원정 개요

C1 at top of Icefall
C3 on Lhotse West Face
C4 at South Col
High point on face below South Summit.

15th Oct Noguchi and 1 Spaniard with 4 Japanese Noguchi Sherpas and 2 Spanish Sherpas made summit bid. Left C4 at 1:30 am on 15th; at 8350m at 4:00 am and very strong wind and very cloudy. Waited one hour for improved weather. At this time all Sherpas and Japanese went down to lower camps. Japanese and their Sherpas to C2 and Spanish Sherpas stayed at C4; had arrived at C4 6:30 am and C2 4:00 pm.

Now no more climbing by Japanese team because strong winds and difficult to bring up oxygen again. Delay in getting up mountain by avalanche which destroyed Japanese, Spain and Tibet (Lhotse) tents in C3 on 27 or 28 Sept.

Noguchi wants to come next spring, when more people will be making route.