A nine-strong team of high altitude climbers have resumed the search for a Trinity College Dublin lecturer missing on Mount Everest.
Professor Seamus Lawless, 39, went missing after he reportedly fell from an altitude of 8,300 metres last week.
The married dad-of-one had been following a lifelong dream to scale the world's highest peak while raising €25,000 for children's charity Barretstown, Dublin Live reports.
Earlier search operations had been unsuccessful but a new search was launched on Wednesday evening, led by Irish mountaineer Noel Hanna.
Hanna will lead the team to Base Camp IV of the world's highest peak this evening.
A search of the mountain's death zone will begin on Thursday morning, reports the Himalayan Times.
The team consists of eight high-altitude Sherpa climbers, including lead guide Temba Bhote.
Hanna and Bhote reached the summit of Everest with Lawless last Thursday.
The Bray man is reported to have slipped while descending from the summit point later that day.
A GoFundMe set up to help pay for the costs of the search has already raised over €250,000.
