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The latest news live from Lincolnshire Freemason Jez Hyland and his climbing companions heading for Everest Base Camp has come this afternoon in series of stunning pictures and a report direct from the Himalayas.
In the main picture (above) taken on their acclimatisation day, Jez, from Horncastle, is the one in the cap, and Franklin Lodge Master Rob Wight from Boston is on the extreme right.
The assault on Everest is being made to raise money for the Lincolnshire Freemasons’ 2025 fundraising festival target of £2.25m in support of its charity the MCF.
Jez writes: “Tuesday was our acclimatisation day at Namche Bazaar, which sits at 11,400 feet above sea level. The day consisted of a 1,500-foot climb to the Everest Hotel, and then walk back down to where we’d started. It was a four-hour steep stroll, and would have offered our first view of Everest, if it hadn’t been hidden by cloud…
