An Australian climber is fighting for life after he was found unconscious on Mount Everest - where ten climbers have died in nine days.
The man was rescued at an altitude of 7,500 metres, on the northern slopes, about 7pm on Wednesday, according to China Daily.
Four crew members from the Tibet Himalaya Expedition Company brought the unidentified man down part of the mountain Wednesday evening.
He was reportedly out of consciousness and in a critical condition.
The man was rescued (pictured) at an altitude of 7,500 metres, on the northern slopes, about 7pm on Wednesday
Four crew members from the Tibet Himalaya Expedition Company brought the unidentified man down part of the mountain Wednesday evening (pictured)
The news comes as ten climbers died at Everest in nine days, with locals blaming clogged up routes for the toll. Pictured: Climbers queue to stand on the summit of Everest on May 22
By Thursday morning, the climber had been taken to Base Camp where he was then transported to hospital.
The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade said they are 'providing consular assistance to an Australian man hospitalised in Kathmandu' in a statement to the ABC.
The Australian climber has reportedly stabilised.
The news comes as ten climbers died at Everest in nine days, with locals blaming clogged up routes for the toll.
Climbers waiting in queues while climbing are sucking up mountaineers' limited oxygen supply and exposing them to the harsher winds for longer.
Hiking officials attributed most of the deaths to weakness, exhaustion and delays on the crowded route to the 29,030-foot (8,850-metre) summit.
The route up the mountain includes several large obstacles including a huge moving glacier near to base camp as shown in the map above
May 16: Irish professor Séamus Lawless went missing on May 16 after reportedly falling.
The search operation has since been called off and he is presumed dead.
