원정 개요

BC 08/04 5350m
C1 24/04 5900m
C2 26/05 6440m
C3 15/05 7000m
C4 16/05 7900m
Smt 17/05 Blakely, Ang Gelu Sherpa, Sonam Sherpa, Nima Sherpa at 7:48 am.

Lhotse Smt 18/05 by Blakely, Ang Gelu at 11 am.

Summit team left C4 at 11 pm on 16/05. Straightforward climb. They spent about 30 minutes on the summit. They descended to C4, where they arrived about 1:30 pm.

On 18/05 Blakely and Ang Gelu left C4 at 4:30 am, traversed to Lhotse C4, where they arrived at 5:30 am and continued straight to Lhotse summit. They spent about 10 minutes on the summit and descended to C2, where they arrived at 6 pm.

Wood reached C2 on the first rotation. On the descent he took a fall when he flicked the rope and injured his shoulder. He descended to BC and took a helicopter to Kathmandu on 28/05.

Van Craig was BC manager.

Oxygen: Taken and used from C3 to both tops to C3 by Sherpas and Blakely.

Sherpas:
Ang Gelu, Phedi-9, Khotang, 28/04/1986
Sonam
Nima