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BC 09/04 5400m
C1 24/04 6100m
C2 26/04 6500m
C3 24/05 7400m
C4 25/05 7950m
Smt 27/05 by Jones, Petersen, Zeckendorf, Perez, Murphy, Alexander, Jangbu,
Kami Rita, Mingma Chhiri, Da Nuru, Phura Kancha at 8:15 am.

Summit Lhotse on 28 May by Perez and Jangbu, Karma Serki at 8 am.

Everest summit team left C4 at 11 pm on 26 May. Weather was warm but cloudy. Light snow on the SE Ridge. Straightforward climb. They spent about half an hour on the summit and descended to C4, where they arrived at about 12:30 am.

On 27 May they all descended to C2 apart from Perez, who summited Lhotse from C4 on Everest. He [with Jangbu] left C4 Everest at 1 am. He felt exhausted after Everest, but pushed himself and got up Lhotse. Good and clear day. They spent about 15 minutes on the summit and descended to C2 at about 3 pm.

On 28 May whole team at C2. On 29 May at 3 am everyone descended to BC, packed and took helicopter to Lukla and then Kathmandu.

Hill reached C1 on 24 April. He was too tired and left expedition.

King reached reached 5500m. He had been having a cold and felt too weak. Left expedition.

Oxygen:
Taken and used from C2 to summit and down to C2 by members,
From C3 to top to C3 by Jones, Murphy and Jangbu,
From C4 to top to C4 by Sherpas.

Sherpas:
Jangbu, Patle-5, Okhaldhunga, 21/05/1971
Kami Rita (Topke), Thami, 17/01/1970
Mingma Chhiri/Chhiring, Thami, 22/07/1968
Dawa Nuru (Da Nuru), Thami, 25/11/1964
Phura Kancha (Fur Kancha), Thami, 17/01/1977
Karma Serki (Karma Sarki), Phortse, 25/01/1987

Jangbu Sherpa is a qualified guide and counted as guide on the expedition.

Death: Goht Khuber Rai, the cook of the expedition died of a stroke/heart failure on the night of 27 May [at BC]. Team was at the South Col and Lakpa Rita and the doctors worked hard to do all they could to keep him alive.