원정 개요

Summit team left C3 at 5:20 am, apart from Yamamoto and 5 Sherpas, who left from C2 at 5 am. They caught up with rest of team just below summit. Weather clear but windy. Stayed on top for 10 minutes, then descended to C2, where they arrived at 4 pm. Next day BC and then Samagaon. Returned to Kathmandu by helicopter on 6 Oct.

Kurihara reached 6300m on 16 Sept, turned back due to fatigue.
Uchida reached 6300m on 10 Sept, not feeling well, maybe pulmonary edema.
Yamashita reached 7100m on 2 Oct, turned back due to altitude problems.

Oxygen: Fujimori, Nakajima, Usui from C1 to summit to C2; Kadoya, Kato, Yamamoto and all climbing Sherpas C2 to summit to C2.

Sherpas:
Lhakpa Rita, 4/9/71, Phortse
1998 - Everest North - IMG
2001 - Everest North - US Team
2004 - Everest South - Chilean team
Lhotse, Anna I, Cho Oyu

Lhakpa Nuru, 18/6/80, Phortse
Spring 2006 - Lhotse - Chilean team

Chewang Lendu, 19/4/80, Phortse
Spring 2006 - Lhotse - Chilean team

Phu Tashi, 18/5/73, Phortse
2004 - Everest South - Chilean team
2006 - Lhotse - Chilean team

Tul Bahadur Tamang, 30/08/66, Deusa, Solukhumbu
2000 & 2004 - Cho Oyu
2002 & 2006 - Everest North - Japanese team
1998 - Dhaulagiri I