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On their summit attempt, the team left C3 at 3:30 am (NST). It was very cold and very windy. When they reached 7700m, Merkel decided to turn the group around due to extremely high winds and cold. They descended all the way to ABC, where they arrived late in the afternoon. The following day they stayed at ABC and on 2 Oct they descended to BC.

7700m reached by Bauer, Burchard, Gruber, Paul Hennig, Thomas Hennig, Kellerer-Pirklbauer, Maderebner, Merkel, Reis, Rocci Denis, Schmid, Stein, Worbs, Chuldim, Pasang Tendi, Jangbu at 5 am.

No rope fixed by Merkel's team. No accidents or injuries.

Sherpas:
Chuldim, Khumjung, Khumbu, 10/9/71
Pasang Tendi, Kharikhola, Solukhumbu, 25/11/1974