Last Light

I had spent the afternoon exploring the Khumbu Glacier, which serves as the base camp for Everest summit expeditions, when I realized I had better start heading back to my own base camp before I was stuck on a living glacier in the dark. I was walking along the moraine of the glacier when, about 30 minutes after the sun had already set, I looked back for one more view of the world's highest peak. This is what I saw. All of Everest's neighbors, some top five peaks in their own right, were already in the shadows while the golden light of the sun was still beaming off of Everest's Southwestern face. A beautiful image as well as proof that Everest really is the top of the world.