Everest | 2004 S Col-SE Ridge

A Canada expedition to Everest in 2004 via S Col-SE Ridge, led by Benjamin Webster. Summit reached on 15th May 2004. 9 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field Value
ID 4630
Imported 2026-03-06 18:04:49.359634
Expedition ID EVER04126
Peak ID EVER
Year 2004
Season 1
Host Country 1
Route 1 S Col-SE Ridge
Route 2 -
Route 3 -
Route 4 -
Nationality Canada
Leaders Benjamin Webster
Sponsor Discovery Channel Everest Expedition
Success 1 True
Success 2 False
Success 3 False
Success 4 False
Ascent 1 -
Ascent 2 -
Ascent 3 -
Ascent 4 -
Claimed False
Disputed False
Countries Australia, Mexico
Approach -
Basecamp Date 2004-04-06
Summit Date 2004-05-15
Summit Time 1030
Summit Days 39
Total Days 52
Termination Date 2004-05-28
Termination Reason 1
Termination Notes -
High Point (m) 8849
Traverse False
Ski False
Paraglide False
Camps 4
Fixed Rope (m) 600
Total Members 5
Summit Members 2
Member Deaths 0
Total Hired 8
Summit Hired 4
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(06/04),C1(11/04,6100m),C2(22/04,6300m),C3(7500m),C4(15/05,7900m),Smt(15-16/05)
Route Notes Fixed rope 400-600m C3 - yellow band combined with other expedition. C4 at South Col Lama Jangbu Sherpa left C4 at about 9 pm on 14th and reached summit at about 10:30 am on 15th. He is the first person to summit of the season. He did filming of Chilean climbers. Lock and Ponce de Leon together with Lhakpa Gelu, Mingma Tshering, Dawa Gyalje and Chongba Nurbu Sherpa (from other Canadian expedition) left C4 at 10 pm on 15th, summited at 9:15 am on on 16th by Lock, Mingma Tshering and Dawa Gyalje. At 9:40 am came to summit Ponce de Leon, Lhakpa Gelu and Chongba Nurbu Sherpa. All members and Sherpas stayed on summit till 11:30 am. By 6 pm all returned to South Col. There were about 20 people on summit. Weather was stunning on summit day. The expedition members also were filming other climbers. Second Push: Miss Burke reached South Col on 24th with four Sherpas; spent two nights waitiing for improvement in weather which was very windy. Member and Sherpas went down to BC on 26th. Webster went up to halfway to C3 on 23rd. He was very tired and gave up climbing. Ponce de Leon left KTM in the morning of June 1. Lock to leave on June 2. At the time of meeting Lock did not know about others departure. Later I understand from Rishi that Webster and Burke left on June 3. Sherpa summiters: Lama Jangbu, 22/7/64, Kharikhola, Everest X8 Dawa Gyalje, 14/3/79, Beding, 1st 8000er Lhakpa Gelu, 23/6/67,, Bubsa, Everest X10, Cho Oyu X1 Mingma Tshering, 2/8/70, Beding, Everest X9, K2 X1, Cho Oyu X2
Accidents -
Achievement -
Agency Mountain Madness
Commercial Route True
Standard Route True
Primary Route False
Primary Member False
Primary Reference False
Primary ID -
Checksum 2459240
Year 2004
Summit Success True
O2 Summary Used
Route (lowercase) s col-se ridge

Members

9 recorded members.

Name Sex Year of Birth Citizenship Status Residence Occupation
Shaunna Marie Burke F 1975 Canada Climber Kanata, Ontario Graduate student in sports psychology Details Other expeditions
Andrew James Lock M 1961 Australia Climber Sydney, NSW, Australia Travel agent Details Other expeditions
Hector Mario Ponce de Leon Gomez M 1966 Mexico Climber Pemia de Dalt, Barcelona, Spain Tour operator Details Other expeditions
Frank Vilaca M 1964 Canada Member Ravenna, Ontario Cameraman Details Other expeditions
Benajmin M. (Ben) Webster M 1962 Canada Leader Kanata, Ontario Television producer & alpine guide Details Other expeditions
Lama Jangbu Sherpa M 1964 Nepal H-A Worker Kharikhola, Solukhumbu - Details Other expeditions
Lhakpa Gelu Sherpa M 1967 Nepal H-A Worker Kharikhola, Solukhumbu - Details Other expeditions
Mingma Tshering/Tsiri Sherpa M 1970 Nepal H-A Worker Beding, Dolakha - Details Other expeditions
Dawa Gyalje (Dawa Gyalzen) Sherpa M 1979 Nepal H-A Worker Beding, Dolakha - Details Other expeditions

References

0 recorded references.