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The Australian climber recovering in a Kathmandu hospital after being rescued high up on the northern slopes of Mount Everest has been identified as Canberra man Gilian Lee.
Tibetan climbers found Mr Lee unconscious at an altitude of 7,500 metres last Wednesday.
The ABC understands Mr Lee was attempting to reach the summit without oxygen tanks.
It is unclear whether he fell ill on the way to the summit, or when coming back down the mountain.
The day before his rescue, Mr Lee complained on Twitter that he had a chest infection with a “killer sore throat”.
The ABC understands he is recovering in Kathmandu’s Grande hospital.
Mr Lee arrived in Nepal to climb Mount Everest in April.
Stuck at Chinese Base Camp (CBC) ahead of his climb, Mr Lee took to social media to vent his frustrations as he waited for conditions to improve.
“Plans getting worse by the day. Lot of wind at the summit from the south side direction,” he wrote on Facebook on May 9.
“[North] side windy as well. Chinese rope fixing team not at CBC so every day of delay is a nightmare.”
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