Everest | 2008 S Col-SE Ridge

A New Zealand expedition to Everest in 2008 via S Col-SE Ridge, led by Jamie McGuinness. Summit reached on 20th May 2008. 11 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field Value
ID 5994
Imported 2026-03-06 18:04:49.359634
Expedition ID EVER08123
Peak ID EVER
Year 2008
Season 1
Host Country 1
Route 1 S Col-SE Ridge
Route 2 -
Route 3 -
Route 4 -
Nationality New Zealand
Leaders Jamie McGuinness
Sponsor Project Himalaya Everest 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 Australia, Costa Rica, France, Ireland, UK
Approach Lukla->Namche->Pangboche->Gorakshep
Basecamp Date 2008-04-19
Summit Date 2008-05-20
Summit Time 1030
Summit Days 31
Total Days 36
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) 1000
Total Members 7
Summit Members 4
Member Deaths 0
Total Hired 4
Summit Hired 4
Hired Deaths 0
No Hired False
O2 Used True
O2 None False
O2 Climb True
O2 Descent False
O2 Sleep False
O2 Medical False
O2 Taken False
O2 Unknown False
Other Summits -
Campsites BC(19/04,5350m),C1(25/04,6060m),C2(27/04,6400m),C3(18/05,7150m),C4(20/05,7900m),Smt(20-21/05)
Route Notes Namgyal Sherpa was fixing rope with 10 other Sherpas from other teams on 20 May. He reached summit at 3:25 pm and returned to C4, where he arrived at 7 pm. 21 May summit team left C4 at 10 pm. Perfect weather. Route was very busy, a lot of waiting en route. They stayed on summit for 1 hour. McGuinness waited for Falgate and Pasang Gombu, started descending at 1:30 pm. Just below Hillary step they met Swiss climber Uwe Gianni Goeltz who was in trouble. Goeltz's Sherpa was feeding him with oxygen and McGuinness gave him 4 mg Dexamethasone. McGuinness accompanied them to Balcony and left them when one of Kobler's Sherpas arrived with extra oxygen. Further down he bumped into a Korean in trouble; he assisted him and Sherpa for a while, finally arrived at C4 at 11 pm. Other members and Sherpas arrived at C4 at 6 pm. On 22 May they descended to C2 and got to BC on 23 May. Gernez reached 8000m [8300m?] on 23 May; he abandoned summit attempt due to exhaustion, turned back at 6 am and descended to C2. O'Leary reached 7300m on 20 May; he abandoned climb due to fatigue; he was also too slow. Soto-Buturla got to 7000m on 21 May; she turned back due to chest infection. Fixed rope: 1000m from C4 to south summit. Sherpas: Namgyal Sherpa, Rakha, Khotang, 05/10/77, Everest X3, Cho Oyu X4 Pasang Gombu, Sotang, Solukhumbu, 28/12/69, Everest 25/5/06 Jangbu Sherpa, Sotang-6, Solukhumbu, 01/10/81, no previous summit Chhewang Palden, Sotang-6, Solukhumbu, 06/02/74, Everest X1 (25/8/06)
Accidents -
Achievement -
Agency Explore Himalaya
Commercial Route True
Standard Route True
Primary Route False
Primary Member False
Primary Reference False
Primary ID -
Checksum 2460845
Year 2008
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
James D. O'Leary M 1980 Ireland Climber Rossbrook, Cork, Ireland Anasesthetist Details Other expeditions
David G. Cole M 1968 Australia Climber Maryborough, Victoria, Australia Factory manager Details Other expeditions
Andrew J. Falgate M 1969 UK Climber York, N Yorkshire, England Financial accountant Details Other expeditions
Raphael Jenny Mario Gernez M 1963 France/USA Climber San Francisco, California Microchip engineer Details Other expeditions
James Stuart (Jamie) McGuinness M 1965 New Zealand Leader Gisborne, New Zealand Alpine guide Details Other expeditions
Anselm Benedict Murphy M 1983 Ireland Climber Hounslow, Middlesex, England Pharmaceutical manager Details Other expeditions
Gineth Soto-Buturla F 1973 Costa Rica Climber Shasta Lake, California Hotel cleaner Details Other expeditions
Namgyal Sherpa M 1977 Nepal H-A Worker Rakha Bangdel-5, Khotang - Details Other expeditions
Jangbu Sherpa M 1981 Nepal H-A Worker Sotang-6, Solukhumbu - Details Other expeditions
Chhewang Palden Sherpa M 1974 Nepal H-A Worker Sotang-6, Solukhumbu - Details Other expeditions
Pasang Gombu Sherpa M 1969 Nepal H-A Worker Kurima, Lokhim-9, Solukhumbu - Details Other expeditions

References

1 recorded references.

Expedition ID Journal Author Title Publisher Citation Yak 94
EVER08123 - - http://www.project-himalaya.com/dispatches/2008/08-everest-index.html - - -