원정 개요

BC 27/10 5425m
C1 02/11 6125m
C2 03/11 6400m
Smt 07/11 by Penttila, Wargowsky, Jangbu Sherpa, Chhewang Sherpa, Karma Sherpa
[and a stray dog].

Summiters started from C2 at 2 am, reached the summit at 11:30 am trhen all the way down to BC at 8:30 pm. Weather for summit day was good, prior to that a lot of wind. Good snow conditions.

Grant Jasiunas left on second day of the trip due to a family emergency.

Daryl Brown abandoned trip in Khare before the Mera climb due to lack of fitness.

All other non-summit members abandoned climb at C2 (6400m). They didn't want to be in a rush on the hike out and decided to not go higher.

Team left BC on: 4 pax on 06/11, 3 pax on 08/11

A stray dog followed the team to the summit [see Outside Online article listed in the References section).

Oxygen: taken to BC for emergency, not used

Fixed rope: 1700m

Hired:
Jangbu Sherpa (S)
Chhewang Sherpa (S)
Karma Sherpa (S)
Gyalze Sherpa (6800m) [rope-fixing?]
Pasang Nuri Sherpa (no summit)


A second group from SummitClimb arrived in mid-November:

Garvan Lynch (Ireland)
Marguerite O'Sullivan (Ireland)
Sebastian Kegreiss (Switzerland)

Kegreiss summited on 21 November according to the Ministry.