1.   On the way down, West saw an Australian and a Russian climber struggling up the mountain.

2.   A fourth Russian climber, Vladimir Tumyalis, was ill and did not attempt the summit, Drakin said.

3.   A Russian climber died Sunday after being buried under falling rock, the seventh victim in a deadly weekend in the Alps, police said Sunday.

4.   A Russian climber was killed on the descent from the summit of Mount Everest and two of his partners were missing, the Interfax news agency said Sunday.

5.   A Russian climber died while attempting Mount Makalu, the fifth highest peak in the world, the Nepalese Tourism Ministry reported Saturday.

6.   A Russian climber living in Kazakstan has scaled Mount Lhotse, the fourth highest peak in the Himalayas, the Nepalese tourism ministry said Sunday.

7.   During the weekend, a joint search effort nearly collapsed after Norwegian police arrested two elite Russian climbers for entering the crash site without permission.

8.   Guarachi was reminded of the dangers of climbing in the Himalayan Mountains in December, when famed Russian climber Anatoli Boukreev disappeared on Mount Annapurna.

9.   In January, the frozen bodies of three Russian climbers who had been missing for several days were found on Orizaba.

10.   More searchers were heading into the Himalayas Friday to look for a well-known Russian climber who was swept away by an avalanche eight days ago.