MOUNTAIN SCENE GALLERY 

024 Mountain flora. Asphodel flower in Picos de Europa, Asturias, Spain. Summit of Naranjo de Bulnes behind. Photo©Stephen Venables
024 Mountain flora. Asphodel flower in Picos de Europa, Asturias, Spain. Summit of Naranjo de Bulnes behind. Photo © Stephen Venables		 Himalaya, Tibet. Dawn reflections in holy lake in the Kama valley, east of Everest.
017 Himalaya, Tibet. Dawn reflections in holy lake in the Kama valley, east of Everest. Photo © Stephen Venables		 Shishapangma 1987, Himalaya, Tibet. Luke Hughes at 7,300 metres.
018 Shishapangma 1987, Himalaya, Tibet. Luke Hughes at 7,300 metres, completing new route up Pungpa Ri, a satellite peak of Shishapangma. In the backround, in Nepal, are the peaks of the Langtang Himalaya. Photo © Stephen Venables
Avalanche crashing 3,000 metres down the face of Peak 38, photographed from Kangshung Face of Everest
025 Avalanche crashing 3,000 metres down the face of Peak 38, photographed from Kangshung Face of Everest, Tibet, Himalaya. Photo © Stephen Venables
 South African climber, Paul Fatti, rock climbing on the Blouberg, North Transvaal
026 South African climber, Paul Fatti, rock climbing on the Blouberg, North Transvaal, South Africa. This route, ‘Lost Tribe’, was first climbed by George Mallory, grandson of the famous Everest climber. Photo © Stephen Venables		 Elephant seals lounging on the beach of Royal Bay, on the sub-Antarctic island of South Georgia.
029 Elephant seals lounging on the beach of Royal Bay, on the sub-Antarctic island of South Georgia. Katabatic winds whip spray off the sea. In the background is the Ross Glacier and mountains of the Salvesen Range. Photo © Stephen Venables
Kumaon Himalaya, India.

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Kumaon Himalaya, India. Expedition porters spinning local wool, during overnight camp on approach march. Photo © Stephen Venables

 Orange Fire Lily growing on the lower slopes of Kilimanjaro, Tanzania.

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Orange Fire Lily growing on the lower slopes of Kilimanjaro, Tanzania. Photo © Stephen Venables

 Kishtwar Shivling 1983, Kashmir, Indian Himalaya. Dick Renshaw ice climbing a

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Kishtwar Shivling 1983, Kashmir, Indian Himalaya. Dick Renshaw ice climbing a vertical ice cliff during the first ascent of Kishtwar Shivling. Photo © Stephen Venables
Light-mantled Sooty Albatross at its nest on the sub-Antarctic island of South Georgia.

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Light-mantled Sooty Albatross at its nest on the sub-Antarctic island of South Georgia.
Photo © Stephen Venables

 Erratic boulders of Torridonian sandstone on a gneiss summit above Loch Maree,

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Erratic boulders of Torridonian sandstone on a gneiss summit above Loch Maree, Northwest Highlands of Scotland. Slioch rises on the left. Further back on the right are Beinne Eighe and other summits of Torridon.
Photo © Stephen Venables

 Sunset behind the Matterhorn, Swiss Alps,

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Sunset behind the Matterhorn, Swiss Alps, photographed from the Monte Rosa Hut. Photo © Stephen Venables
Shishapangma 1987, Himalaya, Tibet.

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Shishapangma 1987, Himalaya, Tibet. Luke Hughes sheltering at Shishapangma base camp during the big storm which swept through the Himalaya in October 1987. Photo © Stephen Venables
 Nishat Gardens –

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Nishat Gardens – one of the most famous Moghul Gardens of Srinagar, Kashmir, looking out to the Dal Lake.
Photo © Stephen Venables

 Kumaon Himalaya, India, 1992. Dick Renshaw contemplates

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Kumaon Himalaya, India, 1992. Dick Renshaw contemplates the 6,900 metres summit of Panch Chuli II from the neighbouring peak of Rajramba. Photo © Stephen Venables
Kinnaur Himalaya, India.

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Kinnaur Himalaya, India. English trekkers joining festival dance at the village of Charang, in the Kinnaur Himalaya, Himachel Pradesh, India. Photo © Stephen Venables

 Mountaineer Julian Freeman-Attwood surveys the Allardyce

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Mountaineer Julian Freeman-Attwood surveys the Allardyce Range of mountains on the sub-Antarctic island of
South Georgia. Photo © Stephen Venables

 The famous Buddhist monastery of Tashilunpo, at Shigatse, Tibet. Photo © Stephen Venables

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The famous Buddhist monastery of Tashilunpo, at Shigatse, Tibet. Photo © Stephen Venables
American climber Ed Webster, rock climbing on Napes Needle

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American climber Ed Webster, rock climbing on Napes Needle, in the English Lake District. The Needle was first climbed in 1886, solo, by Walter Parry Haskett-Smith. Photo © Stephen Venables

 Sir Ranulph Fiennes abseiling from the Old Man of Hoy,

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Sir Ranulph Fiennes abseiling from the Old Man of Hoy, in the Orkney Islands, with St John’s Head in the
background.

 Sir Ranulph Fiennes hanging over the North Face of the Eiger, Swiss Alps, in preparation for his ascent of the face in 2007.

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Sir Ranulph Fiennes hanging over the North Face of the Eiger, Swiss Alps, in preparation for his ascent of  the face in 2007. In the background is the Wetterhorn. Photo © Stephen Venables
Himalaya, Nepal.

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Himalaya, Nepal. Sunset above the clouds during the first ascent of the Southwest Spur of Kusum Kanguru, 1991. Mountaineer Dick Renshaw can just be seen bottom left, preparing a bivouac ledge for the night. Photo ©
Stephen Venables

 Antarctic icebergs drifted into Cumberland East Bay,

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Antarctic icebergs drifted into Cumberland East Bay, on the sub-Antarctic island of South Georgia. Photo©Stephen Venables

 Snowcave base camp carved from the Ross Pass

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Snowcave base camp carved from the Ross Pass during the Southern Ocean Mountaineering Expedition, 1990, on the sub-Antarctic island of South Georgia. Photo © Stephen Venables
  Mountaineer Brian Davison traversing a glacier in white-out

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Mountaineer Brian Davison traversing a glacier in white-out blizzard conditions on the sub-Antarctic island of South Georgia. Photo © Stephen Venables

  

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