Everest | 2008 S Col-SE Ridge

A Switzerland expedition to Everest in 2008 via S Col-SE Ridge, led by Kari Kobler. Summit reached on 21st May 2008. 20 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field Value
ID 5977
Imported 2026-03-06 18:04:49.359634
Expedition ID EVER08105
Peak ID EVER
Year 2008
Season 1
Host Country 1
Route 1 S Col-SE Ridge
Route 2 -
Route 3 -
Route 4 -
Nationality Switzerland
Leaders Kari Kobler
Sponsor Kobler & Partner Everest/Lhotse Expedition 2008
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, Germany, UK
Approach -
Basecamp Date 2008-04-12
Summit Date 2008-05-21
Summit Time 0730
Summit Days 39
Total Days 43
Termination Date 2008-05-25
Termination Reason 1
Termination Notes -
High Point (m) 8849
Traverse False
Ski False
Paraglide False
Camps 4
Fixed Rope (m) 850
Total Members 11
Summit Members 7
Member Deaths 1
Total Hired 11
Summit Hired 9
Hired Deaths 0
No Hired False
O2 Used True
O2 None False
O2 Climb True
O2 Descent True
O2 Sleep True
O2 Medical True
O2 Taken False
O2 Unknown False
Other Summits -
Campsites BC(13/08,5350m),C1(18/04,6050m),C2(14/04,6400m),C3(11/05,7170m),C4(20/05,7900m),Smt(21/05)
Route Notes C1 at top of icefall C2 in West Cwm C3 on Lhotse Face C4 at South Col. Kobler & Partner Everest/Lhotse Expedition, led by Karl Kobler - 29 May 2008 The team spent two nights in C2 after arrival there on 24 April. There were about four to six Sherpas at C2 assigned by the government to enforce the ban on going higher than the camp until the Olympic torch had reached the summit on the north side in the first week or so in May. When Brill and Goltz strolled about 200m up the Western Cwm above their camp, they were stopped and told to go back to camp. At BC on 24 April, Z'Brun was sent by a Sherpa enforcer there to present himself to the army officer in charge of an army unit there. Z'Brun had been taking still pictures with a camera that could also do filming. Maj. Sunil Sing Rathor was very understanding, having been an Everest summiter himself in May 2003 with the Nepalese-Indian army expedition, but the rules forbad filming till the torch summited. All team members were in BC on the 26th except for Kobler, who arrived on the 27th, and they stayed in BC till the climbing ban was lifted, hoping the torch would get to the top on 1 May. After the torch actually got there on the 8th, the climbing ban was lifted, and the team went from BC to C2 on the 9th. They were in C3 on the 11th and back in BC on the 12th. On 18 May they left BC in their summit push and went to C2, on the 19th to C3 and on the 20th most of them occupied C4. But Goltz, the only member not using oxygen, stayed in C3 and left this camp at 9:00 pm for the top and reached the summit at 10:00 am on the 21st with his Sherpa, Mintenjen. In his descent, he became exhausted at the Hillary Step; Mintenjen gave him oxygen from the reserve set he was carrying, stayed there with him for two hours, then got him down to the South Summit. Here they were met by New Zealander Jamie McGuinness, who gave Goltz an injection of a stimulant, and Goltz managed to descend to the Balcony (8500m). Here he was met by the expedition's doctor, Brill, who came up from C2, and a Sherpa, and they escorted him to 8100m, only 15 minutes descent from C4. Goltz died at 8100m at 1:30 am on 22 May. His body was so exhausted that it stopped functioning. It was brought to the South Col, a simple service was held in his memory, and rocks were piled around and over it completely. The summit party from C4 left there at 10:00 pm on 20 May. They were Bittel, Bolt, Joehl, Kobler, Schlatter and Z'Brun and nine Sherpas. They reached the summit at 7:30 am on the 21st and returned to C4 at noon. All were back in BC on the 22nd except Kobler and Brill, who were delayed by Goltz's collapse and arrived on the 23rd. All members except Goltz (see above) and Sherpa used oxygen in and from C4 to the summit to C4. Non-summiting members: Brill, expedition doctor, was involved in trying to save Goltz's life (see above), climbed up to him at 8500m on the night of 21st May and helped him down to 8100m. Eiterer reached C3 on 11 May, was not feeling well, went down to Pheriche to recover. While he was there, a member of his family phoned to tell him his father was ill and he should come home, so he left the expedition. Steger reached only C1, found icefall frightening and left team on 18 April. Tait got a bad toothache at 5800m, took a large amount of pain killer and could no longer climb. He left team on 18 April also. Sherpas: Dorje Sherpa, aka Dorje Lambu/Big Dorje, 1/10/65, Thamo, Everest X13, Makalu X1, Cho Oyu X1 Kilu Pemba, 16/5/80, Beding, Everest X3, Cho Oyu X2, Manaslu X1 Lhakpa Sherpa, 24/8/66, Makalu-2 Mintenjen Sherpa, 30/7/69, Nurbugaon, Makalu-9, Everest X2, Cho Oyu X1 Nima Tendu/Thunduk, 31/8/73, Pangboche, Everest 17/5/06 with Kobler Pasang Gyalji/Gyalje, 4/7/67, Makalu-2, Everest X1 [Makalu-9, Cho Oyu X1, not Ever X1] Pemba Norbu, 6/12/78? 12/6/78?, Lelep-9, Taplejung, Cho Oyu 5/5/07 Tshering Pande Bhote, 20/2/78, Hatiya-1, Sankhuwasabha, Everest X4 Wangchu/Wongchhu Sherpa, 2/2/78, Taksindu-3, Solu, Everest X1
Accidents -
Achievement -
Agency Iceland Trekking (Dorje)
Commercial Route True
Standard Route True
Primary Route False
Primary Member False
Primary Reference False
Primary ID -
Checksum 2460846
Year 2008
Summit Success True
O2 Summary Used
Route (lowercase) s col-se ridge

