The big news is not from Everest but on Makalu where Norweigan Kristin Harila along with her Sherpa support got her sixth 8000er in just 29-days, setting a new record. There were 20 summits on Everest, perhaps the last of this season as the Icefall Doctors will begin removing the ladders on Sunday, May 29, 2022. EverestER has already left base camp.
Number 6 for Kristin, Dawa Ongiu and Pasdawa
Kristin Harila is trying to set a record for summiting all 14 of the 8000-meter peaks in the fastest time. Her outfitter, 8K Expeditions Sherpas, Dawa Ongju Sherpa, and Pasdawa Sherpa, have been with her on all six thus they share the same record.
Pemba of 8K tells me they will ask for an entry exception to climb Shishapangma in China. And they will climb Cho Oyu from Nepal. Thus far this 2022 season, she has summited Kanchenjunga on May 14, Dhaulagiri on May 8, Annapurna I on April 28, Everest/Lhotse on May 22, and today, 27th May Friday at 10:40 A.M they got Makalu. They leave for Pakistan on June 9.
Also on the 8K team was Nepali female climber, Purnima Shrestha, who, according to 8K Expeditions, and not independently verified, is the fastest Nepali to complete all has now summited all seven 8000ers in Nepal, not including Cho Oyu which is usually climbed from Tibet.
Both Pioneer Adventure and Imagine Nepal are still on Makalu.
Everest Over?
I believe the final team summited and is headed back down, with a short stop at Lhotse, before the ladders are removed. Usually, if climbers need an extra day, the Docs accommodate them.
Qatari royal family member Sheikha Asma Al Thani, 31, was guided to the summit by a massive team of 20 people Friday morning. The team will try to link Lhoste Saturday night from the South Col. She had previously reached the tops of Dhaulagiri, Manaslu, Kanchenjunga, and Everest. Elite expeditions listed the names:
1. Asma AlThani2. Axel3. Brodie hood4. Deeya Pun5. Bimal purja6. Tejan gurung7. Nimsdai8. Mingma tenzi sherpa9. Karma g sherpa10. Suma gurung11. Jambiyang12. Mingmar sherpa13. Lakpa dendi sherpa14. Pasang chairing15. Lakpa tenji sherpa16. Phurkitar sherpa17. Lakpa dorchi sherpa18. Bikash gurung19. Ngatashi sherpa20. Yukta Gurung
Logistical Magic
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