Short video of the ascent of Island Peak, Khumbu region Nepal
This ascent was made in April 2001
The film shows the arrival on the snow 500m below the summit. Fixed ropes were placed from the foot of the steep wall to the summit.
The film runs for 2 minutes and the file size is 1.5 Mb; this is only a low resolution version suitable for transmission over the World Wide Web so the definition is not high and it may pause occasionally. It runs in Windows Media Player which is usually provided with Internet Explorer. If you do not have Windows Media Player click on the link below to download it.
