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Sir Ranulph Fiennes arrived in Base Camp just after 5pm this evening, having spent four hours walking down through the Khumbu Icefall. Sir Ranulph left Camp 4 just after breakfast and made the journey down in one day.
Of his aborted summit attempt Sir Ranulph Fiennes said: “I wanted an extra day to recover in Camp [...]
Having abandoned his summit attempt due to exhaustion Sir Ranulph Fiennes is now heading down to Base Camp.
At 12.45am (Nepalese Time) this morning Sir Ranulph Fiennes arrived back at the South Col suffering from extreme exhaustion. He left Camp 4 to head down the mountain this morning.
At 1.30pm Sir Ranulph radioed down to base camp [...]
From a distance, Everest Base Camp looks like a handful of brightly coloured Quality Streets that have been thrown into an overwhelming pile of rubble at the bottom of a huge tumbling cacophony of exploded ice towers.
As each laboured step brings you closer, the ‘Quality Streets’ become hundreds of brightly coloured tents nestled amongst the [...]
Sir Ranulph Fiennes and Team Marie Curie have safely arrived at Camp 1 for the second time, after leaving Base Camp this morning.
They are in their tents preparing hot drinks and food before sleep at sundown, preparing themselves to set off towards Camp 2 tomorrow.
The images above are of Base Camp and Team Marie Curie’s [...]
After an eight day trek through the Sagamarta National Park, Sir Ranulph Fiennes has reached Everest Base Camp. Sir Ranulph now begins the long acclimatisation process which will eventually see him make a bid for the summit of the world’s highest mountain in May.
Sir Ranulph said: “By the time we first saw Base Camp in [...]
Sir Ranulph Fiennes has arrived at base camp after a week long trek. The team are setting up their equipment and are busy settling into their new surroundings; we will have some images of their arrival soon.
In the video above, Sir Ranulph Fiennes is filmed en-route at Namche Bazaar, about half-way to Everest base camp, [...]
We know that the Marie Curie team is but a short step away from Base Camp and we wait to hear when they have actually reached the camp.
Located at an altitude of 5,380 metres, Base Camp on Mount Everest is the camp area used by climbers during their ascent and descent of the highest mountain [...]
We anticipated that even with the sophisticated satellite technology that Team Marie Curie have with them, there were bound to be a few technical hitches involved when sending over news for the website in such challenging conditions.
While we wait for the arrival of the latest video news update, here are some more images from the [...]
