The body of Australian climber Marisa Strydom has arrived back in Melbourne some 10 days after the 34-year-old succumbed to altitude sickness on the world's highest peak.
The Monash University lecturer's body arrived on Tuesday and her family is now making arrangements for her funeral.
"She arrived yesterday and her funeral is being arranged in Melbourne," Dr Strydom's sister, Aletta Newman, told AAP on Wednesday.
A fundraising campaign to help pay for the repatriation and funeral - organised by Dr Strydom's former netball club - has raised $24,000 to date.
Any additional money raised will be donated to charity.
The lecturer died in the arms of her husband, Melbourne vet Robert Gropel, while descending Mount Everest on May 21.
Dr Strydom had turned around before reaching the summit the previous day but increasingly found it difficult to walk and started speaking gibberish.
Her condition improved with medication and more oxygen, allowing her to begin descending again with the help of her husband, who had made it to the top of the world.
But Dr Strydom subsequently collapsed and died.
It took a recovery team almost a week to bring the 34-year-old's body down from 8000 metres to Camp 2 and fly her to Kathmandu.
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