Dear all,

Apologies are extended for the drawn out nature of news on Geordie’s progress, and it is only with the best intentions of keeping Geordie’s friends, family and supporters up to date with the very latest news. It appears that despite a hectic and sleepless 36 hours, we will now be able to rest until tomorrow morning for final confirmation. What we do know is that he is now currently safe and that he made an attempt at the final summit, we don’t yet know whether he made it.

I have just spoken with Adventure Peaks and they have told me that the full update is very likely to come at 9am tomorrow morning, British Summer Time.

The teams are all currently asleep up on the mountain and it is very unlikely that we will hear from them again today. The messages we receive on their website come through their office in Britain, which closes at 5.30pm tonight and reopens at 9am tomorrow morning.

When the climbers wake up tomorrow morning, it will be 9am their time and 2am our time, so any messages that are sent from them will consequently not be posted on the internet until the office reopens tomorrow morning our time.

To put it succinctly, you are not going to hear any news between until at least 8am tomorrow morning, and it is unlikely that it will come today. In the meantime you are welcome to check for yourself at the website where we get all of our news:
http://www.adventurepeaks.com/news/everestnews2010.html

The wait may now finally be over. Apologies again for the uncertainty over the last 24 hours, we have simply been updating you as best we can on what we knew. Thank you for your patience, I hope that you will hear from us again shortly.

Whatever the outcome of Geordie’s expedition, we can all be immensely proud of his achievements, and it is worth reiterating the importance of the support that he receives from all of you. On his behalf, thank you once again.

Team Geordie

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