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Photo Credit: Jamie McGuinness - Project-Himalaya.com.

FJR just texted me saying there’s an article in the Irish Times today about a guy walking off Everest to ABC (Advanced Base Camp) after being left for dead 23hrs earlier.

You’ll get the full story from the community directly on ‘Explorers Web’, see: Everest - Mount Everest by climbers, news

Other interesting piece in the article…

At the start of the 2006 spring season, Everest had been summited 2557 times. This season’s good weather is expected to bring a record number of summits; up to 500. The toll has been high though, 10 fatal accidents have been confirmed, compared to the record spring season of 1996, with 12 victims. However, only Everest south side numbers are confirmed by officials.