Houlding Team Preparing For Summit Bid

Leo Houlding made the BBC Five Live news the other night with a quick report saying that the team was hoping to climb Everest wearing 1920s replica gear, right now though, the Altitude Everest Team is back in Advanced Base Camp resting and packing in preparation for the start of their summit bid this Friday 8 June.

The team's left its summit bid late - most expeditions have already left the mountain - but while a storm is forecast to hit the mountain imminently, the forecast for 12 June apparently remains good.

So far the highest the team have been on the mountain is Camp 2 at around 7500 metres where they spent a windy night to acclimatise to the altitude before descending to ABC once more.

The team has also been filming climbers and Sherpas in 1920s clothing and equipment as part of the footage for the docu drama at the heart of the expedition.

There's plenty to browse through on the expedition web site including daily updated video and photographs from the team, see www.ueverest.com