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BC at CBC/IC on 17 at 5400m.

McKinlay left C2 at 02:30 hours (NST), reached summit at 12:00 hours, stayed at summit about 10 minutes. Descended to C2 at 16:00 hours, next day to ABC. Weather was very good, it was a little windy at the beginning. When sun came up there was not wind. It was warm and clear sky. Clouds around summit, in and out, saw Everest. Saw at summit prayer flags, oxygen cylinders and bamboo poles.

McKinlay returned to Kathmandu on May 12 and will leave on May 18. This is McKinlay's second attempt on Cho Oyu.