Everest | 2002 S Col-SE Ridge

A USA expedition to Everest in 2002 via S Col-SE Ridge, led by David Hahn. Summit reached on 18th May 2002. 15 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field Value
ID 4056
Imported 2026-03-06 18:04:49.359634
Expedition ID EVER02142
Peak ID EVER
Year 2002
Season 1
Host Country 1
Route 1 S Col-SE Ridge
Route 2 -
Route 3 -
Route 4 -
Nationality USA
Leaders David Hahn
Sponsor Team No Boundaries (IMG permit)
Success 1 True
Success 2 False
Success 3 False
Success 4 False
Ascent 1 440
Ascent 2 -
Ascent 3 -
Ascent 4 -
Claimed False
Disputed False
Countries -
Approach -
Basecamp Date 2002-04-08
Summit Date 2002-05-18
Summit Time 0800
Summit Days 40
Total Days 44
Termination Date 2002-05-22
Termination Reason 1
Termination Notes -
High Point (m) 8849
Traverse False
Ski False
Paraglide False
Camps 4
Fixed Rope (m) 0
Total Members 11
Summit Members 1
Member Deaths 0
Total Hired 17
Summit Hired 1
Hired Deaths 0
No Hired False
O2 Used True
O2 None False
O2 Climb True
O2 Descent False
O2 Sleep True
O2 Medical False
O2 Taken False
O2 Unknown False
Other Summits -
Campsites BC(08/04,5350m),C1(17/04,6100m),C2(19/04,6500m),C3(02/05,7300m),C4(17/05,7900m),Smt(18/05)
Route Notes C1 at top of Icefall C2 in West Cwm C3 on Lhotse Face C4 at South Col. Summit party left C4 for top at 10:00 pm on 17th. 14 people turned back at almost 28,700 ft, Marshall ahead of them at just below start of Hillary Step and others spreadout from these down to point 100 ft short of South Summit, all at about same altitude. Summit attempt cancelled due to some of woman beginning to weaken, but for all the reason to go down was storm was building up 18 May by 6:00 am. Norton and Karma Rita on top at 8:00 am despite clouds and then wind blowing new snow falling so visibility was practically nil (but fixed ropes visable); everyone returned to Col safely. Women's group was guided party and leader cautious. Email from David Hahn to Miss Hawley - June 15, 2002 It wasn't 11 members going for the summit. Our intention was to have the five guided clients, the three guides and the photographer. This would have been a total of nine members, so I'm not sure who the other two on your list would have been, but they were not climbing high in any case. As it turned out, one of the clients, Midge Cross turned around just above C3. All of the others: Alison Levine, Jody Thompson, Lynn Prebble, and Kim Clark, along with the three guides: Ben Marshall, Lisa Rust and myself, and the photographer: Jake Norton went on to C4 and left that night 10 pm on May 17) for the summit giving a total of eight members. Mmmm ... frightening to see how quickly my memory is deteriorating. I can't name all of them just now. There were eight who left high camp, a ninth (Ang Passang from Carricola?) stayed at C4 in support. Of the eight that went up, Panuru (from Phortse) was in charge. His brother, Danuru was along (he had made the top on the 16th), Phu Nuru from Phortse climbed, Pemba Tenzing was along, as was Ang Gialu. There was Karma Rita, who made it to the top with Jake, and I'm having trouble coming up with the last two names. They were not any of the climbers from the 16th who made the top and they were not Ang Pasang from Pangboche or Phuru, the ABC cook, or Phinzo from Phortse. We had 17 Sherpas total, above BC and this eliminates eight of them.. so of the remaining nine, eight were used, six are named and two are eluding me .. two out of the remaining three on the overall list .. which I don't have right now .. not sure this helps. sorry I did not use it [oxygen] until we started climbing for C4 in the morning. All other members used it for sleeping at C3 and then for climbing to C4. Everybody used it continuously climbing to C4, in C4, up from C4 to respective highest points, sleeping again in C4, continuously above C3. All Sherpas used it continuously at C4 and above.
Accidents -
Achievement -
Agency Great Escapes Trekking
Commercial Route True
Standard Route True
Primary Route False
Primary Member False
Primary Reference -
Primary ID -
Checksum 2458465
Year 2002
Summit Success True
O2 Summary Used
Route (lowercase) s col-se ridge

Members

15 recorded members.

Name Sex Year of Birth Citizenship Status Residence Occupation
Kimberly Kristina (Kim) Clark F 1967 USA Climber Denver, Colorado Nursing student Details Other expeditions
Marjorie May (Midge) Cross F 1943 USA Climber Winthrop, Washington Employee relations consultant Details Other expeditions
Kari Grady Grossman F 1968 USA Climber Lander, Wyoming Writer and field producer Details Other expeditions
David Allen (Dave) Hahn M 1961 USA Leader Taos Ski Valley, New Mexico Alpine guide Details Other expeditions
Alison P. Levine F 1966 USA Climber San Francisco, California Investment advisor Details Other expeditions
Benjamin Joseph (Ben) Marshall M 1974 USA Deputy Leader Telluride, Colorado Alpine guide Details Other expeditions
Riley C. Morton M 1975 USA Climber Seattle, Washington Film-maker & photographer Details Other expeditions
James Ryrie (Jake) Norton M 1973 USA Climber Boulder, Colorado Photographer for Discovery TV channel Details Other expeditions
Lynn Haertwell Prebble F 1952 USA Climber Canon City, Colorado Physical therapist Details Other expeditions
Lisa Rust F 1969 USA Deputy Leader Hood River, Oregon Middle school teacher & alpine guide Details Other expeditions
Jodelle Lynn (Jody) Thompson F 1963 USA Climber Breckenridge, Colorado Nurse Details Other expeditions
Dawa Nuru (Danuru) Sherpa M 1978 Nepal H-A Worker Phortse, Khumbu - Details Other expeditions
Karma Rita Sherpa M 1976 Nepal H-A Worker Phortse, Khumbu - Details Other expeditions
Panuru (Pasang Nuru, Pa Nuru) Sherpa M 1968 Nepal H-A Worker Phortse, Khumbu - Details Other expeditions
Phu Nuru (Phunuru) Sherpa M 1980 Nepal H-A Worker Phortse, Khumbu - Details Other expeditions

References

1 recorded references.

Expedition ID Journal Author Title Publisher Citation Yak 94
EVER02142 - - http://climb.mountainzone.com/2002/story/hahn/html/hahn_071102.html - - -