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Email from Dan Owens:

BC 23 Apr
C1 26 Apr
C2 27 Apr
C3 18 May
C4 19 May
Smt 20 May by Owens and Pasang Sherpa at 2:30 pm.

Left C4 and 4 am on 20 May, summited at 2:30 pm, back to C4, then to C2 on 21 May. Hiked back in to BC in the afternoon of 22 May.

Owens started and stopped using oxygen at the bergschrund below C3. Pasang started at from C4.

"I arrived 5 days early and spent the extra days in Khumjung to pre-acclimate a bit. Think this really helped as I've had HAPE before. Climbed from C3 to C4 in bad weather, so it took longer than expected. Weather never calmed down till 4 am the next morning, which delayed the start and summit time. Arrived back in the dark from the summit, so slept another night at C4. Then just 2 more long days down to BC before a great celebration with Asian Trekking and the rest of the team.