Japanese mountain climber Nobukazu Kuriki, 33, has arrived at his final campsite ahead of the final leg of his climb to the summit of Mount Everest.

If successful, he will become the first person to reach the peak since a massive earthquake in April triggered avalanches that killed 18 climbers.

The deadly avalanches virtually shut an industry that feeds thousands of people across Nepal.

Kuriki of Tokyo, who lost the tips of his fingers from frostbite sustained in a previous attempt to climb the mountain, is making a solo attempt to climb 8,850-metres (29,035 feet) to the Everest summit along the normal Southeast Ridge route pioneered by Sir Edmund Hillary and Sherpa Tenzing Norgay in 1953.

He plans to reach Everest's summit late tomorrow.

In a video message filmed on Sunday, Kuriki thanked his supporters, and said the weather seemed more or less in his favour.

Kuriki is climbing the world's tallest mountain in the autumn season, which is not usually popular among climbers because of extreme cold and shorter periods of daylight.

Two earthquakes in April and May killed 8,900 people in Nepal, including scores of climbers and foreign trekkers.

About 400 foreign climbers who were at the Everest base camp at the time of the earthquakes were forced to abandon their attempts after avalanches destroyed their route through the Khumbu Icefall and sherpas said the slopes were too dangerous to climb.