원정 개요

Funahashi, Ishii, Okura, Nima Nurbu, Pasang Kidar and Dawa Nuru Sherpa left C3 at 22:00 hours (NST) on 14 May. Okura and Dawa Nuru reached summit at 06:50 hours. They stayed on summit one and half hours. Ishii and Pasang Kidar summited at 08:27 hours. Okura and Dawa Nuru descended to Second Step waiting for other team members. Ishii stayed on summit about 20 minutes and while descending Ishii collapsed at about 8650m at 9:30 am and died within few minutes. His body was buried by 3 Sherpas at the end of triangular snow field. Okura arrived C3 at 16:30 hours and slept there. There Funahashi and Nima Nurbu reached up to 8820m at about 09:00 hours. There were many people on the queue. She could not wait for her turn, then she and Nima Nurbu turned back to C3. Next day all members and Sherpas descended to ABC about 20:00 hours. Summit day weather was very good. No wind, no clouds. Ahead of Okura team there were about 10 to 12 climbers and behind maybe 20-30 climbers. Okura saw at the summit Buddha's statue in a glass box with lots of kata and prayer flags.

Okura used oxygen from C2 to summit to C2. Ishii from C1 summit to 8600m. Funahashi from ABC to 8820m to C1. Sherpa summiters used oxygen from C3 to summit to C3. Nima Nurbu from C3 to 8820m to C3.

Sherpas:
Nima Nurbu Sherpa, 20/2/80, Thamiteng, Everest X1, Cho Oyu X2
Pasang Kitar/Kidar, 25/2/79, Beding, Everest X5, Cho Oyu X3
Dawa Nuru, 25/9/63, Thami, Everest X8, Cho Oyu X1