Everest | 2005 S Col-SE Ridge

A USA expedition to Everest in 2005 via S Col-SE Ridge, led by Jim Williams. Summit reached on 2nd June 2005. 8 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field Value
ID 4972
Imported 2026-03-06 18:04:49.359634
Expedition ID EVER05192
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 Jim Williams
Sponsor Exploradus Everest Expedition 2005
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 Canada
Approach -
Basecamp Date 2005-04-11
Summit Date 2005-06-02
Summit Time 0500
Summit Days 52
Total Days 54
Termination Date 2005-06-04
Termination Reason 1
Termination Notes -
High Point (m) 8849
Traverse False
Ski False
Paraglide False
Camps 4
Fixed Rope (m) 0
Total Members 4
Summit Members 2
Member Deaths 0
Total Hired 4
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(11/04),C1(18/04,6085m),C2(19/04,6380m),C3(30/04,7330m),C4(30/05,7900m),Smt(02/06)
Route Notes C1 at top of Icefall C2 at West Cwm C3 at Lhotse Face C4 at South Col. Summit party of Grubb, Mueller, Tokarska and 4 Sherpas left 8:30-9:00 pm from South Col of 1 June. Grubb turned back at about 8000m at 10:00 pm because cold feet, had problems with oxygen mask and unable to keep up with the group so down to C4 with Nima Tashi. Others to top: Nima Tashi at 5:00 am, Pemba Temba at 5:00 am, Tokarska at 5:15 am with Nima Tashi again (Nima Tashi from bottom of Hillary Step 2nd time); Mueller at 9:45 am with Lhakpa Gelje, Pasang Yila at 9:00 am; all down to C4. Oxygen: members in C3 to high points to and in C4 to C3; Sherpas in C4 to high points to C4. Sherpa summiters: Nima Tashi, 4/4/60, Pangboche, Everest X6 Pemba Temba, 20/8/65, Pangboche, Everest X2 Lhakpa Gelje, 25/1/72, Tapting, Everest X1 Pasang Yila, 1978, Pangboche, Everest X1
Accidents Nothing, not even stomach trouble
Achievement -
Agency Sherpa Shangri-La Trekking
Commercial Route True
Standard Route True
Primary Route False
Primary Member False
Primary Reference False
Primary ID -
Checksum 2459714
Year 2005
Summit Success True
O2 Summary Used
Route (lowercase) s col-se ridge

Members

8 recorded members.

Name Sex Year of Birth Citizenship Status Residence Occupation
Christopher Thomas Grubb M 1980 USA Climber New York, New York Graduate student in business administration Details Other expeditions
Neal Edward Mueller M 1977 USA Climber Chaska, Minnesota Business school student Details Other expeditions
Urszula Elzbieta Tokarska F 1963 Canada Climber Toronto, Ontario Interior designer Details Other expeditions
James Malone (Jim) Williams M 1954 USA Leader Jackson, Wyoming Alpine guide Details Other expeditions
Pema Temba (Pemba Temba) Sherpa M 1965 Nepal H-A Worker Pangboche, Khumbu - Details Other expeditions
Lhakpa Gelje Sherpa M 1971 Nepal H-A Worker Tapting, Solukhumbu - Details Other expeditions
Pasang Yila Sherpa M 1978 Nepal H-A Worker Pangboche, Khumbu - Details Other expeditions
Nima Tashi Sherpa M 1960 Nepal H-A Worker Pangboche, Khumbu - Details Other expeditions

References

1 recorded references.

Expedition ID Journal Author Title Publisher Citation Yak 94
EVER05192 - - http://www.humanedgetech.com/expedition/exploradus01/showDispatch.php?id=2075 - - -