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BC at South Annapurna Glacier
C1 ABC at top of rognan (rock island)
C2 on South Face
C3 on South Face.

C4 site reached 17 Oct but camp not established. Big snowstorm and serac avalanche plus illness slowed progress after C3 occupied. Serac avalanches destroyed C2 12 Oct, but that was about the only day it was occupied. McMillan wanted to go for top and others with him but he got sick in C3. "Between people leaving and people getting sick," climb ground to halt especially when C2 was never reestablished. McMillan was in C1 coming down to BC on 27th and then used BC for climbing trekking peaks with one trekker. He took time to make decisions and then did not stick with them; was "out of touch with reality" about an 8000er; hadn't been above about 20,000 ft before and didn't understand the process of expedition climbing. So expedition fell apart. After 19th weather was beautiful. About 10 Oct general felling was there would be no success, but some members wanted to get to their personal high points.

McMillan didn't care about clearing camps, so others did it. McMillan went to C3 on 25 Oct to try a solo bid for the top, but when he reached C3 had seconds thoughts about being alone on the mountain and went down. Slept in a gully above C2 at about 5600m that night and returned to BC on 27th.