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Sir Ranulph Fiennes has today headed into the Khumbu Icefall up to Camp 1. This will be his third time climbing in the notorious Icefall, which has already seen one climber helicoptered out with an injury caused by falling ice.
The Icefall lies at the head of the Khumbu Glacier. It was described by the Sunday [...]
At 4.30am this morning, Sir Ranulph Fiennes and Team Marie Curie emerged from their tents to begin their first climb up to Camp 1. The nightly boom of avalanches and the eerie cracks of the glacier were joined by the sound of tent zips opening and boots crunching on the glacial rubble as the team [...]
