In the meantime the third guide had attempted to lead the remaining ten clients off the mountain, although he was also by now suffering from hypothermia having fallen in the torrent at Kitanuma. Deciding that his priority was to raise the alarm he rushed off ahead down the path leaving the clients to follow as best they could. A male client collapsed and died soon after. Despite a lessening of the wind by this time and the desperate attempts by other members to assist, another three female clients lost consciousness and died near the top of the descent. Another woman bivouacked in her sleeping bag and survived the night. Having managed to raise the alarm by mobile phone the guide himself collapsed on the trail and was found unconscious the next morning by a rescue party.