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C3 at not slept in until 14 May by 3 in descent.

14 May 10:30 am NST left C2 for top: Binder, Rummel, Gelhardt, Joachim, Graeff, Seidel, Hadel, Hoffmann, Eisenhans, Rackl, Chuldim Sherpa and Lhakpa Sherpa. Six returned at 6500m either slightly sick or too cold. Above yellow band went Gelhardt, Hadel, Eisenhans and Hoffmann only. 7800m Gelhardt with frostbite (one very badly frozen and three others not so bad); 2 others nearly to 8000m where Hoffmann had eye problems and Eisenhans down with him (eyes were Ok down in C3). Hadel on alone to top (flags there and followed trail of earlier summiters) and arrived at 3:00 pm in clear sky on top but other peaks in clouds; he also returned to C3 only at 8:30 pm in dark (had reached yellow band in day light and route below had fixed ropes).

Hoffmann on 16 May from C2 to parapented down but fell into crevasse and rescued by other German expedition and Australians (mildly frostbitten fingers from 5 hours in crevasse 10-15m down).