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The Asian Trekking Eco-Everest expedition was a combination of several independent teams (1-2 climbers each). Asian Trekking provided transportation, base camp facilities and various levels of high altitude support (oxygen, high-altitude porters, tents, etc) as required and contracted for by each team. The individual accounts for each team are given below:


Alyssa Azar (Australia)

Camps: BC(14/04,5350m),C1(22/04,6000m),C2(29/04,6400m),C3(19/05,7100m),
C4(20/05,7900m),Smt(21/05)
Left: 24/05/2016
Hired: 1
Term: Success (3:45 am)

Azar with Fur Galgen left C4 at 8 pm on 20 May, reached the summit on 21 May at 3:35 am, stayed 20 minutes, then descended to C2 at 3 pm. Good weather on the climb. Cold, but otherwise good conditions.

Azar is the youngest Australian to summit Everest.

Oyxgen:
Azar began using at C3 (7100m) and stopped using on descent at C2 (6400m)

Sherpa:
Fur Galgen, Yilajung
[Note: Azar says Dorjee, who was with Luitel on summit at 5:27 am]


Brian Freeman (Australia)
Ratnesh Pandey (India)

Camps: Smt(21/05)
Hired: 2
Term: Success (6:14 am Freeman, 6:33 am Pandey)

Sherpas:
Shera Geljen, Khumjung (2nd ascent this season)
Pasang Rita, Yilajung (2nd ascent this season)


Harshad Rao (India)

Camps: BC(14/04,5350m),C1(22/04,6050m),C2(23/04,6500m),C3(14/05,7300m),
C4(20/05,7900m),Smt(21/05)
Left: 24/05/2016
Hired: 1
Term: Success (8:08 am)

Rao with Pasang Temba left C4 at 8 pm on 20 May. Straightforward climb. They spent about 25 minutes on the summit and descended to C4, where they arrived at 2 pm. On 22 May descended to C2 and 23 May to BC.

Oyxgen:
Used from C3 to top C3 by Rao and Pasang Temba.

Sherpa:
Pasang Temba, Thami, 27/01/70


Anish Luitel (Nepal)

Name: Anish Messenger of Peace to Mount Everest
Camps: BC(14/04,5350m),C1(22/04,6050m),C2(23/04,6500m),C3(14/05,7300m),
C4(20/05,7900m),Smt(21/05)
Left: 24/05/2016
Hired: 1
Term: Success (5:27 am)

Luitel with Ki Dorje left C4 at 8 pm on 20 May. Straightforward climb. They spent about 35 minutes on the summit and descended to C4, where they arrived at 2 pm. On 22 May descended to C2 and 23 May to BC.

Luitel took the Nepal Constitution to the summit of Mount Everest. It was the first constitution that has ever reached the summit of Mount Everest.

Oyxgen:
Used from C2 to top C2 by Luitel, from C3 to top to C3 by Ki Dorje.

Sherpa:
Ki Dorje Sherpa, Gudel-9


Jelle Veyt (Belgium)

Name: Cycling to Himalaya Expedition
Camps: BC(13/04,5350m),C1(22/04,6000m),C2(23/04,6500m),C3(11/05,7200m),
C4(12/05,7950m),Smt(13/05)
Left: 15/05/2016
Hired: 1
Term: Success (10:31 am)

Veyt [with Lhakpa Nuru] left C4 at 11:30 pm on 12 May, summited on 13 May at 10:31 am, stayed 15 minutes, then returned to C2 at 8 pm. Weather was very windy. Little visibility. Straightforward climb.

Veyt cycled from Belgium to Kathmandu via Elbrus (which he summited).

Oyxgen:
Veyt used from C3 to summit to C4.

Sherpa:
Lhakpa Nuru, Khumjung


Tahar Manai (Tunisia)

Name: L'Ascension d'une Nation (The Rise of a Nation)
Camps: BC(15/04,5300m),C1(23/04,6000m),C2(29/04,6400m),C3(11/05,7200m),
C4(12/05,7990m),Smt(13/05)
Left: 16/05/2016
Hired: 1
Term: Success (10:31 am)

Manai with Mountain, Veyt and Dawa Tshering Bhote left C4 at 11:45 pm on 12 May, summited on 13 May at 10:31 am, stayed less than 10 minutes, then returned to C2 at 8 pm with a 1 hour stop in C4. Weather not really good, lot of wind and snowing. Manai could see approximately 20 climbers during summit push.

