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BC at Gorak Shep
Biv1 on SW Ridge
Biv2 on East Face.

29th Nov carried load to SW Ridge and 1 Dec camped on this ridge at 5900m. 2 Dec to BC because Mike sick. Todd then decided he could solo East Face, which Japanese had just finished climbing. 4 Dec Bibler started up face without gear had left at SW Ridge. Had tent sleeping bag but no rope. No wind at all (slept with door of tent open). 5 Dec to summit and back to BC.

Dimitri still sick and left BC 6 Dec (an Everest LO had come to BC and said since mountain had been climbed by face, they could not attempt summit via ridge). 7 Dec Bibler up ridge to retrieve gear at 5900m (and at 6100m which Bibler had dumped on 2 Dec before descent that day).