In Paris, French Environment Minister Brice Lalonde said the 284,632-ton tanker was being towed to more sheltered waters but still posed a threat to marine life.
"You know I work for Brice," he says.
Brice, 36, said their expedition established its advanced base camp where the ridge begins, at 21,000 feet in the east Rongbuk Glacier.
His stand infuriates many in France, including Environment Minister Brice Lalonde, a former ecologist.
TS Eliot's encomium of Marie Lloyd applies equally well to Fanny Brice.
As Barbra declared in the role of her alter-ego, Fanny Brice, in "Funny Girl": "It's coming too easy, that's what's got me scared.
To celebrate their own entrepreneurial past, Bill and Julie Brice are offering a glimpse of the entrepreneurial future.