Oyxgen:
Manai used from 7300m to summit and down.
Sherpa used from C3 to summit and down.

Sherpa:
Dawa Tshering Bhote, Makalu


Julian Mountain (UK)

Camps: BC(13/04,5400m),C1(22/04,6200m),C2(23/04,6600m),C3(11/05,7000m),
C4(12/05,7950m),Smt(13/05)
Left: 15/05/2016
Hired: 0
Term: Success (9:49 am)

Mountain left C4 at 12:30 am on 13 May, summited at 9:49 am, stayed 30 minutes, then returned to C2 at 9:30 pm. 50 mph winds across South Col, very cold. Initially foggy, but cleared later. The summit was very windy, but clear.

Oyxgen:
Mountain used from C3 to summit to C3.


Melanie Southworth (UK)

Name: Mel's Barking Mad Everest Expedition 2016
Camps: BC(13/04,5350m),C1(11/05,6000m),C2(12/05,6400m),C3(19/05,7300m),
C4(20/05,7950m),Smt(21/05)
Left: 24/05/2016
Hired: 2
Term: Success (3:36 am)

Southworth, Tenzing Dorje and Pemba Tshering left C4 at 8:30 pm on 20 May, summited at 3:36 am on 21 May, stayed 30 minutes, then returned to C2 at 3:30 pm. Clear night, moderate wind, very cold. Moonlite night. Straightforward climb.

Oyxgen:
Southworth used from C3 to summit to C2.
Sherpas used from C4 to summit to C4.

Sherpas:
Tenzing Dorje, Phortse, 19/1170
Pemba Tshering, Khumjung-3


Ian Gibb (Ireland)

Camps: BC(14/04,5365m),C1(03/05,6105m),C2(05/05,6500m),xxx
Left: 16/05/2016
Hired: 1
Term: Abandoned at 6500m due to stomach illness of wife.

Abandoned after first rotation due to stomach illnesses of his wife, Hazel, on Lhotse permit.

Oyxgen: Not used


Isaiah Janzen (USA)

Camps: BC(17/04,5300m),C1(26/04,6065m),C2(03/05,6490m),C3(11/05,7130m),
C4(12/05,7890m),Smt(21/05)
Left: 24/05/2016
Hired: 1
Term: Success (4:36 am)

Janzen and Tshering Tashi left C4 at 8 pm on 20 May, summited at 4:36 am, stayed about 7 minutes, then descended to C2 at 12:45 pm. Temperatures were cold, winds were in the 10-30 kph range when in direct wind. It was dark out.

Oyxgen:
Janzen used from 7160m to summit and down to 6800m.
Tshering Tashi used from 7900m to summit and down to 7160m.

Sherpa:
Tshering Tashi (Khumjung)


David Liano (Mexico)

Camps: BC(19/04,5300m),C2(23/04,6490m),C3(10/05,7150m),C4(11/05,7950m),Smt(12/05)
Left: 14/05/2016
Hired: 1
Term: Success (8:24 am)

Liano and Pasang Rita left C4 at 12:15 am on 12 May, summited at 8:24 am, stayed 45 minutes, then descended to C2. May 12 was the first day foreigners summited this season.

Oyxgen:
Liano used from C3.
Pasang Rita used from C4.

Sherpa:
Pasang Rita (Thami)


Christof Deblauwe (Belgium)

Camps: BC(10/04,5350m),C1(01/05,6100m),C2(10/05,6400m),xxx(11/05,6900m)
Left: 24/05/2016
Hired: 1
Term: Abandoned at 6900m due to a severe cold

Deblauwe got to just below C3 at 6900m.

Oyxgen:
Planned to use if he got higher.


Carsten Pedersen (Denmark)

Andrzej Wojda (Poland)

Xia Bo-Yu (China)