Everest | 2005 S Col-SE Ridge

A USA expedition to Everest in 2005 via S Col-SE Ridge, led by Mark Tucker. Summit reached on 30th May 2005. 23 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field Value
ID 4982
Imported 2026-03-06 18:04:49.359634
Expedition ID EVER05174
Peak ID EVER
Year 2005
Season 1
Host Country 1
Route 1 S Col-SE Ridge
Route 2 -
Route 3 -
Route 4 -
Nationality USA
Leaders Mark Tucker
Sponsor International Mountain Guides (IMG) 2005 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 Austria, Canada, Spain, UK
Approach -
Basecamp Date 2005-04-05
Summit Date 2005-05-30
Summit Time 0935
Summit Days 55
Total Days 27
Termination Date 2005-05-02
Termination Reason 1
Termination Notes -
High Point (m) 8849
Traverse False
Ski False
Paraglide False
Camps 4
Fixed Rope (m) 1000
Total Members 15
Summit Members 4
Member Deaths 0
Total Hired 20
Summit Hired 5
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(04/05,5350m),C1(13/04,5900m),C2(22/04,6500m),C3(24/04,7200m),C4(29/05,7900m),Smt(30-31/05)
Route Notes C1 at top of Icefall C2 at West Cwm C3 at Lhotse Face C4 at South Col. 4 May avalanche from West Shoulder wiped out C1. On summit push, some Sherpas were on "fixing team" putting in ropes and Phu Nuru was part of this team and left C4 at 9:00 pm on 29th; Hahn, Brockmeyer, Dawa Nuru and Mingma Tenzing left at 10:00 pm and on top at 9:35 am slowed by waiting for fixing team to do its work in deep snow and then back to C4 at 2:15 pm and to C2 31st; also going for top on 29-30 May were Waldron and Da Nuru (Phortse, 1959) left C4 10:15 pm, turned back at 28,350 ft (well above the balcony) because Waldron felt that was his limit and be able to descend on his feet. Used oxygen in C3 (Waldron) and from C3 (Hahn and Brockmeyer) to high point to nearly to yellow band enroute to C3 (Brockmeyer and Waldron) to and in C4 only by Hahn and Sherpas in C4 to top and in C4 (this was first summit party overseen by Hahn). The second summit party of Diffendal, Hamill, Laserer, Morris, Rionda, Schachinger, Strife, Tucker, Da Nuru Sherpa, Da Sonam Sherpa [and Pasang Rinji] followed one day behind. Second summit party left C4 at 10:00 pm of 30th May; Laserer turned back at 8150m because of bad weather he said; Rionda back at about same altitude; Strife and Schachinger reached about 8500m, perhaps slightly less (Schachinger said because of the weather); Hamill, Morris, Tucker and Da Nuru turned back at about 8600m because of cold winds; Diffendal, Pemberton, Da Sonam [and Pasang Rinji] reached top at 8:45 am of 31st and return to sleep in C4 at about 11:00 pm; all others in this party went down to C2. Oxygen used by the second party: members in C3 to high points to C4 and most of them below C4 - Sherpa in C4 to high points to C4. [Third summit party of Peter Ford, Mingma Ongel and Ang Pasang wanted to try for summit on June 1, but were prevented from starting out by high winds.] Climb now finished. Sherpa summiters. Dawa Nuru/Danuru, 26/10/78, Phortse, Everest X5, Manaslu X1 Mingma Tshering, 1/6/86, Phortse, Cho Oyu X1 Phu Nuru, 16/5/80, Phortse, Cho Oyu X3, Everest X1 Da Sonam, 1965, Pangboche, Everest X4 Pasang Rinji, Phortse [added from IMG web site] Other Sherpas: Da Nuru, Phortse, 19/5/59
Accidents -
Achievement -
Agency Great Escapes Trekking
Commercial Route True
Standard Route True
Primary Route False
Primary Member False
Primary Reference False
Primary ID -
Checksum 2459666
Year 2005
Summit Success True
O2 Summary Used
Route (lowercase) s col-se ridge

Members

23 recorded members.

Name Sex Year of Birth Citizenship Status Residence Occupation
Douglas Lee Brockmeyer M 1960 USA Climber Salt Lake City, Utah Pediatric neurosurgeon Details Other expeditions
Edward Oner (Ed) Diffendal M 1967 USA Climber San Francisco, California Sells and markets computer systems Details Other expeditions
Peter James Ford M 1956 USA Climber Arlington, Virginia Attorney Details Other expeditions
David Allen (Dave) Hahn M 1961 USA Deputy Leader Taos Ski Valley, New Mexico Alpine guide Details Other expeditions
Walter Laserer M 1961 Austria Climber Graz, Styria, Austria Alpine guide Details Other expeditions
Laurent (Larry) Legault M 1955 Canada Climber Kingsport, Tennessee Physician Details Other expeditions
Wayne Anthony Morris M 1968 UK Climber Delray Beach, Florida Network developer Details Other expeditions
Rex Phillip Moresby Pemberton M 1983 USA Climber Sydney, NSW, Australia Motivational speaker and student Details Other expeditions
Jose Ignacio (Nacho) Piedra Rascon M 1965 Spain Climber Madrid, Spain Banker Details Other expeditions
Jose Andres Rionda M 1966 USA Climber Charlotte, North Carolina Banker Details Other expeditions
Renate Schachinger F 1976 Austria Climber Styria, Austria Waitress Details Other expeditions
Jeffrey Strife M 1967 USA Climber Arlington, Virginia Building contractor Details Other expeditions
Mark Scott Tucker M 1957 USA Leader Seattle, Washington Alpine guide Details Other expeditions
James Stoddard (Jim) Waldron M 1947 USA Climber Murrieta, California Informations systems manager Details Other expeditions
Dawa Nuru (Danuru) Sherpa M 1978 Nepal H-A Worker Phortse, Khumbu - Details Other expeditions
Mingma Tenzing Sherpa M 1986 Nepal H-A Worker Phortse, Khumbu - Details Other expeditions
Phu Nuru (Phunuru) Sherpa M 1980 Nepal H-A Worker Phortse, Khumbu - Details Other expeditions
Dawa Sona (Da Sona, Da Sonam) Sherpa M 1965 Nepal H-A Worker Pangboche, Khumbu - Details Other expeditions
Michael Aaron Hamill M 1977 USA Climber Hanover, New Hampshire Alpine guide Details Other expeditions
Pasang Rinji Sherpa M 1977 Nepal H-A Worker Phortse, Khumbu - Details Other expeditions
Da Nuru (Dawa Nuru/Norbu) Sherpa M 1959 Nepal H-A Worker Phortse, Khumbu - Details Other expeditions
Ang Pasang Sherpa M 1966 Nepal H-A Worker Pangboche, Khumbu - Details Other expeditions
Mingma Ongel (Sonam Gyalzen) Sherpa M 1978 Nepal H-A Worker Phortse, Khumbu - Details Other expeditions

References

2 recorded references.

Expedition ID Journal Author Title Publisher Citation Yak 94
EVER05174 - - http://www.mountainguides.com/photos/simo/everest05.html - - -
EVER05174 - - http://www.diffendal.com/everest_blog_05.htm - - -