Mountaineering expert says recovery operation for Séamus Lawless would be a ‘huge task’
A fundraising page set up by the family of Séamus Lawless, who has been missing on Mount Everest since Thursday, has raised over €220,000 in two days.
From Bray, Co Wicklow, the father of one was part of an eight-member climbing expedition when he went missing after he reportedly fell from an altitude of 8,300 metres. The weather was closing in and there were only a few weeks left during which an operation could be mounted. This meant that the Sherpas would have to be already at the base camp as there would not be enough time to move new climbers there and wait for them to get acclimatised.He said he had read of a previous attempt some years ago to bring a body down, but that had to be abandoned because of the difficulties involved.said the Government would assist the family of Mr Lawless in any way possible.
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