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BC 21/04 4800m
ABC 23/04 5700m
C1 28/04 6400m
C2 01/05 6630m
C3 23/05 7400m
C4 24/05 7590m
Smt 25/05 by Luskey, Mingma Dukpa at 5:12 am.

Luskey, Warner, Green, Siddhi and Ang Phurba left C4 at 9 pm on 24 May. Warner reached about 7800m at 10:20 pm. He had trouble breathing and he and Ang Phurba turned back to C4, where they arrived at 10:45 pm. They had a short rest and carried on all the way to ABC, where they arrived at 5:45 am. Once at ABC, Warner went to see Dr Joe of Himex; however, he was fine and Dr Joe could not find any symptoms of HAPE.

Green reached about 8100m, when he realised that his right foot was getting cold. As he was worried about frostbite he turned back at about 12:45 am. On his way to C4 his arm-wrapped down the fixed rope just about where the seracs end. He took a fall and as his arm was still wrapped around the rope he broke his hand in two places. He reached C4 at 2 am. On 25 May he left C4 at 6 am and reached ABC at 2:30 pm. He saw Dr. Joe from Himex, who confirmed that the hand was broken.

Luskey was the only member of the group to carry on together with Mingma Dukpa. Straightforward climb. They reached the summit at 5:12 am together with the Himex group. They stayed on the summit for about 10 minutes and descended to C4, where they arrived at 8:45 am. They rested for a while and continued to C2, where they arrived at 3:30 pm.

Jenkins reached 7000m on 2 May during the first acclimatisation rotation. During the summit attempt, he reached about 6800m and abandoned the climb due to an upset stomach.

Oxygen:
Taken and used from C2 to summit/high point by Luskey and Green
Taken and used from C4 to high point to C2 by Warner
Taken and used from C4 to summit or high point by Sherpas

Sherpas:
Mingma Dukpa, 29/6/80, Yaphu-9, Makalu-Barun
Siddhi Tamang, 7/6/1981, Dolakha
Ang Phurba, 25/11/1985,Yaphu-9, Makalu-Barun