원정 개요

BC 30/03 5350m
C1 20/04 5900m
C2 22/04 6440m
C3 14/05 7000m
C4 15/05 7900m
Smt 16/05 by Cotter and Leow Kah Shin, Nima Tshering, Pasang Bhote, Prakash
(Pemba) Sherpa at 8 am.

Summit team left C4 at 9:30 pm on 15/05. Big queues of Indian and Chinese. Straightforward climb. They spent about 45 minutes on the summit and descended to C4, where they arrived at 1:15 pm. At 2 am on 17/05 Cotter, Leow Kah Sin and Pasang Bhote and Dawa Bhote left C4 at 2 am, traversed to Lhotse C4 and up to Lhotse.

Lhotse Smt: 17/05 by Cotter, Leow Kah Shin, Pasang Bhote, Dawa Bhote at 8 am.

They descended to C2, where they arrived at 4:15 pm.

Nuptse Attempt:
C3 01/05 6830m
HPt 02/05 7650m by Cotter, Leow Kah Shin, Nima Tsering, Prakash and Pasang Bhote.

Fixed rope: 2200m in total

Rope was fixed by 4 AC Sherpas (Lhotse Nima, Prakash, Dawa and Pasang Bhote). 600m between C2 and C3 and two linked-up ladders. Around 1600m of rope on the face.

Team left C3 at 1 am. At around 7300m at sunrise 5 am wind picked up. They grouped up with Jon Gupta's and Tim Mosedale's teams at 7400m, discussed and carried on. They reached their high point at about 9:30 am and the fixing team said it would be too avalanche prone higher up. They descended to C3, packed up and reached C2 at 6:15 pm.

Oxygen: C3 to high point to C3 by members and Sherpas

Sherpas:
Nima Tshering, Phortse, 22/04/1972
Pasang Bhote, Chepuwa-1, Makalu-Barun, 30/11/1973
Dawa Bhote, Hatiya-3, Makalu-Barun, 14/02/1991
Pemba Prakash Pawai-1 11/04/1992