1.   A ninth member of the climbing team was the only one not to fall in, and called for help on a cell phone.

2.   A Wellesley, Mass. native who lives in Jackson, N.H., Synnott is a member of The North Face climbing team.

3.   The night before, Okita announced the climbing teams, guide-led groups of five and six people mixed and matched according to strength and ability.

4.   There were no international climbing teams.

5.   There were two climbing teams.

6.   But she said Norway decided Sunday to allow the Russians, including all members of the climbing team, to return to the mountain.

7.   She had ordered to the Russian climbing team to withdraw from its base camp at the mountain, and would decide Sunday whether to let them return.

8.   The lama told Giorgio to place the Sox cap next to a stone altar where each climbing team burns juniper branches as an offering to the gods.