Everest | 2005 S Col-SE Ridge

A USA expedition to Everest in 2005 via S Col-SE Ridge, led by Willie Benegas. Summit reached on 30th May 2005. 12 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field Value
ID 4979
Imported 2026-03-06 18:04:49.359634
Expedition ID EVER05193
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 Willie Benegas
Sponsor Mountain Madness 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 Luxembourg
Approach -
Basecamp Date 2005-04-09
Summit Date 2005-05-30
Summit Time 0920
Summit Days 51
Total Days 24
Termination Date 2005-05-03
Termination Reason 1
Termination Notes -
High Point (m) 8849
Traverse False
Ski False
Paraglide False
Camps 4
Fixed Rope (m) 1000
Total Members 7
Summit Members 4
Member Deaths 0
Total Hired 5
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(09/04,5350m),C1(15/04,6000m),C2(20/04,6400m),C3(05/05,7350m),C4(29/05,7900m),Smt(30/05)
Route Notes C1 at top of Icefall C2 in Western Cwm C3 on Lhotse Face. Summit party left C4 10:00 pm 29th and all reached top at 9:20 am to 9:50 am. First team to top despite fact they fixed rope from 50m below balcony (8400m) to top; returned to C2 to sleep at 1:35 pm (Benegas) to 2:10 pm, by all others. Oxygen used: Sherpas Lhakpa Norbu from C3 up; others in C4 to top to and in C4; members: all from C3 to top to and in C4. Behm left 10 May after having reached C3, then lost motivation. Bonner left 12 April, got to C1, then lost motivation. LeClaire left 4 May, reached C2, then had medical complication. Summit Sherpas: Nima Wandeki, 22/6/73, Kharikhola, Everest X2, Lhotse X1, Kangch X1 Lama Jangbu, 22/7/64, Kharihola, Everest X9, Cho Oyu X1 Lhakpa Nuru, 23/5/78, Namche, Everest X1 Mingma Tshering, 25/3/81, Kharikhola, Everest X4 Ang Pasang, 22/7/69, Kharikhola, Everest X3
Accidents Nothing serious
Achievement -
Agency Mountain Madness
Commercial Route True
Standard Route True
Primary Route False
Primary Member False
Primary Reference False
Primary ID -
Checksum 2459711
Year 2005
Summit Success True
O2 Summary Used
Route (lowercase) s col-se ridge

Members

12 recorded members.

Name Sex Year of Birth Citizenship Status Residence Occupation
Raymond Leon Francois Behm M 1952 Luxembourg Climber Luxembourg Retired business owner Details Other expeditions
Guillermo (Willie) Benegas M 1968 USA Leader Salt Lake City, Utah Alpine guide Details Other expeditions
Joseph John Bonner M 1953 USA Climber Spokane, Washington Property developer Details Other expeditions
Dean Daniel Cardinale M 1969 USA Climber Snowbird, Utah Avalanche forecaster, rescuer & alpine guide Details Other expeditions
Christine Joyce Feld Boskoff F 1967 USA Deputy Leader Norwood, Colorado Owner of mountain guiding company Details Other expeditions
Eric Samuel Garza M 1963 USA Climber Evergreen, Colorado Owner of mortgage financing company Details Other expeditions
Carolyn Kay LeClaire F 1949 USA Climber Spokane, Washington Retired nurse Details Other expeditions
Nima Wandeki (Nima Ongdi/Wangdi) Sherpa M 1973 Nepal H-A Worker Kharikhola, Solukhumbu - Details Other expeditions
Lama Jangbu Sherpa M 1964 Nepal H-A Worker Kharikhola, Solukhumbu - Details Other expeditions
Lhakpa Nuru Sherpa M 1978 Nepal H-A Worker Namche Bazar, Khumbu - Details Other expeditions
Mingma Tshering (Mingma Chhiri) Sherpa M 1981 Nepal H-A Worker Kharikhola, Solukhumbu - Details Other expeditions
Ang Pasang Sherpa M 1969 Nepal H-A Worker Leldhum, Jubing, Solukhumbu - Details Other expeditions

References

1 recorded references.

Expedition ID Journal Author Title Publisher Citation Yak 94
EVER05193 - - http://www.mountainmadness.com/newsroom/newsroom.cfm?dis_id=1 - - -