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The Pioneer Adventure Everest expedition was a combination of several independent teams (1-2 climbers each). Pioneer Adventure 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:


Szczepan Brzeski (Poland)

Camps: BC(18/04,5350m),C1(11/05,6100m),C2(13/05,6400m),C3(15/05,7200m),
C4(16/05,7900m),Smt(20/05)
Left: 21/05/2018 by heli
Hired: 1
Term: Success (9 am)

Brzeski and Dorje left C4 at 8 pm on 16 May and reached summit at 9 am on 17 May. They stayed on summit for 50 minutes, then descended to C4 at 4 pm, continued to C3 where they arrived at 3 am of 18 May. Then to BC. The summit day weather was very good.

Oxygen: Brzeski from C3-summit-C3, Sherpa from C4-summit-C4


Bhagwan Chawale (India)
Prajit Rasiklal Pardeshi (India)

Camps: BC(17/04,5350m),C1(5900m),C2(6400m),C3(15/05,7000m),C4(16/05,7900m),
Smt(17/05)
Left: 20/05/2018 by heli
Hired: 2
Term: Success (6:40 am)

Summit team of Chawale, Pardeshi, Dorchi [and Pasang Dawa] left C4 at 7:30 pm. Straightforward climb. They summited at 6:40 am, stayed 30 minutes on the summit and descended to C4 where they arrived at 1:30 pm. They stayed the night at C4. On 18/05 they descended to C2, arrived there at 12:30 pm, had lunch and continued to BC, where they arrived at 7:30 pm.

Oxygen: Taken and used from C3 to top to C3.


Samantha McMahon (Australia)

Camps: BC(20/04,5350m),C1(5900m),C2(27/04,6400m),C3(13/05,7200m),
Lhotse.C4(14/05,7700m),C4(15/05,7900m),Smt(16/05)
Left: 18/05/2018 by heli
Hired: 1
Term: Success (10 am)

McMahon and Gesman left C4 at 8:30 pm on 15/05. It was very slow moving due to too many people on the route. McMahon felt her feet getting cold, but she did not worry about it too much. They spent about 15 minutes on the summit and descended to C4, where they arrived at about 4 pm. When she took her boots off in the tent she found out that she had frostbite on her left foot. She took Ibuprofen and kept the foot warm. On 17/05 they descended to C2. She was still on O2 and slept on O2. On 18/05 she was picked up by helicopter and flown back to Kathmandu.

Oxygen:
Taken and used from C3 to top to C2 by McMahon
From C4 to summit to C4 by Gesman Tamang.


Tanya Rollier (Switzerland)

Camps: BC(14/04,5350m),C1(23/04,5900m),C2(24/04,6440m),C3(15/05,7000m),
C4(16/05,7900m),Smt(18/05)
Left: 18/05/2018 by heli
Hired: 1
Term: Success (7:45 am)

When Rollier and Pemba started their summit push from C3 on 16/05, they left C3 only at 9am, which was too late. When she reached C4 at 6 pm on 16/05 she felt too tired to continue, so she stayed one extra night at C4.

Team left C4 at 8:30 pm on 17/05. It was very windy. Straightforward climb. They spent about 10 minutes on the summit and descended to C3, where they arrived at 7 pm. On 19/05 back to C2, on 20/05 to BC.

Oxygen: Taken and used from about 7000m to top to 7000m by Rollier, but slept
in C3 without O2. From C3 to top to C3 by Pemba.


Sangeeta Sindhi Bahl (India)

Camps: BC(13/04,5350m),C1(20/04,6100m),C2(22/04,6400m),C3(16/05,7200m),
Lhotse.C4(17/05,7800m),C4(18/05,7900m),Smt(19/05)
Left: 23/05/2018
Hired: 2
Term: Success (7:45 am)

Sindhi, Lakpa Nurbu and Nga Tenji started their summit push from Lhotse C4 at 1 pm on 18 May, they reached C4 at 4 pm. From C4 they started at 6:50 pm and got to the top at 7:10 am on 19 May (tenp -30?) and stayed on top for 15 minutes, then descended to C4 at 1 pm and spent the night there. Next day on 20 May went down to C2 where they arrived at 7 pm. They rested at C3 for 2 to 3 hours. Following day, 21 May arrived to BC. Summit day weather, wind started picking up 70km/ph from South Summit all the way up. There were 7 to 8 climbers ahead of Sindhi team and behind them at least 10-12 climbers.

Oxygen: Sindhi from C2 crampon point to summit to C3, Sherpas from C3 to summit
to C3. Sindhi and Sherpas used for sleeping also.


Pioneer Adventure Press Release:

Mount Everest (8848m) south face expedition organized by Pioneer Adventure successfully made summit on 16th May, 17th May, 18th May, 19th May and 22nd May in five groups comprising the following climbers (both national and international).

The name list of first group of Everest Summiteers made summit on 16th May is as follows:

1. Mongolian climber Byambasuren (Bambi) (with Lakpa Thendu)
2. Australian woman climber Samantha McMahon (with Gesman Tamang)
3. Chinese climber Chang-Juan He (with Mingma Dorchi)
4. Nepali climber Prakash Raj Pandey (Chhiring Lama)
5. Nepali climber Chhoki Sherpa (with Pemba Dorje)

Lakpa Thendu Sherpa, Gesman Tamang, Mingma Dorji Sherpa, Tsering Bhote and Pemba Dorji Sherpa accompanied the above expedition members to the summit point.

The name list of Second group of Everest Summiteers made summit on 17th May is as follows:

1. Poland climber Szczepan Janusz Brzeski (with Ngima Dorchi Tamang)
2. Poland climber Magdalena Katarzyna Gorzkowska (with Raj Kumar Tamang)
3. Nepali climber Phunjo Jangmu Lama (with Pasang Tenji Sherpa)
4. Indian climber Bhagwan Bhikoba Chawale (with Dorchi Sherpa)
5. Indian climber Prajit Rasiklal Pardeshi (with [Pasang] Dawa Sherpa)
6. Nepali climber Dikki Sherpa (with Kami Dorchi Sherpa)

Ngima Dorchi Sherpa, Raj Kumar Tamang, Pasang Tenji Sherpa, Dorchi Sherpa, Dawa Sherpa and Kami Sherpa accompanied the above expedition members to the summit point.

The name list of third group of Everest Summiteers made summit on 18th May is as follows:

1. Switzerland climber Tanya Roller (with Pemba Sherpa)
2. Nepali climber Narbin Magar (youngest climber) (with Dawa Sherpa)

Pemba Sherpa and Dawa Sherpa accompanied the above expedition members to the summit point.

The name list of fourth group of Everest Summiteers made summit on 19th May is as follows:

1. Indian climber Sangeeta Sindhi Bahl (oldest Indian climber)

Nga Tenji Sherpa and Lakpa Nurbu Sherpa accompanied the above expedition members to the summit point.

The name list of fifth group of Everest Summiteers made summit on 22nd May is as follows:

1. Doma Sherpa (Sherpa female journalist)

Pasang Sherpa and Changba Sherpa accompanied the above expedition members to the summit point.