Jindabyne man scales Everest

A local man has recently made it to the top of Mount Everest, and is now making his slow descent.

Andreas Breitfuss has spent months training for his second trip to the Himalayas, culminating in his reaching the summit of Everest, Saturday local time.

Weather prevented his group from reaching the top initially, but after some setbacks he and the Canadian organisation he is travelling with managed to reach the peak.

Andreas' father says that it's a great accomplishment, and that Andreas had something very important to do once he'd reached the top - call his mother.