원정 개요

Nivedita Chaudhary, Narendra Dahiya and Raju Sindhu together with four Sherpas Pasang Lama, Dawa Gelu, Pemba Nurbu and Danuru started from C4 at 22:00 hours on 20 May. Narendra Dahiya turned around from 8100m at 11 pm due to bad cough and reached C4 at 11:30 pm. Nivedita Chaudhary and two Sherpas got to the top at 10:00 hours on 21 May. Raju Sindhu and two Sherpas reached the summit at 11:00 hours. They stayed on the summit for 15 minutes and descended to C4 at 16:30 hours. The summiters spent night at C4. Next day 22 May went down to C2 and the following day two summiters to BC. The summit push night was little windy, but rest of the time it was clear.

Second summit push of the expedition started on 24 May with five members, namely Panda, Ms. Pandey, Pokhariya, Sharma, Singh, Densa Bhote, Mingma Temba, Pemba Ongdi, Samgel, Ang Dorji, Phurba, Pemba Tenzing Lama and Lhakpa Tashi at 19:00 hrs. All five members and eight Sherpas got to the top at 11:00 hours on 25 May. They stayed on summit for 45 minutes then got to C4 at 17:30 hours. Next day 26 May all went down to C2 and the following day to BC. The weather was good on the summit day.

High points for other members:

Aswal, Dr. Behera, Ms Desai and Menon stayed at BC.

Joshi and Ms. Mehra spent a night at C1 on 6 May; both suffered from throat problem.

Ms. Mishra first went up to C2 on 7 May and on 18 May on summit push; she suffered from fever.

Ms. Rani spent two nights at C2 on 23 May suffered from cough and she was exhausted.

Ms. Rao spent two nights at C2 on 23 May; her hands got cold.

Sekar spent night at 5900m on 6 May; he suffered from HAS, vomit headache; body did not adopt well to high altitude.

Vyas slept two nights at C2 on 18 May; he got throat problem.

Left BC:

Joshi and Ms. Mehra spent night at C1 on 6 May. Both suffered from throat problem and left BC on 16 May and coordinated with the team from Kathmandu.

Ms. Balasubramani, Sekar and Sindhu left BC on 27 May.

Panda left BC on 28 May by helicopter due to 2nd-degree frostbite of all toes of right foot. Behera and Singh accompanied Panda.

Hired:
Pasang Lama Bhote, 17/10/84, Hatiya-1, Everest X2, Lhotse X2
Dawa Gelu Sherpa, 18/1/73 (5/10/2029), Makalu-4, Everest X3, Cho Oyu X2
Pemba Nurbu Sherpa, 21/1/1979 (7/10/2035), Makalu-4
Danuru Sherpa, 24/11/1978 (9/8/2035), Domane-9, Bhojpur
Pemba/Pimba Tenzing Lama, 10/12/1986 (25/08/2043), Hatiya-3
Lhakpa Tashi, 25/9/1986 (9/6/2042), Hatiya-3
Samgel, Sherpa, 25/9/1986 (15/12/2028), Makalu-9
Ang Dorji Sherpa, 22/4/77 (10/1/2034), Makalu-2
Mingma Temba Sherpa, 19/1/80 (5/10/2036), Yaphu-9, Everest X3, Cho Oyu X1
Pemba Ongdi Sherpa, 29/11/1987 (13/8/2044), Yaphu-9
Densa Bhote, 30/10/1981 (14/7/2038), Hungung, Hatiya-1, Cho Oyu X1, Everest X1