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BC at bottom end of lake
High point at start of buttress.

Stayed at BC few days then decided to go up one afternoon to look at the mountain see route and how snow condition: 5 members climbed for 2 hrs. On 28th when at 4:00 pm Curry fell, Nations and Harrison had reached the high point and turned around when Curry on 30 degrees ice, easy ground, started sliding; never tried self arrest in 500 ft slide and then went out of sight. Did not call out or respond to Harrison's shouts to him to stop but did not appear to try to stop (had crampons and ice axe). Team was unroped. Curry slid all the way down mountain. Found him only next day. Slid/fell about 2000 vertical meters; body in one piece but unrecognizable. Wife was part of search party on 29th. Certainly did not survive fall; was there watching crossing patch of ice on which Curry had slipped. Body taken to scree at bottom of SE face and then off falling stone and ice after sun hit face, covered it completely.

30th decided to continue climb and went out again to look at route. Did not climb up but looked up from around base. 31st got up to go up but no one wanted to climb. "Our hearts weren't in it." Could easily avoid the objective dangers.