03:00 am CDT May 06, 2009
(MountEverest.net/Madrid) A group of Sherpas fixing up the route from C4 on Everest’s South side achieved the first Everest summits this season yesterday. British David Tait may have topped-out as well, according to team mates.
Names and summit times are yet to be confirmed, while several teams have posted partial reports.
Expeditions’ summit reports
“Yesterday (May 5) we got a radio call from our own Thapkee Sherpa (Lakpa’s brother) as he stood on the summit of Mt. Everest,” Alpine Ascents reported earlier today. “He was part of a …