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The team didn't use oxygen at all and was on its own to carry all its equipment (no Sherpa).

The day of the avalanche (23rd of September), Martin and Phillipe who slept at C1 went up to C2 and helped for the rescue. After the avalanche both went back to the base camp with all other teams and waited a few days before starting again (many teams had left just after the avalanche, just a few commercial expedition remaining).

The pair slept twice at C2 (28th of September for the first time, then 30th of September) and went back to BC the 1st of October. From this date, no more commercial expeditions were on the mountain after having summited, only amateur teams remaining. Then the glacier conditions went bad (already on their way down from C2 the 1st October, just 10 minutes after their departure an avalanche of ice blocks damaged the route), most of the ice bridges on the glacier had melted too much and crevasses were opened too wide (would have needed ladders to cross them, any gear that Sherpa from commercial expedition usually installed!), and there was snow every day (snow above the hips whilst tracing to C1!). After the 1st of October, the amateur teams joined together to try to equip the mountain, but struggled to set up at C1, with no team at all reaching C2. After 10 days of effort, most of the amateur teams had left one after another, so Martin and Philippe decided to abandon as well (the 10th October).

David Smith stopped at the deposit camp (at 5600m) where he slept one night and left base camp the 23rd of September. He abandoned the expedition because of lack of strength and adaptation to altitude first, then the day of the avalanche he definitely decided to quit.