Operation to recover body of Melbourne woman Maria Strydom from Everest to take days

By Aisha Dow
Updated May 25 2016 - 10:13pm, first published 9:25pm
Maria Strydom died on Saturday. Photo: Monash University
Maria Strydom died on Saturday. Photo: Monash University

The body of a Melbourne woman who died on Mount Everest has been moved 300 metres down the mountain, in the first stage of an arduous operation to repatriate the Monash University lecturer to Australia.

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