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Mount Rathong, 21,910 feet (6,679 m), west of Kanchenjunga in the Eastern Himalaya. Photographed at first light from Pelling with a 500mm lens, which is what holds the detail across a face some 25 miles distant — every flute, serac and rock band on the summit pyramid rendered from a valley town.
For all its accessibility to a camera, the mountain itself has barely been climbed. Rathong has had two ascents, in 1964 and 1987, both by way of the West Rathong glacier and icefall — the 1987 expedition mounted by twenty climbers of the 11 Gorkha Rifles of the Indian Army. The only viable line runs via the col between Kabru South and Rathong and then the knife-edged north ridge; the southeast holds a difficult icefall, the west a rocky ridge, and the south a steep overhanging face. A 2008 attempt on the southeast ridge reached around 20,700 feet before strong winds and low temperatures turned the party back.
From Pelling the mountain reads as pure form — light on ice, shadow in the couloirs, a shape that resolves cleanly in a single morning's light. What the photograph cannot show is how few people have stood on top of it.
A note on presentation: black-and-white landscape has traditionally lived on paper, where tone and texture carry the image rather than surface reflectance. This is that tradition; the three papers differ in how much texture and sheen they bring to it.
Fine Art Paper — Canson Arches BFK Rives White is the traditional choice, its velvety matte surface giving the mountain the quiet weight of a darkroom print. Canson Platine Fibre Rag offers a smoother lustre with deeper blacks and slightly finer detail rendering; Moab Silver Metallic heightens contrast and lends the lit ice a pearlescent shimmer. Prints are trimmed borderless at the stated size. 8x12 inches and smaller ship flat; larger sizes ship rolled, and are supplied unframed.
Every fine art paper print carries a 1-inch white border for handling and framing, added outside the image dimensions shown. The exception is the largest size in each aspect ratio, where the paper is already at its maximum width: those are printed borderless, edge to edge at the size shown.
Also available in: Standard Acrylic version · TruLife Acrylic version · ChromaLuxe Metal version · Gallery Metal version
Made to order · Allow 1–2 weeks for production and delivery · Shipping charged at cost, never marked up · Shipping & Returns
The watermark shown here protects the online image only. Your print arrives clean.
Mount Rathong, 21,910 feet (6,679 m), west of Kanchenjunga in the Eastern Himalaya. Photographed at first light from Pelling with a 500mm lens, which is what holds the detail across a face some 25 miles distant — every flute, serac and rock band on the summit pyramid rendered from a valley town.
For all its accessibility to a camera, the mountain itself has barely been climbed. Rathong has had two ascents, in 1964 and 1987, both by way of the West Rathong glacier and icefall — the 1987 expedition mounted by twenty climbers of the 11 Gorkha Rifles of the Indian Army. The only viable line runs via the col between Kabru South and Rathong and then the knife-edged north ridge; the southeast holds a difficult icefall, the west a rocky ridge, and the south a steep overhanging face. A 2008 attempt on the southeast ridge reached around 20,700 feet before strong winds and low temperatures turned the party back.
From Pelling the mountain reads as pure form — light on ice, shadow in the couloirs, a shape that resolves cleanly in a single morning's light. What the photograph cannot show is how few people have stood on top of it.
A note on presentation: black-and-white landscape has traditionally lived on paper, where tone and texture carry the image rather than surface reflectance. This is that tradition; the three papers differ in how much texture and sheen they bring to it.
Fine Art Paper — Canson Arches BFK Rives White is the traditional choice, its velvety matte surface giving the mountain the quiet weight of a darkroom print. Canson Platine Fibre Rag offers a smoother lustre with deeper blacks and slightly finer detail rendering; Moab Silver Metallic heightens contrast and lends the lit ice a pearlescent shimmer. Prints are trimmed borderless at the stated size. 8x12 inches and smaller ship flat; larger sizes ship rolled, and are supplied unframed.
Every fine art paper print carries a 1-inch white border for handling and framing, added outside the image dimensions shown. The exception is the largest size in each aspect ratio, where the paper is already at its maximum width: those are printed borderless, edge to edge at the size shown.
Also available in: Standard Acrylic version · TruLife Acrylic version · ChromaLuxe Metal version · Gallery Metal version
Made to order · Allow 1–2 weeks for production and delivery · Shipping charged at cost, never marked up · Shipping & Returns
The watermark shown here protects the online image only. Your print arrives clean.