원정 개요

BC 22/04 5700m
ABC 30/04 6400m
C1 27/05 7000m
C2 28/05 7700m
Hpt 29/05 8000m

On 29/05 Woolums and Phillips together with Karma Gelygen Sherpa, Namgyl Sherpa and Mingma Sherpa, left C2 for C3. When they reached approximately 8000m Woolums became concerned about the high winds, and the fact that they would be even more exposed as they gained height on the ridge, so they decided to turn around. However this decision was precipitated by the events detailed below.

On 29/05 they had left for C3 later than planned, because they had been continuing a conversation on the radio with the CTMA that had started the previous evening. On their arrival at C2 on 28/05 the CTMA had radioed up to them asking them to go down. The CTMA wanted to clear the mountain because they said they had a forecast for bad weather coming in over the next few days - when Woolums was planning to summit. Their forecast conflicted with that of Woolums and he refused to descend. The CTMA then proceeded to offer Woolums an incentive of $5000 off next years permit if they would turn around. Woolums refused. However as a result of this conversation, which continued on into the morning of 29/05, Woolums and Phillips left late for C3 and when they encountered high winds, Woolums was worried that this was the bad weather the CTMA had in their forecast. As a result he decided to turn around rather than get stranded in bad weather at C3, and they descended to ABC (29/05). They descended to BC on 30/05 and left BC on 31/05.

Sherpas:
Karma Gelygen Sherpa had previously summited Everest 8 times via the South Col,
4 times with Scott.
Namgyl Sherpa had previously summited Everest 3 times via the South Col with
Mountain Trip expeditions led by Scott and once via the North Col in 2018.
Mingma Sherpa had previously summited Everest 3 times via the South Col.

Oxygen: Used by all members and Sherpas to high point and then down to ABC.