원정 개요

ABC-C2 in Western Cwm
C3 on Lhotse Face
C4 at South Col (Col at 7906m, according to NGS map)
C5 at SE Ridge.

Placed nearly 80 ladders in icefall: safest route ever in icefall. Army chief ordered establishment of C5 whether it would be used or not and in the event it saved lives of Padma Bahadur Tamang, Khatri and Ang Kami.

On 23 April eight men left C4: Phinzo Sherpa and Apa Sherpa established C5 at 2 pm and returned to C4 while Gopal Bahadur reached S Summit and slept in C5. On 24th April Gopal Bahadur climbed up to summiters, brought them to C5, gave them food and drink and oxygen there and then all five down to C4 that day. Summit party of four successful men: arose at C4 at midnight of 22/23 April; started climbing up at 2:00 am of 23rd despite wind; reached summit 5:15 pm (45 minutes) after their oxygen had run out; bivouacked at 28,000 ft at 6:30 pm at bottom of Hillary Step (bivouacked there because getting dark and they were tired); suffered frostbite during biv. Left biv at 6 am on 24th and slept that night in C4 which they reached at noon. No other summit bids.

Ang Rita will go again to Everest? "Maybe"