원정 개요

Bak, Prask and Dawa satarted their summit push from C2 on 17 May at 8 am NST. They reached C3 at 2 pm and left C3 at 9 pm. They got to the summit at 6:45 am of 18 May. They stayed on summit for about 10 minutes and descended to C3 at 2 pm. They rested at C3 and left it at 4 pm to C2, where they spent the night. On 19th May down to ABC and to CBC on 20th May.

The team was the first one to reach to the top on that day. While descending the team met one climber from Taiwan with two Sherpas coming up about five meters below the summit. Other Taiwanese they met at 3rd Step with a broken crampon. No other climbers were on the summit push on that day. The summit day weather was very good, clear sky, no wind.

Budny spent a night at ABC on 12 April; that was his plan to go up [only] to ABC. He left BC on 14 April.

The team returned to Kathmandu on 25 May. Bak to leave on 30th May; Prask to leave on 4 June.

Sherpa:
Dawa Sherpa, 20/4/1975, Makalu-5, 1st 8000er