Everest | 2006 S Col-SE Ridge

A USA expedition to Everest in 2006 via S Col-SE Ridge, led by Douglas Tumminello. Summit reached on 23rd May 2006. 6 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field Value
ID 5214
Imported 2026-03-06 18:04:49.359634
Expedition ID EVER06102
Peak ID EVER
Year 2006
Season 1
Host Country 1
Route 1 S Col-SE Ridge
Route 2 -
Route 3 -
Route 4 -
Nationality USA
Leaders Douglas Tumminello
Sponsor Team No Limits to Everest (group of independents)
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 -
Approach Lukla->Lobuche->BC
Basecamp Date 2006-04-13
Summit Date 2006-05-23
Summit Time 0545
Summit Days 40
Total Days 43
Termination Date 2006-05-26
Termination Reason 1
Termination Notes -
High Point (m) 8849
Traverse False
Ski False
Paraglide False
Camps 4
Fixed Rope (m) 0
Total Members 3
Summit Members 1
Member Deaths 0
Total Hired 3
Summit Hired 1
Hired Deaths 2
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(13/04,5300m),C1(24/04,6000m),C2(30/04,6300m),C3(01/05,7000m),C4(22/05,8000m),Smt(23/05)
Route Notes Summit team left C4 at 8:30 pm on 22 May. Weather was clear and calm, good views from the summit. They spent about 20 minutes on the summit. There were about 10 people on the summit. They descended to C4, where they arrived at 9:30 am. They descended to C2 on 24 May and BC on 25 May. Rigsby got to C1 on 29 April. He spent one night there. When he was climbing to C1 he was very slow (9 hours) and he had high blood pressure. He left BC on 2 May. Tredway got to C3 on 1 May. He stayed for one night on acclimatization trip. On 4 May he was climbing from BC to C2 when he had serious chest pain and pain in the left arm. He and Tumminello descended to BC, where BC doctor took an ECG. By helicopter on 5 May. He is fine now and back in the States. On 21 April Dawa Temba and Lhakpa Tshering and eight other Sherpas were carrying loads over the icefall when a huge serac fell down at 7:30 am and buried them. Dawa Temba, Lhakpa Tshering and Phinjo Sherpa from IMG were killed; the other 7 could dig themselves out. Sherpas: Dawa Temba, 24/6/84, Thamo, no 8000ers Lhakpa Tshering, 17/1/71, Mende, near Thamo, Everest X4, Cho Oyu X1
Accidents Dawa Temba and Lhakpa Tsering died in the icefall
Achievement -
Agency Asian Trekking
Commercial Route True
Standard Route True
Primary Route False
Primary Member False
Primary Reference False
Primary ID -
Checksum 2460070
Year 2006
Summit Success True
O2 Summary Used
Route (lowercase) s col-se ridge

Members

6 recorded members.

Name Sex Year of Birth Citizenship Status Residence Occupation
Lonard Clarence (Larry) Rigsby M 1951 USA Climber Signal Mountain, Tennessee Physician Details Other expeditions
Matthew Richard Tredway M 1958 USA Climber Steamboat Springs, Colorado Math and science teacher Details Other expeditions
Douglas B. Tumminello M 1965 USA Leader Littleton, Colorado Attorney Details Other expeditions
Pasang Nuru (Nawang Lobsang) Sherpa M 1962 Nepal H-A Worker Thamo, Khumbu - Details Other expeditions
Dawa Temba Sherpa M 1984 Nepal H-A Worker Thamo, Khumbu - Details Other expeditions
Lhakpa Tshering/Chhiring Sherpa M 1971 Nepal H-A Worker Mende (Thamo), Khumbu - Details Other expeditions

References

0 recorded references.