원정 개요

22 May summit team left C4 at 8:30 pm on 21 May. Holland S. got hit by rock near Balcony and bruised his arm. Climb straightforward. They spent about 1 hour on summit and descended to C4, arrived at 4 pm. Camp 2 on 23 May, BC on 24 May.

24 May summit team: left C4 at 8:30 pm on 23 May. Weather was cold and clear. Low cloud, very busy. They waited at Hillary Step for half hour. Tanner fell into hidden crevasse just below summit - no injuries. They descended to C4, arrived at 11:30 am. On 25 May Casserley and Sherpas descended to BC. Bixler and Trumpelmann descended to C2 on 25 May to BC on 26 May.

25 May Summit team: Roberts, Smith, Brennan and Dendounle left C2 at 5 am on 23 May. They reached C3 at 1 am. On 24 May they left for C4 at 8 am and reached it at 5 pm, apart from Smith who turned back at the Geneva Spur at 3 pm. He abandoned climb due to to exhaustion and dehydration. He descended to C2, where he arrived at 5 pm. Brennan, Dendoune, Kalzang Dorje, Lhakpa Sherpa left C4 at 9:15 pm on 24 May. Hillary Step was not busy, straightforward climb. They spent about 15 minute on summit and descended to C4, where they arrived at 5 pm.

Roberts did not summit. He was too exhausted to leave C4 on 24 May. He descended to BC on 25 May with Casserley (and Kenton Cool)

Sherpas:
Kalzang Dorje, Pangboche, Khumbu, 23/07/81
Pemba Dorje, Pangboche, Khumbu, 34, 2007 Everest with AC but no summit
Dorje Gyalzen, Pangboche, Khumbu, 16/04/82
Chayang Jangbu, Hatiya-1, 28/9/79, Everest: 22/05/07 with British Army
Pasang Dawa (Padawa) Sherpa, Pangboche, 18/10/77, Everest X9, Cho Oyu X4,
Lhotse X1
Tshering Namgyal Sherpa, 14/6/84, Pangboche, Khumbu,
Everest: 24/5/07, 17/05/07 with Saunders, 17/05/06 with Todd
Nurbu Bhote Lama, Hatiya-Barun, 29/5/81, Everest: 22/5/2007, 24/5/2008
Lhakpa Wangchu, Pangboche, Khumbu, 20/10/86, Everest: 17/5/07 & 24/05/07
with Saunders (assigned to Kenton Cool team for hired counts)