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Namgyal Sherpa was fixing rope with 10 other Sherpas from other teams on 20 May. He reached summit at 3:25 pm and returned to C4, where he arrived at 7 pm.

21 May summit team left C4 at 10 pm. Perfect weather. Route was very busy, a lot of waiting en route. They stayed on summit for 1 hour. McGuinness waited for Falgate and Pasang Gombu, started descending at 1:30 pm. Just below Hillary step they met Swiss climber Uwe Gianni Goeltz who was in trouble. Goeltz's Sherpa was feeding him with oxygen and McGuinness gave him 4 mg Dexamethasone. McGuinness accompanied them to Balcony and left them when one of Kobler's Sherpas arrived with extra oxygen. Further down he bumped into a Korean in trouble; he assisted him and Sherpa for a while, finally arrived at C4 at 11 pm. Other members and Sherpas arrived at C4 at 6 pm. On 22 May they descended to C2 and got to BC on 23 May.

Gernez reached 8000m [8300m?] on 23 May; he abandoned summit attempt due to exhaustion, turned back at 6 am and descended to C2.

O'Leary reached 7300m on 20 May; he abandoned climb due to fatigue; he was also too slow.

Soto-Buturla got to 7000m on 21 May; she turned back due to chest infection.

Fixed rope: 1000m from C4 to south summit.

Sherpas:
Namgyal Sherpa, Rakha, Khotang, 05/10/77, Everest X3, Cho Oyu X4
Pasang Gombu, Sotang, Solukhumbu, 28/12/69, Everest 25/5/06
Jangbu Sherpa, Sotang-6, Solukhumbu, 01/10/81, no previous summit
Chhewang Palden, Sotang-6, Solukhumbu, 06/02/74, Everest X1 (25/8/06)