원정 개요

21 Sept members on top 10:30 am NST; left C2 at 2:00 am and returned to C2 at 4:00 pm; "fanastic" weather.

27 Sept on top 10:00 am; left from C3 at 4:00 am and some back to ABC, some to C2 and to C3.

Sherpa summiters:
Pasang Nuru, aka Ang Nuru, 22 years old, Pangboche, Everest X1
Pasang Dawa, aka Pa Dawa, Panda, 18/1/77, Pangboche, Everest X3, Lhotse X1,
Cho Oyu X1
Pasang (Tibetan), Nyalam, Cho Oyu 16/5/02

Oxygen:
none by Andrieux, Wade, Sherpas and Tibetan;
members who summited from C2 (on 21st) used it from C2 to top to C2;
27th members usage details Todd doesn't know.

Nelson stayed one night in BC and left with no climbing.
Joshi left about 17 Sept, no motivation.


Saunders by email - 18 Feb 2004, Feb 21, 2004, Feb 23, 2004

Oxygen used for climbing only by Davey, Gole, Winkworth and Saunders; none by Wade, Andrieux, Sherpa and Tibetan.

Saunders group summited between 08:00 and 9:30 am.

Saunders guided his own group, but used the "excellent" infrastructure of Todd's expedition and were listed on Todd's permit. On Saunders team were:

Saunders, Victor
Andrieus, Guisippe (Andrieux, Philippe)
Boulanger, Joseph
Burlet, Philipp
Burr, Charles
Burr, Oliver
Gole, Veronique (Andrieux, Veronique Gole)

On Tim Calder's team (also using same arrangement as Saunders' group):

Calder, Tim
Joshi, Rajiv
Oswald, Iain
Pomeret, John
Wade, Ian

On Henry Todd's team were:

Henry Todd
Botha, Andries
Davey, Michael
Nagel, Marc
Nelson, Gerald
Romersa, John
Thomas, Scott
Winkworth, Mark

Saunders also said that Joseph Boulanger was the same person as Antoine Boulanger (Putha Hiunchuli Autumn 2000, Baruntse Autumn 2001). Complete name is Antoine Joseph Boulanger.