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Route to C2 same as Tichy route. 1 May one member with two Argentinians and some Britons started up from ABC together to C1. 2 May they went to C2 with Taiwanese; also Sacco, Giorgis, Marzoni and Geroldi to C1. 3 May a member made C3 with Ang, British and Taiwanese while 4 from Italian team reached C2. In C2 Marzoni decided to descend because tired and did so on 3 May. 4 May to summit: Lauthier from C3, Sacco and Giorgis from C2 (with Geroldi to 8000m because late and weather changing). Lauthier left C3 at 7:40 am Chinese time and on top about 3 pm and down to C3 with freezing feet (frostbite started during ascent), while Italian men left C2 2 am and on summit 3:10 pm and returned C2 6:30 pm. 5 May all in ABC and Lauthier ABC to BC on yak (had frostbite last year at Gasherbrum II).

Expedition had 10 members who left KTM together, but before they reached BC Pe and Poggiani developed mild altitude sickness and went home (on 15 April). Gazzola got mild altitude sickness at BC and immediately left (17 April). Leader Bernardi climbed to C1, got mild altitude sickness and left ABC for home on 27 April. Next day (28 April) Valverdu, who reached C1, also got altitude sickness and went home.