Everest South Side Expedition
Miura Japanese Everest 2003 Expedition

Update 10 May 20th 2003: Dear EverestNews.com, The summit team (Yuichiro, Gota, Muraguchi) and three Sherpas; Nga Temba Sherpa (40, Climbing Sirdar), Chhewang Nima Sherpa(37), Fur Gyalzen Sherpa (28), are now in final summit attack camp (C5, 8400m). The summit team and eight Sherpas left C4 this morning at 8:00 am, at that point wind was blowing about 15m/sec. They arrived at C5 point at 1：15 pm and set the tent approximately 150m below Balcony, wind was decreasing down to 10m/sec, getting closer to the ideal condition. Five Sherpa has descended down to South Col (C4), and if condition allows, they will join and support the Summit team tomorrow.

The plan is to depart C5 around 4:00 am to aim the summit around 10:00 am! All are in good condition  We will further discuss with other team for creating route above C5.

Following photo was taken yesterday (May/19th) around 4:00 pm at South Col （７９００Ｍ）, behind Yuichiro (left) and Gota (right) is Everest Summit covered by cloud.

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