Among those making it to the top are Croatian women Iris Bostjancic and Darija Bostjancic, who achieved the feat with three Sherpa high-altitude climbers at 9:30 a.m. Tuesday, according to Jitendra Giri, an official at the Mountaineering Division.
The two women were part of the Croatian Female Everest Expedition- 2009.
Another expedition, that included British climbers David William Hamilton and Arthur Hamish Fulton, Australian Neill Philip Johanson, Macedonian Sasko Kedev and Dane Crasten Bennike, also made it to the top, at 8:20 a.m. Tuesday. They were accompanied by 10 Nepali high-altitude climbers, including Chhuldim Sherpa of Khumjung-8 Solukhumbu who made his 13th successful ascent.
Another team that reached the summit on Tuesday is the Taiwanese 7 Expedition with six members. Among the Taiwanese that made it to the top are Yu Lung Wu, Hsiuchen Chiang and Jyhhow Huang. They did so at 10:21 a.m. They were accompanied by three Sherpas.
Two from Appa´s team give up
Two foreigners who were part of ace climber Appa Sherpa´s Eco Everest Expedition gave up their effort to reach the summit and returned to Kathmandu Tuesday, organizers Asian Trekking said.
“Henry and Jesse, who were aspiring to conquer the summit with Appa, returned to Kathmandu after feeling unable to endure the physical demands of the climb,” said Sanjaya Baral, expedition officer at Asian Trekking.
Tragedy struck Appa´s team on May 7 when an avalanche killed one Sherpa high-altitude climber. And on May 13, bad weather made the team retreat to Lobuche from Base Camp.
Appa, 48, is seeking to set a new world record of 19 successful ascents of Everest and beat his own record.
Baral said Appa is planning to get to the top on May 21.
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