 Phil and Pauline Sanderson are in the outdoor sports business |
A husband and wife from Strathspey, who are attempting to become the first married couple from the UK to conquer Everest, have reached the North Col. Phil and Pauline Sanderson, who work at Glenmore Lodge Outdoor Centre, near Aviemore, hope to strike the peak before 23 May.
The North Col is several thousand feet below the 29,028ft summit.
They stopped there on Monday because the volume of climbers on the mountain was so high.
Dead Sea
However, the couple are in a race against time because their expedition permit rules that they must be off Everest by 27 May.
Mr and Mrs Sanderson, from Grantown-on-Spey, are with the Everestmax Expedition.
Mrs Sanderson, 41, is one of a team of five attempting to complete the world's longest climb from the Dead Sea - the lowest point on Earth.
The team cycled from Jordan to the Everest base camp.
In Tibet, the cyclists were joined by six climbing specialists including 39-year-old Mr Sanderson.
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