Climbers on Everest's Lhotse Face. The main attraction is its location: Lhotse shares BC and the first three high camps with Everest (from Nepal side) - a logistic advantage for a double-header. Image by Steve Bell, courtesy of Jagged-Globe. Image by Steve Bell courtesy Jagged-Globe, SOURCE
Posted: May 24, 2012 03:47 pm EDT SUBSCRIBER CONTENT PREVIEW FOR FULL STORY: LOGIN OR SUBSCRIBE NOW - UP TO 3 MONTHS FREE
(Newsdesk/story updated 11:15 pm) Around 100 climbers are headed up the south side of Mount Everest for the final main push on Everest and Lhotse. A stranded Italian has been rescued on the north side. In their second no 02 attempt Nacho and Ferran arrived to an empty tent.Italian climber Luigi Rampini, aged 69, who decided to stay alone in C3 to wait for another opportunity to summit and bearing several days without food has been rescued Montagna reported, quoting Chinese news agency Xinhua. Rescuers found the man near...
Ready, steady... preliminary list of expeditions to Pakistan
