Fundraising campaign
A fundraising campaign has been launched in a bid to locate and bring home Irish climber Seamus Lawless, who is missing on Mount Everest.
On Thursday, the 39-year-old from Bray, Co Wicklow reached the summit of the mountain.
However, he's believed to have fallen during the descent and has been missing since.
The Lawless family has now launched a fundraising campaign in a bid to raise funds for a team of expert Sherpas to locate Seamus.
Today's attempt to locate Séamus on #Everest proved unsuccessful and will resume when weather clears. Rest of the team are at Camp 2 (6400m). It has been a traumatic 24 hours for the Lawless family and for Noel & Jenny. Keep them all in your thoughts at this very difficult time. pic.twitter.com/lH5rxdPAJa
— Irish Seven Summits (@Irish7Summits) May 17, 2019
Explorer and adventurer Pat Falvey explained that it's too dangerous to carry out a search for now.
He explained: "The winds are still high, the temperatures are still cold.
"The rescue teams have now been called down, mainly because of the fact that it's too dangerous - at 8,000 metres and above... it would mean that it could create fatalities."
Mr Lawless is an Assistant Professor in Artificial Intelligence at Trinity’s School of Computer Science and Statistics.
