The col of the south-east ledge was strongly windy spot, while at shadow space of the bared rocky parts we could find a calm windy tent space. From here we could get the upper view of the main glacier, where a lot of crevasses above icefall region were identified to be avoidable if we tried to the route to the south ledge. In general, it could be dry in winter here in Kokosiri, though there seemed a weekly cyclic change in weather. Snow falling is not always bad weather. Cough inducing dry dust are now covered with beautiful snow.
Snow makes strong wind milder, too.
But, it remains cold. The temperature does not go up higher than -20'C even during daytime. Possibilities of climbing routes via Southern Glacier, ascending or traversing the main glacier were precisely discussed among all members. The final plan decided was the shortest ledge route from the col of south-east ledge where the attack camp would be settled. From this camp we would trace south east ledge to the south peak and forward to the main peak via the south ledge.