원정 개요

C1 at top of Icefall
C2 in Western Cwm
C3 on Lhotse Face
C4 at South Col.

1st summit party left C4 at 9:30 pm of 17th; summiters and Topchen who turned back at 8400m because oxygen mask frozen up down to C4. Summiters were on top from 5:30 am onwards and all to C4 to sleep at 9:00 am to 12:00 except extremely tired Botha, who returned to C4 5:00 pm.

2nd summit party: summiters and Brennan and Ang Namgyal who turned back at 8650m when Brennan too exhausted to go on up and back to C4. All left C4 10:30 pm 24 May and on top 25 May 7:00 am to 9:20 am and C4 except Casserley, Colquhoun, Hayes, Pasang Dawa (again), Lhakpa Thundu (again), Topchen Bhote and Pemba Chhiri (Pasang Dawa and Lhakpa Thundu started from BC).

Oxygen used by members from C3 to their high points to C4, some below C4. Sherpas from C4 to summit to high points to C4.

Member not in summit attempts:

Joshi went into the Icefall, but was scared off by collapse of the Icefall that killed three Sherpas on 21 April and left expedition about 26 April.

Sherpa summiters:

19 May:
Pasang Dawa (aka Pando), 18/1/77, Pangboche, Everest X5, Lhotse X1, Cho Oyu X3
Pasang Nuru, 13/4/76, Pangboche, 1st 8000er
Ang Namgyal, 21 years old, Pangboche, 1st 8000er
Chewang Dorje, 23 years old, Pangboche, 1st 8000er
Lhakpa Thundu/Thumdu, 20/5/70, Pangboche, Everest X1, Annapurna X1

25 May:
Topchen Bhote, about 28 years old, formerly from Makalu, now Somere (between
Pheriche and Pangboche, 1st 8000er
Pemba Chhiri/Tshering, 1965, Pangboche, Everest X2, Lhotse X1
Lhakpa Thundu again from BC
Pasang Dawa again from BC