Flickr photo of the day: Peeking through
Rising 27,840 feet, Lhotse (Tibetan for South Peak) is the fourth-tallest mountain in the world (behind Mount Everest, K2 and Kangchenjunga). In fact, that oxygen-deprived, snow-blind and damn-determined army of climbers who ascend Everest during the annual climbing season must cross the northwest face of Lhotse.
During a brief period, lasting from late April until the end of May, there aren’t as many clouds and climbers can see where they are going as well as the world around them. But Mother Nature makes no promises, as seen in this photo taken by Carl John Spencer.
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