An unprecedented rescue attempt on Everest this morning is all the buzz in the climbing community today. It seems that climbers going after the summit this morning came across Austrailian climber Lincoln Hall, alone and alive, on the mountain, after spending the night at 8700 meters! A joint rescue was mounted by all the remaining teams on the mountain's North Face, in an effort to get the stranded climber down to base camp. You ca read all about this extraordinary story at MountEverest.net.