원정 개요

BC at Chinese BC
C1 at normal spot
C2 at normal spot
C3 at normal spot.

Three Sherpas and seven climbers started climbing from C3 at 6:30 am of 11th May. One Sherpa turned around from near the summit because he was very tired. Two Sherpas and seven climbers reached summit at 6 pm of 11th May. They spent 30 minutes on the top, took photographs, talked to BC on radio. It took half an hour to go to the real summit from the lower summit.

The day they reached on the summit was very bad; windy and snowing.
Summiters came back to C3 at 9 pm of 11th May.
Met a Russian climber half an hour before.

* Rope: In between C1 and C2, a few meters before C3 and after C3 and some places where there was special rope. Rope fixed by the Sherpas of this team and by Korean team.


** Ang Phurba Sherpa and Tarke Sherpa summited Cho Oyu along with the seven members. Had summited Cho Oyu 2 times and 3 times respectively (Ang Phurba 3 times and Tarke Sherpa 4 times including this summit).

Slaughtered a yak at Chinese BC of Cho Oyu and slaughtered sheep at Chinese BC of Xixabangma. As leader mentioned, no one raised question and objection while and after they slaughtered the animals. Liaison officer and even Sherpa people helped and involved on this activity.

*** Xixabangma: Started climbing from C3 at 9:30 am of 27th May. Reached the summit at 4 pm of 27th. Came down to C3 at 7:30 pm of 27th May.