Everest | 2005 S Col-SE Ridge

A Germany expedition to Everest in 2005 via S Col-SE Ridge, led by Klaus Mees. Summit reached on 21st May 2005. 1 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field Value
ID 4952
Imported 2026-03-06 18:04:49.359634
Expedition ID EVER05172
Peak ID EVER
Year 2005
Season 1
Host Country 1
Route 1 S Col-SE Ridge
Route 2 -
Route 3 -
Route 4 -
Nationality Germany
Leaders Klaus Mees
Sponsor Dream Everest Expedition 2005
Success 1 False
Success 2 False
Success 3 False
Success 4 False
Ascent 1 -
Ascent 2 -
Ascent 3 -
Ascent 4 -
Claimed False
Disputed False
Countries -
Approach Lukla->Namche->BC
Basecamp Date 2005-04-01
Summit Date 2005-05-21
Summit Time -
Summit Days 50
Total Days 53
Termination Date 2005-05-24
Termination Reason 7
Termination Notes Abandoned at 8600m due to fatigue, cold feet, wind
High Point (m) 8600
Traverse False
Ski False
Paraglide False
Camps 4
Fixed Rope (m) 200
Total Members 1
Summit Members 0
Member Deaths 0
Total Hired 1
Summit Hired 0
Hired Deaths 0
No Hired False
O2 Used True
O2 None False
O2 Climb True
O2 Descent False
O2 Sleep False
O2 Medical False
O2 Taken False
O2 Unknown False
Other Summits -
Campsites BC(01/04,5350m),C1(12/04,6950m),C2(19/04,6400m),C3(02/05,7400m),C4(20/05,7900m),xxx(21/05,8600m)
Route Notes Mees left C3 at 9 am on May 20 for South Col where he reached at 4 pm. His Sherpa Chawang Dorje stayed in C3 because he had stomach problem. Mees left South Col at 9:30 am and reached 8600m (about) at 4 am of 21st then he realized that his feet started getting cold, was tired and same time wind started blowing. Then he turned back and reached South Col at 7:30 am. Rested there for sometime, descended to C2 where he reached at about 7 pm. There was not enough rope. While climbing Sergei Bondarenko (Russia) was ahead of him, behind him was Moskaleva and a Sherpa followed by Sanjuan Lara, Woodhouse and Maskaleva's Sherpa. Mees returned to KTM on May 27 and will leave on June 3. Mees said last year he was on north side of Everest and no success. Knowing good success rate on south side last year, he came to try from south side.
Accidents -
Achievement -
Agency Asian Trekking
Commercial Route True
Standard Route True
Primary Route False
Primary Member False
Primary Reference False
Primary ID -
Checksum 2459657
Year 2005
Summit Success False
O2 Summary Used
Route (lowercase) s col-se ridge

Members

1 recorded members.

Name Sex Year of Birth Citizenship Status Residence Occupation
Klaus Norbert Mees M 1947 Germany Leader Munich, Bavaria, Germany Surgeon Details Other expeditions

References

0 recorded references.