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Approach: Beni (bus)->Myagdi Khola->Italian BC (porters trapped by snow), helicopter to Pkr

C1 at NE Col
C2 higher than normal for C2 on NE Ridge
C3 on NE Ridge.

Spanish Dhaulagiri Expedition - 9 May 2008 led by Carlos Pauner

Team pitched C1 at 5800m on Dhaulagiri I's NE Col on 11 April. On the 12th they descended to BC, and now the weather was not very good. They returned to C1 on the 17th and on the 19th established C2 on the NE Ridge at 6800m, higher than the normal site. On the 20th they returned to BC to rest.

They began their summit push on 28 April, when they went up from BC to C1, on the 29th to C2, and on the 30th C3 was made at 7400m on the ridge. Only Alejandre and Pauner went to C3 because Perez had not felt well at C2 and went down to BC instead.

Alejandre and Pauner left C3 for the top at 3:00 am. Pauner reached the summit at 2:00 pm, while Alejandre, who was not so strong, got there only at 4:00 pm. Pauner was back in C3 at 5:00 pm, but Alejandre took 13 hours to return to camp (at 3:00 am on 2 May). Alejandre had frostbite on one finger: this was her first 8000er and she had little experience with high altitude. The two summiters descended to BC together and arrived there at 8:00 pm.

Alejandre's frostbite was the team's only serious health problem. She returned to Spain on 8 May, but Pauner and Perez helicoptered to Gorak Shep on the 13th to climb Lhotse.

Fixed rope: 600m from C2 to C3.