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Aust Army Everest expedition to continue despite deaths

In Nepal, the Australian Army expedition to Mount Everest will go ahead despite the death of three support team members in a freak avalanche earlier this week.

Jonathan Harley reports from Kathmandu.

The Everest 2001 expedition has decided as a group to continue. The decision comes after a series of meeting and a trauma counselling sessions over the last few days to met its plan to climb Mt Everest by the end of May. The team will leave Katmandu by bus early tomorrow morning for the Himalayas. Meanwhile a private memorial service has been conducted on the British embassy compound in Katmandu, a chance for expedition members to say a last goodby to Peter Szypula, his partner Michelle Hackett and her young daughter Kathleen.

30/03/01 20:00:49 | ABC Radio Australia News

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