원정 개요

BC at normal site
C2 at Col
C3 at plateau.

30th Sept later start from C3 (10:00 am) because of strong wind earlier. Arikawa and Mimura caught up with Konishi at 7900m who was descending but very very tired. They too very tired & continued down together but later (9:30 pm) Mimura and Konishi decided to biv at 7800m while Arikawa reached C3 - biv 5-10m apart. Mimura slept 4-5 hours and at 2:30 am woke up and found Konishi who apparently had gone up; Konishi still alive but in bad condition. Mimura went to find good place to biv but could not find Konishi again plus Mimura also in bad shape and maybe he too very confused. On 1 Oct Pemba Tshering up from C1 and found Mimura standing like a statue (far from C3 but viable from there) at 3:00 pm. Search for Konishi 1 & 2 Oct produced no result.

* 27 Sept - 1st on top were Japanese; next Italians last Koreans; 28th and 30th no one else
** Dhanjeet (Kancha) Tamang, 38 Makalu village - 1st 8000m summit
One has frostbitten fingers

Report of exped:
27 Sept - Ishikawa, Nima Dorje and Tsering Dorje to summit
28 Sept - Sugiyama, Dhanjeet and Pemba Norbu to summit
30 Sept - Konishi summit 5:30 pm
Arikawa + Mimura at 6:40 pm without oxygen

While descending from summit they met Konishi sitting at 7900m about 10:00 pm, we all very tired and about to die and planned to do bivouac, Konishi looked very tired with oxygen. Arikawa himself decided to descend. It was early morning of 1st Oct. He found other Japanese Manaslu Expedition tent at C3. He went there. He was also so tired. Mimura got down telling to Konishi. He did biv about 2:00 am of 1st Oct. Early morning he went back to look for Konishi but he was not there. He himself was so tired.

1st Oct - Mimura, Arikawa, Pemba Dorje in C3
2nd Oct C3 - C2 Mimura, Arikawa, Pemba
3rd Oct C2 - C1 6300m

Due to heavy snowfall about 5 feet they could not move down, the track was blocked and closed without sufficient food. They stayed in C5 for 3 days (4-6 Oct).

7 Oct Mimura, Arikawa, Pemba Sherpa came back to KTM about 1:00 pm from the altitude of 6100m.

On 30th Sept nearly morning of 1 Oct Mimura, Arikawa, Konishi were together at the altitude of about 7900m at about 2:30 am. Due to darkness they could not find him.

Since 30 Sept Konishi was missing. He was disappeared when they separated at altitude 7900m.