원정 개요

Kim, Seo and Lhakpa Tshering left C3 on 27 April at 10 pm. They arrived to the summit at 8:50 am on 28 April. The team descended to BC at 6 pm same day. Summit day weather was good but windy (northern wind) and it was -30 degrees. While descending from summit the team met Portuguese climber Garcia at about 7800m going up for summit. The team was followed by other climbers from Italy, Spain, Russia and few others but they turned around to C3. The team returned to Kathmandu on 30 April by helicopter from Samagaon. The expedition team plans to go to Dhaulagiri and waiting for favourable weather forecast in the Dhaulagiri region.

Hong climbed up to C1 on 2 April but did not sleep there, left 6 May for Dhaulagiri. Rest of the time he stayed in BC.

Nam slept in C2 on 4 April; he did not try for summit because he was slow.

Fixed rope between C1 & C2.

Sherpas:
Lhakpa Tshering, 15/6/75 (01/03/2032), Khumjung, Everest X4, Annapurna I X1,
Cho Oyu X1, Manaslu X1
Karma Gyalzen, 5/11/80 (20/10/2037), Siburje, Waku-4, Solu