원정 개요

From American Alpine Journal 1988, page 279, by Paul Pfau:

We arrived at Everest Base camp after a five day motorcade adventure from Lhasa.

Intially blessed with good weather, we were able to establish C1 and Advance Base at 18,000 and 20,000 feet on September 13 and 16. Deteriorating weather delayed placing camp prevented establishment of C4 at 23,000 feet until September 25. We installed C3A at 22,000 feet on the 26th just below 600 ft of fixed line in the couloir leading to Changtse's upper plateau for logistical support above.

While Mike Meyer, Ziggy Mulhauser and I ferried loads from C3A to C4 on September 28, Terry McNeil and David Tollakson made a summit bid from C4. Waist deep snow, hazardous winds and avalanche conditions on the long knife-edged northeast ridge forced them to retreat from 23,750 feet, a mile from and 1000 feet below the summit. Further deteriorating weather caused our withdrawal.