We were approaching the summit of Delusion Peak (18,810 ft.) when suddenly the thigh-deep snow disappeared and there was only a thin crust over a layer of ice. No crampons, no rope, and the glacier is a few hundred feet below - but Pranav is still smiling!

Camp II on the Dibibokri West glacier, and after a fierce snowstorm in the afternoon, we were treated to a beautiful sunset in the evening when the weather cleared. Taken on slide film with a 300mm zoom.

Here we are returning to Camp I in the Dibibokri valley on a glorious morning, after successfully climbing a small peak the day before.

Climbers coming up to Camp I in the Dibibokri valley (near the snout of the glacier), with the Ratiruni valley behind. Photo by Pranav.

This is a shot of the upper end of the Dibibokri West glacier. The flat-topped rock peak is called Lal Qila (Red Fort) or the Kulu Makalu. The one with the humped snow ridge and the little rock head is Rubal Kang (meaning Turtle peak in Tibetan), and the small peak on the left is Delusion Peak - sometimes mistaken for Rubal Kang.

An early morning shot of our camp at Tunda Bhuj in the Parvati valley, on our trek in to the Dibibokri valley this summer. Photo by Pranav.

By 7 am we had arrived at the head of the glacier and the sun finally came through the clouds and the falling snow. Check out the beautiful aguille-like Corner Peak (6050m) silhoutted in the centre of the photo. Pic by Pranav.

We approached the base of "Delusion Peak" (about 5500m) just as the snow began to fall. It's normally just bare rock, but this year there was a lot of snow - mostly about waist-deep! By the way, the slope isn't as gentle as it looks!

Here we are on the march to our Base Camp site in the Dibibokri basin. The enormous steep (even overhanging) side walls of the valley kept spitting stones and chunks of ice at us. The Dibi river is far below on the right. Photo by Pranav.