Top of the World: photos from Nepal

[Self loading bear]

Strange, only one skid aligned???
SLB

[Peter-RB]

But can you park ya Rotor successfully ..!!

Before the rush begins,

Thank you for a year of brilliant stories and magnificent pictures, truly fantastic.

Peter R-B
Lancashire UK

[Vertical Freedom]

Merry Christmas

Hey SLB

Yaaar - trainee...............
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Good morning Peter

Thank You for Your kind words Brother


Wishing All a Safe & Happy festivities

[Vertical Freedom]

the Western Khumb

just below the choke, above Camp 1 ~ 21,800'

[Peter3127]

Wow, that's a picture.

Compliments of the season - let me know if you need any more Vegemite.

[Vertical Freedom]

Merry Merry

Good morning Peter

Many thanks & wishing You an awesome coming new year Hmmmmm yes please, starting to miss the ole axle grease

Happy Happy

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Who's shooting who..........

taking clix, below the choke - Western Khumb, Sagarmatha ~ 21,800'

[krypton_john]

Married, brain bucket and cannula - times have changed, VF!

[Vertical Freedom]

Details

Good morning krypton_john

Married ~ 'twas about time I guess, hmmm I had to tie Her down with the paperwork, or risk loosing Her as she was to good to let go; I did the needful
Brain Bucket ~ better safe than sorry........ I wear a Helmet Motorcycling so why not Helicycling
O2 Cannula ~ Yaaar whenever I'm landing above 19,000ish' I stick it on not sure if it helps, or.....

Merry Merry & Jolly dayz ahead

VF

Mrs VF

[krypton_john]

Wise man on all accounts.

Myself, I need to put on the helmet and cannula just to get the mail.

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WoW - peering up into the Western Khumb

nearing the top of the ice fall; approaching the entrance to the Western-Khumb the deadend.deadzone narrow valley that starts at just over 19,000' 4or5nmiles long, highest landing on the valley floor ~ 23,800' & surrounded by 29,000 feet of mountains on 3 sides

[Vertical Freedom]

Yikes

Hey KJ

You must have a very treacherous jaunt to the letterbox


Question:

Who was the first to land inside the Western Khumb???

short final

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WoW - approaching the outer atmospheric limits of Planet Earth circa 1973

somewhere around Gorokshhep these guys where truly the pioneering test Pilot's to flying at these extreme landing heights 1973

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VNKT

Tribhuvan International airstrip Brahman security Herc 130 delivering 2 x Augusta 205's for (planned) Sagarmatha aerial operations into the Western Khumb

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WoW

Pheriche ~ 14,000'

[Dead on Time]

re-entry

Crikey VF,

you'll need an ablation skin on the underside of your re-entry vehicle to return to earth from those altitudes

DoT.

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Yikes

Hey DoT

Yep all that................................

Wonderful new Years wishes

VF

[Vertical Freedom]

Yikes that's HIGH for a B205

short final to camp 2 Western Khumb - Sagarmatha circa 1973

on ground camp2

[Self loading bear]

Namaste VF,

Your are caught on film.
You are probably caught more often but this was the first time i saw you on Dutch television.
On Boxing day there was a documentary about some Dutch climbers trying to conquer the Cho Oyu.
As a side step about the dangers to which also the sherpas are exposed there was a clipping from ABC news about the 12 sherpas who died 18 April.
This clipping starts from about 6:00 and features a shot with VF in the 350.

This is the online link. I do not know if you can view this from outside Holland.
(I often cannot open links to BBC online, so there might be a limitation on this as well)
VF on Dutch telly
Fly safe SLB

[ThreeThreeMike]

I wish to express my appreciation to those that have posted their photos in this thread. They are almost without exception stunning examples of fantastic operations at the edge of the performance envelope.

Well done, and thank you!