Members

20 recorded members.

Name Sex Year of Birth Citizenship Status Residence Occupation
Meinrad Bittel M 1961 Switzerland Climber Visp, Valais, Switzerland Alpine guide Details Other expeditions
Richard Markus Bolt M 1969 Switzerland Climber Amden, St. Gallen, Switzerland Alpine guide Details Other expeditions
Richard Martin Brill M 1976 Germany Exp Doctor Munich, Bavaria, Germany Physician & alpinst Details Other expeditions
Christian Eiterer M 1962 Austria Climber Ischgl, Tirol, Austria Alpine guide Details Other expeditions
Uwe Micha Johannes (Gianni) Goltz M 1963 Switzerland Climber Avegno, Ticino, Switzerland Alpine guide training Details Other expeditions
Anton Wendelin (Toni) Joehl M 1966 Switzerland Climber Amden, St. Gallen, Switzerland Carpenter Details Other expeditions
Karl Robert (Kari) Kobler M 1955 Switzerland Leader Zollikofen, Bern, Switzerland Alpine guide Details Other expeditions
Philipp Schlatter M 1963 Switzerland Climber Niederweningen, Zurich, Switzerland IT manager Details Other expeditions
Andreas Steger M 1961 Austria Climber Kitzbuehel, Tirol, Austria Police officer & alpine guide Details Other expeditions
David Simon John (Dave) Tait M 1962 UK Climber Cobham, Surrey, England Hedge fund manager Details Other expeditions
Patrick M. Z'Brun M 1962 Switzerland Climber Siders, Valais, Switzerland Alpine guide Details Other expeditions
Dorje (Dorje Lambu, Big Dorje) Sherpa M 1965 Nepal H-A Worker Thamo, Khumbu - Details Other expeditions
Kili Pemba (Kilu Pemba) Sherpa M 1980 Nepal H-A Worker Beding, Dolakha - Details Other expeditions
Lhakpa Sherpa M 1966 Nepal H-A Worker Makalu-2, Makalu-Barun - Details Other expeditions
Mitenjen (Mingma) Sherpa M 1969 Nepal H-A Worker Nurbugaon, Makalu-Barun - Details Other expeditions
Nima Tendu (Nima Thenduk) Sherpa M 1973 Nepal H-A Worker Walung, Makalu-9, Makalu-Barun - Details Other expeditions
Pasang Gelji (Pasang Gelze) Sherpa M 1967 Nepal H-A Worker Walung, Makalu-9, Makalu-Barun - Details Other expeditions
Pemba Norbu/Nurbu Sherpa M 1978 Nepal H-A Worker Ghunsa, Lelep-9, Taplejung - Details Other expeditions
Tshering Palden/Pande Bhote M 1978 Nepal H-A Worker Hungung, Hatiya-1, Makalu-Barun - Details Other expeditions
Wangchu Sherpa M 1978 Nepal H-A Worker Taksindu-3, Solukhumbu - Details Other expeditions

References

0 recorded references.