원정 개요

C2 used as ABC
C4 at South Col.

May 22: Left C4 (5 members and four Sherpas) at 02:00 hours.
May 23: Summit at 08:00 hours, spent about 10-15 minutes. Returned to C4 between 12:00-13:00 hours. May 24 down to C2. Weather condition was bad between Balcony and South Summit - very windy.

Sherpas on summit: Fura Dorje, Kami, Chongba Nurbu and Ongchhu.
Sange Sherpa up to C4.

Oxygen used: members used oxygen from C3. For sleeping in C4 and during the ascent; oxygen used from C4 by Sherpas to summit and back to C4.

Prieto left BC on May 27 (w/boy friend). Munoz and Soto arrived Kathmandu on May 31. Rest of the members returned to Kathmandu on June 2. The team leaving KTM all together on June 5. V. Cuq may come for Kangchenjunga in next spring.

All members used high camps except Purto (expedition doctor).

Sherpa summiters:
Fura Dorje, Tate, 1961, Everest X3
Kami (aka Kame), Bagam, Kerung, 1962, Everest X3, Lhotse
Chongba Nurbu (aka Chhongba Nuru), Tate, 1961, Everest X1
Ongchhu, Lakhu, Waku VDC, Solukhumbu, Nov-Dec 1968