[spunkets]

Thanks, yes it was the N, up from Kathmandu. I don't know what any of the trails look like though.

[eddie willers]

Thanks, yes it was the N, up from Kathmandu.

That would be the South....up from the Nepal side

Here's a picture with a green line showing the South route. (The big, flat side on the left is the North Face)

First, Base Camp, then over the Khumba Ice Fall (frozen waterfall) and into the Western Cwm (pronounced coom...welsh word for "valley", named by George Mallory).

Go up some and rest (Camp 2)

Next day to the end of the Western Cwm and up the Lhotse (worlds 4th highest peak) Face. (stop for Camp 3)

Then to your left, over the Geneva Spur (rock outcropping in your way) onto the South Col (26,000 ft .... 4th and final camp).

Then 14 hour "sprint" to the top

The North route starts at Rongbuk Monastery on the Tibetan side up the East Rongbuk Glacier.

Here's the North Route:

It's the one with the notorious "Second Step".

If Sharpe was somewhere on the ridge...esp. above the Second Step....well....