원정 개요

BC 15/04 5600m
C1 -- never slept at C1
C2 24/04 6600m
C3 14/05 7400m
Smt 16/05 by 16 members (all except Manoj Joshi and Arun Kumar).

Team started from C3 at 5:30 pm on 15/05. First summit at 6:30 am. Everyone on the summit within 3 hours. Summit is narrow so it took long time. Weather was fair on summit day. Coming back weather deteriorated. Two members got frostbitten on descent. Back to C3 between 3 pm-11:30 pm. Next day (17/05) everyone to BC.

Narayan Singh died at 8200m on 16/05 descending from the summit because of altitude issues. Sherpas will try to bring his body down soon.

Three members flown from BC to CIWEC hospital in KTM on 18/05, two members flown on 19/05. Rest of team to lower BC on 19/05. They will trek out next week.

Manoj Joshi (leader) had pneumonia. He got back to KTM by heli from lower BC (4800m) on 07/05. He reached his HPt at C2 on 24/04.

Balwant Singh and Harjas Singh Gill at CIWEC now frostbitten. Balwant frostbite (blisters) on fingers and on one toe; Harjas one finger frostbitten and foot (all toes). Sunil Rai frostbite on 5 fingers.

Team left BC on 18/05.

Sherpas above BC: 1 Sherpa per member

Oxygen: Used by everyone from 7400m to summit to 7400m.