원정 개요

Caillean, Marcaud, Mingma and Iman Gurung left C3 at 5:15 am, reached summit at 9:45 am. The team could not stay on summit for more than a minute due to very strong wind (maybe 100 km/hr) and very cold. The team reached at C3 at 11 am, continued to descend to C1 where they arrived at 4 pm. Cailleau and Marcaud slept there. Sherpas wnet down to BC same day. Members went down to BC next day.

Most of the time there was snowfall, a meter deep at BC.

Pierre Berthelot slept at C3 on 21 Oct; he had headache; he did not try for the summit.

Suzon Berthelot went up to C1 twice on 16 and 19 Oct; she slept there; she went down to BC due to heavy bag.

Galland went up to C1 on 16 Oct, slept there; rest of the time he stayed at BC.

The team returned to Kathmandu on 1 Nov and left on 3 Nov except Marcaud who will leave on 2 Dec.

Hired:
Mingma Dukpa Sherpa, 26/9/80 (10/06/2037), Yaphu-9, Sankhuwasabha,
Everest X3, Cho Oyu X1
Iman Gurung, 15/3/79 (2/12/2035), Laprak-6, Gorkha, no 8000ers