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Summit Climb (South Side) The second team are now descending the ‪‎Lhotse‬ Face down to Camp 2. Summit Climb (North Side) Everyone in the first team reached the summit and are now safely back in Camp 3 or lower. Alpenglow Expeditions (North Side) Adrian and Cory have reached Camp 3 and will leave tonight (23rd May) at 10pm for the

An Indian climber has died on Mount Everest, becoming the third fatality in three days on the mountain. Subhash Paul died on Sunday after reaching the summit a day before, as Sherpa guides were helping him descend. A Dutch man and an Australian woman both died over the weekend as a result of altitude sickness. Some 30 climbers have suffered

Summit Climb (South Side) The second team took an exhausting 13 hours 30 minutes to reach the summit this morning and arrived there in a snow blizzard. Altitude Junkies (South Side) The team are now safely back in Base Camp. Summit Climb (North Side) The first team have reached Camp 3 where they report that it is snowing Adventure Peaks

Summit Climb (South Side) The first team have now descended to Camp 2. The second team is in Camp 4 ready for tonight’s 7pm summit attempt. Summit Climb report that there are approx 50 tents at the South Col Camp and that the weather there is beautiful. 360 Expeditions (South Side) Jo Bradshaw is now in Base Camp after her

Mount Everest witnessed another casualty after an Australian woman climber died near the Camp IV on Nepal side on Saturday, officials confirmed. Dr Maria Elizabeth Strydom lost her life after she suffered from snow blindness followed by stroke, according to Shiva Bahadur Sapkota, a liaison officer deputed by the Department of Tourism at the Everest base camp. The Australian national was

Alpenglow Expeditions (North Side) Adrian is at Advanced Base Camp on his summit attempt. Adventure Peaks (North Side) Yesterday (19th May) the team arrived into Camp 1 were they stayed the night. Today (20th May) they intend to ascend to Camp 2 for the night and then Camp 3 the day after. They are aiming to be on the summit

Altitude Junkies (South Side) This morning 16 members of the Altitude Junkies team stood on the summit of Everest. All the team members and Sherpas are now back at Camp 4 and will probably descend to Camp 2 tomorrow after a nights rest. Summit Climb (South Side) The Summit Climb Everest Team 1 reached the top of Everest this morning.

A Nepalese Sherpa guide, accompanying Indian soldiers in their attempt to summit the world’s fourth-highest peak Lhotse Face, died today after he slipped and fell 2,000 metres while fixing ropes during the expedition. Ang Furba Sherpa, 25, died after slipping over the Lhotse Face, said Thupden Sherpa, manager of Arun Treks & Expeditions. The deceased fell onto the Camp II

360 Expeditions (South Side) Jo and Rolfe are now at the South Col Camp with the intention of going for the summit late tonight (18th May). High Adventure Expeditions (South Side) The team are currently on their way to the South Col Camp. Jagged Globe (South Side) The team have now left Base Camp and are making their way home.

Matt Dickinson, author of The Everest Files was invited by Jagged Globe to Mount Everest Base Camp to be their official ‘writer-in-residence’. Matt is no stranger to Mount Everest, he reached the summit back in 1996 on the North side during the terrible storm that sadly killed 8 climbers on the South side. To read Matt’s account of what it