Sir Ranulph Fiennes heads for Base Camp

Sir Ranulph Fiennes has begun the arduous trek to Everest Base Camp, where he will make an attempt on the summit that previously defeated him.
The journey began with a forty minute flight on an 18 seat twin-propeller plane from Kathmandu, Nepal to Lukla, the market town at an elevation of 2,840m, where the ten day [...]