Received just now, a message from Lorenzo from ABC. He says "I have one hell of a story to tell". I can imagine!
A combination of a very technical climb and a que of people made progress up from Camp 3 difficult, especially in the dark. He started to notice he couldn't focus, then realised he'd lost vision in one eye. He then lost contact with the others on the way up to North Ridge; very worrying. Reached the North Ridge and could see the peaks on the South side, but realised then, at 8600m, that he could not carry on. Now, even more dramatic, he managed to find some shelter behind a rock to rest until sunrise, the tip of Everest just in front of him.
His message gets cut off and he starts a new one. Thinks his eye will recover.
Harry sent up a Sherpa to help Lorenzo down from Camp 2. "Wonderful to be speaking to you all ... celebrating life". A lesson learned to never do such a summit without a personal Sherpa. "Very terrifying to be on my own - my 'time' had not come."
At this stage, there has been no message from Harry, but it could just be his radio. John is at Camp 3 and Dmitry has summited too.
He will ring again tomorrow from BC.
Chris.