원정 개요

BC near lake (normal site)
C1 on east side of West Col
C2 100m below SE Ridge.

The 14 member expedition sent 11 members and seven Sherpas to the summit, all on the same day. They were Bargferde, Coster, David Doutney, Graham, Horton, Kiriakakis, Maher, Mazur, Pattison, Skrede, Tomordy, Sherpas Jangbu, Lhakpa Nuru, Lhakpa Tendu, Maya, Pasang, Sange and Tenji.

They set out from C2 at 5:30 am, early in the morning to avoid strong wind. All reached the summit at various times: the first to the top were Jangbu and Lhakpa Nuru at 10:05 am fixing rope, while members were there between 10:40 am (Graham, Horton, Maher, Pattison and Skrede) and 12:45 am (Mazur).

The members who spent that night in C2 were Bargferde, Coster, Doutney, Kiriakakis, Mazur and Tomordy, and Lhakpa Nuru stayed with them. They got back to C2 between 5:30 and 7:00 pm. All the the other summiters, who were the fastest, continued down to C1 at 2:00 pm. Everyone was together in BC on the 31st.

Non-summiting memebrs

Currie reached C2's site on 28 October and immediately descended to BC because a surgical site on his body was bleeding.

Charles Doutney never slept above BC, climbed to 5800m once on 26 October; he was unfit.

Rasmussen slept in C2 on 29 October but went down to BC the next day; she was not acclimatizing.

Sherpas:
Jangbu Sherpa, 24/5/67, Patle, Okhaldhunga, Cho Oyu X3, Everst X4, Lhotse X1
Lhakpa Nuru Sherpa, 21/8/81, Chaurikharka, Solu, Everst X1, Lhotse X1
Lhakpa Tendi Sherpa, (15/12/2033), Patle, Okhaldhunga, no 8000ers
Mrs Maya Sherpa, 3/1/78, Patle, Okhaldhunga, Cho Oyu X1, Everest X2
Pasang Sherpa, Patle, Okhaldhunga, no 8000ers
Sange Sherpa, (7/2/2028), Dinding, Sankhuwasabha
Tenji Sherpa, 1/6/82, Patle, Okhaldhunga, Everst X4