Everest | 2006 S Col-SE Ridge

A UK expedition to Everest in 2006 via S Col-SE Ridge, led by Kenton Cool. Summit reached on 17th May 2006. 11 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field Value
ID 5221
Imported 2026-03-06 18:04:49.359634
Expedition ID EVER06109
Peak ID EVER
Year 2006
Season 1
Host Country 1
Route 1 S Col-SE Ridge
Route 2 -
Route 3 -
Route 4 -
Nationality UK
Leaders Kenton Cool
Sponsor Jagged Globe Everest Expedition 2006
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 Bolivia
Approach Lukla->Lobuche->BC
Basecamp Date 2006-04-06
Summit Date 2006-05-17
Summit Time 1515
Summit Days 41
Total Days 45
Termination Date 2006-05-21
Termination Reason 1
Termination Notes -
High Point (m) 8849
Traverse False
Ski False
Paraglide False
Camps 4
Fixed Rope (m) 500
Total Members 6
Summit Members 4
Member Deaths 0
Total Hired 5
Summit Hired 3
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(06/04,5200m),C1(11/04,6000m),C2(19/04,6250m),C3(25/04,7000m),C4(16/04,7950m),Smt(17/05)
Route Notes BC at Khumbu Glacier. Six members Cool, Drowley, Escobar, Farthing, Welsh and Jones and five Sherpas left C4 at midnight; seven reached summit at 15:15 hours, stayed about 10 minutes, descended to C4 all members and Sherpas by 19:00 hours. The team was followed to the summit by two Korean, one Filipino, two Sherpas Kari Koblar's team member and a Sherpa. Team member Drowley and Farthing turned around from Balcony with two Sherpas. Drowley suffered from cold feet, for Farthing it was too late and he was very tired to continue climbing. The team returned to Kathmandu on May 24 and leaving on different dates. Leader is leaving on 28th. Cool will be coming for Cho Oyu on August 26. Sherpa summiters: Pasang Tenzing, 1/10/84, Beding, Everest X2 Thundu, 18/02/78, Beding, Everest 26/5/03, Cho Oyu X1 Pema Chhiring/Chhiri, 17/12/83, Beding, Everest X4, Lhotse X1, Cho Oyu X1 Non-summiting Sherpas: Mingma Tsiri, Beding Lhakpa Thundu, aka Tindu, 20/5/70
Accidents -
Achievement (1) Jones youngest to summit seven summits; (2) Cool is first Brit to summit Everest 3 times
Agency Summit Nepal Trekking
Commercial Route True
Standard Route True
Primary Route False
Primary Member False
Primary Reference False
Primary ID -
Checksum 2460064
Year 2006
Summit Success True
O2 Summary Used
Route (lowercase) s col-se ridge

Members

11 recorded members.

Name Sex Year of Birth Citizenship Status Residence Occupation
Kenton Edward Cool M 1973 UK Leader Chamonix, Haute-Savoie, France Alpine guide Details Other expeditions
Philip James Drowley M 1967 UK Climber Douglas, Isle of Man Police officer Details Other expeditions
Carlos Escobar Aguilar M 1961 Bolivia Climber La Paz, Bolivia Alpine guide Details Other expeditions
Harry Farthing M 1964 UK Climber Como, Italy Surveyor Details Other expeditions
Rhys Miles Jones M 1986 UK Climber Bartley, New Forest, Hampshire, England Activities instructor Details Other expeditions
Barry Gordon Welsh M 1970 UK Climber Edinburgh, Scotland Teacher Details Other expeditions
Pasang Tenzing Sherpa M 1984 Nepal H-A Worker Beding, Dolakha - Details Other expeditions
Thundu Sherpa M 1978 Nepal H-A Worker Beding, Dolakha - Details Other expeditions
Pema Chhiring/Chhiri Sherpa M 1983 Nepal H-A Worker Beding, Dolakha - Details Other expeditions
Mingma Tshering/Tsiri Sherpa M 1970 Nepal Sirdar Beding, Dolakha - Details Other expeditions
Lhakpa Thundu/Thudu (Tindu) Sherpa M 1970 Nepal H-A Worker Pangboche, Khumbu - Details Other expeditions

References

1 recorded references.

Expedition ID Journal Author Title Publisher Citation Yak 94
EVER06109 - - http://www.jagged-globe.co.uk/news/despatches_list.html?id=21 - - -