원정 개요

BC on northside of middle of lake
C2 on SE Ridge.

This expedition had no problem crossing the notorious crevasse on the SE Ridge, Mazur said. It was no longer very wide, as it had been in recent years.

The summit party left C2 for the top at 2:00 am on 4 November. They were Budge, Davis, Deelen, Downie, James Kaminski and his brother Joel, Lohaus, Mazur, Moritz and Seidel, plus Sherpas Ang Pasang, Chhewang Karma, Dawa Jangbu, Jangbu, Karma, Lhakpa Tendu, Mingma and Nawang Nuri. All of them reached the summit at 10:00 am and were back in C3 by 7:00 pm. The weather was very good but very cold.

Oxygen was used only by Seidel, who developed high altitude sickness on 5 November. He returned to Kathmandu by helicopter on the 6th.

Non-summiting members:

Brophy, Cotter, Klich and Moura chose to stop in C2 and not go for the top. Maurer, who was 69 years old, did not go above BC. Saario, who had a bad head cold, also did not try for the summit.

Sherpas:
Ang Pasang, 15/6/84, Patle-4, Okhaldhunga, Everest X2
Chhewang Karma, 28/1/89, Patle, Everest X1
Dawa Jangbu, 4/6/79, Patle-4, Cho Oyu X3, Everest X1, Lhotse X1
Jangbu, 24/5/67, Patle, Cho Oyu X4, Everest X7, Lhotse X1
Karma
Lhakpa Tendu
Mingma
Nawang Nuri, 15/5/79, Patle, Lhotse X1