Asia, Nepal, Lhotse

Publication Year: 1987.

Lhotse. A four-man Japanese expedition, led by Masaaki Fukushima, climbed Lhotse by the normal route. They had three climbing Sherpas. On May 4 leader Fukushima, Toshihide Haruki and Sherpas Nima Temba and Nima Dorje reached the summit. They used artificial oxygen while sleeping in Camps III and IV and while climbing to the summit.

Michael J. Cheney, Himalayan Club, and Elizabeth Hawley