원정 개요

ABC at between Yak camp and C1.

Bite and Trifunovic left C3 on 27 Oct at about 09:00 hours. Bite summited at 12:45 hours and waited for Trifunovic who reached summit at about 14:00 hours. Trifunovic stayed on summit about 15 minutes, the weather became cloudy. Bite descended to C3 16:30 hours. He had to wait for Trifunovic about 2 hours near serac, otherwise Bite could have reached C3 much earlier. Trifunovic reached C3 at about 18:00 hours. Next day Bite reached BC at 21:00 hours and Trifunovic reached BC at about 01:30 hours of 29th.

Bite and Trifunovic made their first attempt on 26 Oct. The two started from C3 at 07:30 hours. When they reached about 100m above C3, hands and toes of both members started getting cold. It was freezing cold. Then Bite and Trifunovic returned to C3. Both the members realized that their fingers and toes were getting white and little swollen. Bite said that the gloves he was using not good enough to keep his fingers warm. The Spanish climber Gorka Ripodas Perez who was descending after summit gave his gloves to Bite. Then Bite and Trifunovic made their second attempt on 27th.

Note: Frostbite in toes of both feet and two fingers of right hand of Trifunovic are bit serious, but he had not consulted with doctor. Bite's frostbitten toes are getting Ok.

The expedition team returned to Kathmandu on 3 Nov and will leave on 5 Nov.