Everest West Ridge Winter Attempt. A third Korean winter expedition, led by Kim Ki-Heyg, tried the west ridge of Everest. The highest point was 7100 meters, the site for Camp III, to which Lee Jae-Ha, Lim Sam-Gyun and Park Gye-Hyun with Sherpas Ang Phurba and Ang Lhakpa Norbu climbed on December 8 and the two Sherpas again on the 10th. They decided to give up on December 12. One member had serious stomach trouble, twelve tents had been destroyed by the wind at Camps I and II and the Koreans were exhausted from winching loads to Camp I and carrying above that, for their only two Sherpas worked at route-making and not load-carrying.

Michael J. Cheney, Himalayan Club, and Elizabeth Hawley