원정 개요

Kuriki left C3 at 1 am on 18 May. Kuriki reached summit at 1:40 pm, stayed on summit for 20 minutes and descended to C3 at 7 pm. Next day to BC. He skied down from C2 to C1. The weather on summit day was very good. Kuriki was the first one to reach summit on that day. Other climbers who had summited on that day were of German Expedition and two Koreans.

Kuriki team returned to Kathmandu on 24 May and they will leave on 27 May.

Other members of the team:
Ishii remained in BC.
Kadotani to C1 on 2 May.
Kodama and Sawada also stayed in BC.
Tatsuno was in C1.

Temba Nurbu climbed up to 7700m and turned around to C3 on 17 May.
Phur Gyalzen climbed up to 6700m and went back to C2 on 16 May.
Kusang Dorje and Santa Gurung remained at C1.

Fixed rope: 150m between C2 - C3.

Sherpas:
Temba Nurbu Sherpa, 27/4/80, Tashigaon, Makalu-5, Manaslu X1
Kusang Dorje/Dorchi Sherpa, 18/7/57, Makalu-9, Manaslu X3
Fur Gyalzen Sherpa, 31/08/1981, Bung-9
Santa Bahadur Gurung, 23/04/1959, Chisapani, Sunwara-5, Gorkha, Manaslu X2,
Cho Oyu X1