원정 개요

BC 30/03 5350m
C1 20/04 5900m
C2 22/04 6440m
C3 01/05 6830m
HPt 02/05 7650m by Cotter, Leow Kah Shin, Nima Tsering, Prakash and Pasang Bhote.

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.

Fixed rope: 2200m in total

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