God’s Rays on Mt. Everest – Sagarmatha, Nepal

Webster took this very lucky, one-of-a-kind picture from a helicopter in 1985, at age 29, at the conclusion of his first Everest expedition – to the West Ridge Direct route, up the peak’s left-hand skyline in this view. Sitting in front of Ed in the helicopter was Billy Squier, the American rock ‘n roll star. The God’s Rays fingers of sunlight were caused by the sunshine bursting through the helicopter’s plexiglass window.

Ed Webster, author, climber, lecturer, has seen Everest from all sides as a member of three very different teams – an attempt on the West Ridge Direct (1985) as part of a 20-member team, a solo ascent of Everest’s North Peak - Changtse (1986), and the audacious ascent of the Kangshung Face (1988) with a team of four. We are pleased to offer his terrific posters depicting all sides of the mountain.

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