• Members of the Armed Forces cross a crevasse on ladders in the Khumbu Icefall.
    Members of the Armed Forces cross a crevasse on ladders in the Khumbu Icefall.
  • A team of 16 Armed Forces members climb up Mount Everest.
    A team of 16 Armed Forces members climb up Mount Everest.
  • Members of the Armed Forces cross a crevasse in the Khumbu Icefall.
    Members of the Armed Forces cross a crevasse in the Khumbu Icefall.
  • The team of Armed Forces use a ladder to cross a crevasse during a bid to climb Everest.
    The team of Armed Forces use a ladder to cross a crevasse during a bid to climb Everest.
  • Members of the Armed Forces climb a ladder during an Everest expedition.
    Members of the Armed Forces climb a ladder during an Everest expedition.

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UAE Armed Forces crosses Khumbu Icefall in Everest climb - in pictures

Robert Mickelson

May 18, 2016

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An Armed Forces team are crossing the Khumbu Icefall in their bid to climb the world’s highest mountain.

The Everest team includes 13 members – one of whom is a doctor specialising in sports medicine and altitude physiology – and three professional mountain climbers, making it the biggest military team in the region to take part in such a climb.

All photos: Wam

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