원정 개요

BC 12/04 5400m
C1 25/04 6100m
C2 27/04 6400m
C3 22/05 7100m
C4 23/05 7950m
Smt 25/05 by White and Sange Sherpa at 5:30 am.

High point at C4 (7950m) reached by Palacky, Fojtik, Wada, Pena on 23 May.

Team got to C4, forecast was good but weather turned out bad and team was stuck at C4 for a longer time than planned. Bad weather, high winds. There was not enough oxygen left for everyone on the team for a summit push. Palacky, Fojtik, Wada and Pena decided to abandon climb on 24 May; only White stayed at C4 and reached the summit with Sange Sherpa.

On summit push White and Sange started from C4 at 9:30 pm. They reached South Summit at 5 am and main summit 5:30 am. They stayed on the summit for 10 minutes. Conditions were fine, little wind, clear. They got back to C4 at 11 am. They stayed for the night. Next day they got down to C2. On 27 May back at BC. Left BC on 28 May trekking to Lukla.

Pena started descent at 1 pm on 24 May going down to C2. Fojtik and Palacky left BC by helicopter on 25 May. Wada was flown out by helicopter from C2 on 28 May.

Chinese climber Wei An-Jie was on the same permit, but the team never got to see him during the expedition. Wei was evacuated from C2 weeks before according to Pena.

Oxygen:
Used by Pena and Palacky from start of Lhotse face to C4 and down to C2,
By White and Sange from C3 to the summit and down to C2
By Fojtik and Wada from C3 to C4 and down to C2
By other Sherpas from C3 to C4 and down to C2.

Sherpa:
Sange Sherpa, Sotang, 20/9/1973