Team poised to scale Everest

ITANAGAR, 7 May: A team of mountaineers, including Tagit Sorang from Arunachal, reached Camp 3 of Mount Everest, located at an altitude of 7,300 metres above sea level, on 2 May to acclimatize.

The team has come down to the base camp and is waiting for a favourable weather to summit the Everest.

The attempt to summit the peak will be made between 15 and 29 May, if the window of weather opens for climbing, Sorang said.