5月25日　三浦隊　明日山頂へ/ Team on C5, Summit Push Tomorrow

ミウラ隊の明日の山頂へ向けてのアタック開始は現地時間24:00前後（日本時間午前3:00　26日）を予定しているとのことです。
ルートの状態（他のクライマー）をはじめ、天候・体調にもよりますが、山頂へは現地時間6:00～7:00　（日本時間9:00～10:00）を目指します。
Ｃ５の3名（雄一郎、村口、五十嵐）全員、元気とのことです。

体調を崩してＣ２へ向かって下山していた三浦豪太ですが、さきほど日本時間21:15　無事にＣ２に到着しました！
若干、右の手足に痺れとだるさ、頭痛が残るだけで、高所での症状は改善したとのことです。日本の小林先生、そしてＢＣにいらっしゃる志賀先生から医療アドバイスをいただいております。

Ｃ５にて無線で豪太が無事にＣ２に到着したこと聞いた三浦雄一郎は；
「豪太が無事に降りれて、元気になって、自分が山頂に登れるよりも嬉しい」　と　コメントしていたそうです。

また、76歳のネパール人 Min Bahadur Sherchan 氏が本日登頂されたというニュースについて：
「76歳の登頂おめでとうございます。同じ70代私も苦しんで、ようやくＣ５につきました。これから同じ山頂を目指して頑張ります」とコメントいたしました。
Min Bahadur Sherchan 氏とは5月16日にＥＢＣにて会い、お互いにエールを交わしています。
※非常に聞き取りにくいですが、音声をアップいたしました。

三浦雄一郎（右）＆Min Bahadur Sherchan 氏（左）、5月16日ＢＣにて
Yuichiro Miura (right) & Mr. Min Bahadur Sherchan (left) at BC on May 16

Yuichiro Miura (75) and his team who departed Everest Base Camp (5360m) on May 20th has arrived to their last camp C5 (8300m) today at 13:50 Nepal Time (17:05 Japan Time).

However, Gota Miura experienced an early symptoms of HACE (High Altitude Cerebral Edema) during the ascent to C5, thus with his father Yuichiro’s strong will, he has descended to C4 at 12:30 Nepal Time and has safely arrived at C2 with the help of 2 Sherpas at 18:00 Nepal Time.
Although he still feels numb on his right hand and leg, have a slight headache, and feels extreme fatigue, he has recovered from alarming symptoms of AMS (Acute Mountain Sickness) well-advised by Dr. Kobayashi in Tokyo and Dr. Shiga in Everest Base Camp, and is on his way to full recovery.

Yuichiro at C5 commented on Gota’s safe arrival to C2 in dispatch to BC:
“The fact that Gota has safely arrived at C2 and is recovering makes me happier than myself making it to the summit!”

Yuichiro Miura, Noriyuki Muraguchi, and Kazuya Igarashi, the remaining 3 summiting members and 3 Sherpas will stay at C5 today, and are all in good condition. The team is scheduled to be on their summit push tomorrow starting 2400hr Nepal Time, May 26th, and their summiting time is estimated at around 6~7am Nepal time weather and other conditions permitting.

Currently, Dr. Yoshinori Kobayashi (Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Nippon Medical School), a member of Miura’s doctor team, is on stand by at Tokyo office monitoring biometrics data sent from Everest including Electrocardiogram (ECG) data.

Dr. Kobayashi’s comment on yesterday’s ECG data taken during the climbing to C4 South Col (8000m) from C3:
“No significant change is observed in the ECG data taken during the climbing to South Col from the data taken at lower altitude of 6000m~7000m, thus no alarming arrhythmia is observed. Other biometrics data such as heart rate and SPO2 (blood oxygen concentration) also indicate very good condition. Furthermore, the AMS (Acute Mountain Sickness) Score that measures the progress of acclimatization seems to be favorable overall. I wish the team all the best, hoping that this condition will be maintained throughout the summit bid.”

Also, Yuichiro Miura commented in his dispatch to BC after hearing the news of Mr. Min Bahadur Sherchan’s successful summit:
“Congratulations on the 76 year-old successful summit! As the same septuagenarian, I have also finally reached C5 after a challenging ascent. I will now try my best to reach the same summit, hopefully tomorrow.”
Yuichiro Miura and Mr. Min Bahadur Sherchan met with each other on May 16th at Everest Base Camp, wishing each other the best for fulfilling their dream to stand on Everest summit.