Well, good news from the North Side. A number of Sherpa working with Himalayan Experience reached the summit late in the day April 30.

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It looks like the teams on the North Side are making impressive and early progress. Already rope has been fixed to the North Col and the crews fixing the route are prepared to go even higher.

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The 2006 Everest season is underway and it is with great nostalgia that I read the blogs of climbers making their way to the north side base camp. A year ago I too was preparing for this journey, which lasted 65 days door to door with 56 of those days spent at the Rongbuk Glacier Base Camp or above.

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