minutes one was alternatively freezing or roasting in the sunshine. This altitude is the limit of where snow leopards roam; however, to get the best view of the valley, I had to climb.
Squinting through my camera’s telephoto lens, I noticed something in the shadow of Mount Pumori. At first I thought it was a rock, but it was exactly what I was looking for.
A snow leopard sits atop a chasm above a field of ice pinnacles called Phantom Alley.
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After backpacking through Earth’s most forbidding terrain, lung-starving altitudes, soaring peaks, and high deserts—this was the most difficult and rewarding set of photos I’ve ever taken.
Special thanks to Dipesh, Amish, Daniel, Dillion, Ace the Himalaya, and everyone who helped me.”
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