Everest | 2008 S Col-SE Ridge

A Austria expedition to Everest in 2008 via S Col-SE Ridge, led by Stephan Keck. Summit reached on 19th May 2008. 1 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field Value
ID 6022
Imported 2026-03-06 18:04:49.359634
Expedition ID EVER08116
Peak ID EVER
Year 2008
Season 1
Host Country 1
Route 1 S Col-SE Ridge
Route 2 -
Route 3 -
Route 4 -
Nationality Austria
Leaders Stephan Keck
Sponsor Back to the Roots Everest Expedition
Success 1 False
Success 2 False
Success 3 False
Success 4 False
Ascent 1 -
Ascent 2 -
Ascent 3 -
Ascent 4 -
Claimed False
Disputed False
Countries -
Approach -
Basecamp Date 2008-04-15
Summit Date 2008-05-19
Summit Time -
Summit Days 34
Total Days 40
Termination Date 2008-05-25
Termination Reason 4
Termination Notes Abandoned at 7900m due to weather forecast, death of a friend
High Point (m) 7900
Traverse False
Ski False
Paraglide False
Camps 5
Fixed Rope (m) 0
Total Members 1
Summit Members 0
Member Deaths 0
Total Hired 0
Summit Hired 0
Hired Deaths 0
No Hired True
O2 Used False
O2 None True
O2 Climb False
O2 Descent False
O2 Sleep False
O2 Medical False
O2 Taken False
O2 Unknown False
Other Summits -
Campsites BC(15/04,5364m),C1(25/04,6000m),C2(27/04,6500m),C3(18/05,7145m),C4(19/05,7900m),xxx(19/05,7900m)
Route Notes BC at Khumbu Glacier C1 above the Icefall C2 in Western Cwm C3 on Lhotse West Face C4 at South Col High point at South Col. Keck reached C4 on 19 May. When we woke up on 20 May he had extreme headache and when he opened his eyes everything was just black and white except for the grey-brown mist lying over his right eye. Richard Brill, expedition doctor of Karl Kobler Swiss group), gave him medicine for cerebral edema and told him that his condition was going to be improved soon. When went out of his tent to meet members of summiting Swiss team he could not identify people at a distance of just 10 meters. At the same time he heard the news that Uwe Goltz (Keck was with Goltz in two expeditions before) was not able to see anymore. Keck descended to C2 and slept there. On 21 Keck descended to BC where he came to know that Goltz is dead. It was shocking news for Keck. On 11 May when he had been in C2 after a camp he suffered from pain and he could not locate where the pain originated from ear, tooth, eye or throat. The whole right half of his face pulsed with his heartbeat's rhythm. Then he decided to descend to BC and left quickly for BC. On his way down fast he stepped on a loosening ice block and lost his balance and head over heels he went down in a hole amongst ice blocks. First his left shoulder cracked on into the ground, the whole body turned and knee too in wrong direction - that was fast. He was lying on the bottom of the hole about 5 meters deep. His knee started getting severe pain and he took two painkillers and started to crawl out of the hole and finally he could make it to BC before it was too dark. Next day Goltz and Brill gave him a pack of antibiotics for 5 days. Keck said that he had taken more medicines in this expedition than in the preceding 10 years all together. Keck said that the weather forecast was not favorable for the climbers without oxygen and loss of friend just was not the best condition to keep his motivation high to go to summit. Keck returned to Kathmandu on 28 May and will leave on 29 May.
Accidents Altitude sickness, fell into a hole
Achievement -
Agency Thamserku Trekking
Commercial Route True
Standard Route True
Primary Route False
Primary Member False
Primary Reference False
Primary ID -
Checksum 2460844
Year 2008
Summit Success False
O2 Summary None
Route (lowercase) s col-se ridge

Members

1 recorded members.

Name Sex Year of Birth Citizenship Status Residence Occupation
Stephan Erich Keck M 1973 Austria Leader Kramsach, Tirol, Austria Alpine guide Details Other expeditions

References

0 recorded references.