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17 May Bitriol and Mathis left C2 at 3 am. Weather was clear. They reached C3 at 9:30 am. Weather started to deteriorate and as it did not get any better, they turned back and descended to C1 and arrived at 6 pm. On 18 May back to BC.

Schaefer and Hickersperger reached C1 on 13 May, did not stay the night. Hickersperger, Schafer, Bitriol and Mathis all turned back to BC. Hickersperger was not feeling well. He had a fever. Schaefer decided to go back to Kathmandu with Hickersperger as he was his climbing partner. They left BC on 15 May. On 12 May Bitriol and Mathis set up C1 and carried on to C2 to stay night.