Youngest Britons on Everest Reach the Summit

© Rob Gauntlett, James Hooper
After spending six weeks on Mount Everest, Rob Gauntlett and James Hooper, both 19, have become the youngest Britons to climb the mountain. Rob and James summited at 08:00am Wednesday 17th (tibet time), having set off from camp 3 at 22:00pm the previous evening.

Both are in good shape following the climb and are now descending back to ABC over the next 48 hours.

From their web site -
Rob and James phoned their support team from on top of the world at 3:15am. Congratulations to them on becoming the youngest Britons to climb the mountain. They were tired and apprehensive of the descent, but inspired by the panorama of snow-capped peaks and by achieving their three-year dream. They wanted to push their message for young people, and to encourage everyone to donate to Cancer Research for them. They summitted at 8am in the morning in Tibet, having left Camp 3 at 10pm and climbed through the night, and they hope to get back to Camp 2 at 7800m in the remaining part of the day. They expressed their heartfelt thanks to everyone who has supported them. We wish them the best for the descent and look forward to hearing from them safe and well at advanced base camp on Thursday night.

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    17 May, 2006
    Well done to them both.
    17 May, 2006
    yeah, but what have they done on grit?? ;-)
    18 May, 2006
    Yeah, but what have they done on Yorkshire grit?
    18 May, 2006
    Yes well done to them. There seem to be a lot of successes on Everest this week. I hear Conan Harrod made it yesterday too.
    18 May, 2006
    Yes, it must be busy up there. Mind you it always is in the first week of May. Strikes me as a nightmare place to be at the moment. I can't imagine anything worse than fighting for position in such a place. You can see why there are sometimes horrible disasters when the weather closes in unexpectedly. Alan
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