Everest | 2002 S Col-SE Ridge

A UK expedition to Everest in 2002 via S Col-SE Ridge, led by Henry Todd. Summit reached on 16th May 2002. 14 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field Value
ID 4053
Imported 2026-03-06 18:04:49.359634
Expedition ID EVER02139
Peak ID EVER
Year 2002
Season 1
Host Country 1
Route 1 S Col-SE Ridge
Route 2 -
Route 3 -
Route 4 -
Nationality UK
Leaders Henry Todd
Sponsor Himalayan Guides Everest and Lhotse Expedition
Success 1 True
Success 2 False
Success 3 False
Success 4 False
Ascent 1 416,448
Ascent 2 -
Ascent 3 -
Ascent 4 -
Claimed False
Disputed False
Countries Hungary, USA
Approach -
Basecamp Date 2002-04-07
Summit Date 2002-05-16
Summit Time 0900
Summit Days 39
Total Days 43
Termination Date 2002-05-20
Termination Reason 1
Termination Notes -
High Point (m) 8849
Traverse False
Ski False
Paraglide False
Camps 4
Fixed Rope (m) 0
Total Members 10
Summit Members 4
Member Deaths 1
Total Hired 7
Summit Hired 4
Hired Deaths 0
No Hired False
O2 Used True
O2 None False
O2 Climb True
O2 Descent True
O2 Sleep True
O2 Medical True
O2 Taken False
O2 Unknown False
Other Summits Climbed Lhotse (LHOT-021-05)
Campsites BC(07/04,5350m),C1(15/04,6100m),C2(22/04,6400m),C3(26/04,7300m),C4(04/05,7900m),Smt(16,25/05)
Route Notes C1 at 6100m top of Icefall C2 at 6400m in West Cwm C3 at 7300m on Lhotse Face C4 at 7900m at South Col. 1st summit attempt from C4 15 May 9:30 pm and 10:30 pm and 3 Hungarians (Acs, Erros, Mecs) at after 4:00 am; Eross just below South Summit, Acs balcony and South Summit and Mecs below; were not on oxygen and hadn't enough strength. Morris, Stanford and Peeters and 4 Sherpas and all to top at Morris 9:00 am, Stanford 10:30 am, Peeters 11:00 am and Sherpas within same period and all in C4; 17th May down mountain: Acs serious pulmonary edema and walked down to yellow band 7500m and dragged down to C3 for night and walked to C2; others down to C2 but Eross went to BC. 2nd Summit party left C4 at 10:30 pm 24 May: Eross and Varkonyi without Sherpas; Eross summited with oxygen towards last part of ascent (altitude not known) and problem, down to C4; arrived at top alone and after Hillary party and South Col for night; 26th BC. Varkonyi to South Summit with no oxygen and slept at Col and BC 26th. Acs used oxgyen during his descent when sick. Sherpa summiters Pasang Dawa, Pangboche, 18/1/77 Pasang Tshering, Pangboche, 26, Everest X2, Cho Oyu X2 Gurmin Dorje, 4/8/2033, 27 years old, Pangboche, 1st 8000er Lhakpa Chhiri, aka Sonam as a monk, 28, Pangboche, 1st 8000er Leader Henry Todd was banned by HMG in 2002 from entering Nepal for 2 years, so he had his Everest and Lhotse team by walkie-talkie from North Col in Tibet, with visits to KTM before and after climbs in late March early April and again in late May-early June. Ban ended 1 June 2002. Peter Legate's death. On 30 April he was descending from C3 following Varkonyi. Varkonyi looked around one time and saw Legate sliding down the mountain, hit the top lip of the bergschrund and plunged into it. His body too far down to retrieve and is still there. Why he fell is unknown; somehow he was not fixed onto the ropes. BC - Nepal - Mountaineering British Climber dies on Everest BY Hawley Kathmandu, April 30 (Reuters) - A British mountaineer was killed in a fall while climbing Mount Everest April 30, the Nepalese tourism ministry announced April 30. Peter Legate, 38 year-old British business manager who lived in Lymington, Hampshire, plunged to his death at 6:30 in the morning while descending from his expedition's third high-altitude camp after having helped to fix ropes along the climbing route. Most expeditions place their third camps at altitude of about 7400m (24,280 ft). Legate lost his footing and slipped 200 meters (655 ft) down the mountainside, the ministry said. His body landed inside a crevasse. Legate was not married. Legate's death brings to 173 the total number of climbers who have died on Everest. He is the 13th Briton to die on expedition to the world's highest mountain.
Accidents Ang Nuru slight frostbite; Acs serious pulmonary edema
Achievement 1st Hungarian summiter
Agency Himalayan Guides
Commercial Route True
Standard Route True
Primary Route False
Primary Member False
Primary Reference False
Primary ID -
Checksum 2458463
Year 2002
Summit Success True
O2 Summary Used
Route (lowercase) s col-se ridge

Members

14 recorded members.

Name Sex Year of Birth Citizenship Status Residence Occupation
Zoltan Robert Acs M 1969 Hungary Climber Nyiregyhaza, Hungary Fitness instructor Details Other expeditions
Zsolt Eross M 1968 Hungary Climber Mogyorod, Hungary Building contractor Details Other expeditions
Peter Legate M 1963 UK Climber Lymington, Hampshire, England Business manager Details Other expeditions
Laszlo Mecs M 1973 Hungary Climber Budapest, Hungary No fixed job Details Other expeditions
Laszlo Mezey M 1970 Hungary Climber Budapest, Hungary Physical education teacher Details Other expeditions
Michael Austin (Mike) Morris M 1968 USA Climber Snowbird, Utah Alpine guide & ski patrolman Details Other expeditions
Randall Louis (Randy) Peeters M 1945 USA Climber Foresthill, California Retired rocket scientist Details Other expeditions
Geoffrey Stanford M 1971 UK Deputy Leader London, England Banker Details Other expeditions
Henry Barclay Todd M 1945 UK Leader Edinburgh, Scotland Expedition organizer & leader Details Other expeditions
Laszlo Alfred (Konyi) Varkonyi M 1956 Hungary Climber Budapest, Hungary Electrical engineer Details Other expeditions
Pasang Dawa (Pa Dawa, Pando) Sherpa M 1977 Nepal H-A Worker Pangboche, Khumbu - Details Other expeditions
Pasang Tshering (Ang Tshering) Sherpa M 1976 Nepal H-A Worker Pangboche, Khumbu - Details Other expeditions
Gurmin Dorje (Girmi Dorje) Sherpa M 1976 Nepal H-A Worker Pangboche, Khumbu - Details Other expeditions
Lhakpa Chhiri (Sonam) Sherpa M 1974 Nepal H-A Worker Pangboche, Khumbu - Details Other expeditions

References

1 recorded references.

Expedition ID Journal Author Title Publisher Citation Yak 94
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