British Gorkha Expedition team bid first attempt to Everest 2017

British Gorkha Expedition team bid this year first attempt to Mt. Everest Summit 2017.

Photo source Kovács Gábor

Team of Rope fixing climbers (Rope and Icefall Doctors) successfully scaled Mt. Everest Top from Nepal ridge on may 11. After it, Everest Summit route is open from Nepal side yesterday and British Gorkha Expedition team bid this year first attempt to Mt. Everest Summit 2017. Base Camp Government  official explain, Team of Sherpa Climbers with at least others 12 expedition member including  British Gorkha Climber Team. They made summit at mid night 1.30PM.

Photo Credit by Mingma Tenji Sherpa/Himalayan Times

“They have opened a climbing route by fixing ropes to the summit point,” Phurba Tenjing Sherpa, a 10-time Everest summiteers, said from the base camp.

Pema Chhiring and Pem Chhiri were also part of the British Gurkha Expedition, he said.

Many team of climbers (About 375+ climbers) they are struggled in camp IV from the hard weather, those will heading soon to summit within couple of days. According of base camp official, at same time Mt. Lhotse (The 4th highest summit of the world ) climbers also heading to summit from camp IV to summit of Lhotse.

At least from 6 weeks, the climbers start their expedition from Base Camp of Everest and settle the Base Camp by their expedition crew.