원정 개요

The TAGnepal expedition was a combination of two teams from Climbing the Seven Summits and Mountain Madness. The Climbing the Seven Summits team was managed by Pasang Tendi Sherpa and the Mountain Madness team by Oswaldo Freire.

CBC 03/09 4800m
IC 06/09 5400m
ABC 07/09 5700m
C1 14/09 6400m
C2 18/09 7200m
C3 25/09 7500m
Smt 26/09 by all members apart from Ross Veltmann, Pasang Tendi, Ngang Pasang,
Pemba Rinji Sherpa, Dawa Dendi Sherpa, Lama Babu Sherpa at 8:57 am.

All Mountain Madness members started from C3 at 1 am (Freire and Beattie did not use oxygen). TAGnepal members started from C2 at 12:36 am. Weather was perfect and good snow conditions. The teams caught up with each other just on the plateau below the summit. They all summited together and spend about one hour on the summit as the weather was perfect. All members, Pasang Tendi and Lama Babu descended to C2, where they arrived at 1:28 pm. The other Sherpas descended to ABC. On 27/09 everyone down to ABC.

Veltmann reached 6800m on 18/09. He had been suffering from digestion problems and left the expedition early.

Teams left ABC on 29/09.

Fixed rope: 3000m with Alpenglow

Oxygen:
Taken and used from C2 to top to C2 by members apart from Freire and Beattie,
who did NOT use oxygen
Taken and used from C3 to top to C3 by Sherpas.

Sherpas:
Pasang Tendi Sherpa, Khembalung, Yafu-9, Sankhuwasabha (27.10.1983)
Ngang Pasang Sherpa, Waku-04, Solukhumbu (27.10.1986)
Pemba Rinji Sherpa, Jubing-1, Solukhumbu (26.12.1981)
Dawa Dendi Sherpa, Gudel-4, Solukhumbu (14.04.1977)
Lama Babu Sherpa, Bung-9, Solukhumbu (23/09/1968