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The team pitched BC on 13 April, then went to Lobuche East to acclimatize. On 22 April they climbed to its fore-summit, then returned to Everest BC.

This group became friendly with a Chinese expedition and shared a dining and kitchen tent at C2 with them.

When their Sherpas went up to C3 on the W Face of Lhotse on 17 May, Kami Tenzing was hit by falling ice. He was evacuated from C2 by helicopter the next day.

After the team three remaining members arrived at C4 on 19 May, at 8:00 pm they sent two of their Sherpas to locate a lost Chinese climber, who died below the Balcony.

The next day, the 20th, instead of summiting Everest, they cancelled their climb. It was now very windy. They no longer had enough oxygen for a summit bid; when they had returned to C3 on their way for a summit attempt, they found that two tents had been destroyed by strong wind, and some oxygen bottles were lost. (Some members slept at C3 in a Chinese tent). Their remaining Sherpas were too tired.

Members and Sherpas used oxygen from C2 to C4 and down to C2 on 19-20 May.

Non-summit-team members:

Hanaoka reached 6700m on 5 May; was very slow and was probably suffering from altitude sickness. Left the team on 6 May.

Yaftebbi got to C3 on 7 May, then turned back with a throat infection.

Sherpas:
Kami Tenzing, Khumjung, 1991