Everest South Side Expedition
Miura Japanese Everest 2003 Expedition

Update 9 May 19th 2003: Dear EverestNews.com, Again, due to still high wind (20 ～30m/sec) above South Col this morning, Miura team has decided to postpone the summit attempt for one more day to the 21st.

This morning (19th), the Sherpas who were in charge of fixing the route left C4 around 8:00 am, however they were soon pushed back to C4 because of extremely high wind.  The wind range is not low enough to go above South Col at moment and it is not in condition to establish C5 at the balcony.

So, the summit team (Yuichiro, Gota, Muraguchi) has decided to stay one more day at South Col.  The weather forecast indicates wind decreasing from 19th and we hope it will stabilize tomorrow to proceed to C5.; 

    *  revised  summit attempt schedule as follows 

  May 19         9C4  (7984ｍ)

  May 20C5     (8450ｍ)

  May 21         Summit attempt (8848m)

  May 22         C4 (7984m)

  May 23   　　 C4　→　C2　　　　6450ｍ

  May 24         Back to Base Camp

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