Everest | 2008 S Col-SE Ridge

A USA expedition to Everest in 2008 via S Col-SE Ridge, led by Mark Tucker. Summit reached on 21st May 2008. 44 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field Value
ID 6007
Imported 2026-03-06 18:04:49.359634
Expedition ID EVER08139
Peak ID EVER
Year 2008
Season 1
Host Country 1
Route 1 S Col-SE Ridge
Route 2 -
Route 3 -
Route 4 -
Nationality USA
Leaders Mark Tucker
Sponsor International Mountain Guides (IMG) Everest 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 Canada, Poland, Romania, Taiwan
Approach -
Basecamp Date 2008-04-07
Summit Date 2008-05-21
Summit Time 0623
Summit Days 44
Total Days 48
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) 500
Total Members 27
Summit Members 15
Member Deaths 0
Total Hired 42
Summit Hired 16
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(07/04),C1(19/04,6065m),C2(20/04,6462m),C3(11/05,7269m),C4(20/05,7900m),Smt(21-24,27/05)
Route Notes IMG Everest Expedition 2008, led by Mark Tucker - 1 June 2008 Everest teams arriving at BC in April and first days to May found that the Khumbu Icefall route was yet not open. The Sherpas assigned to fix and maintain the Icefall, known as the Icefall doctors, had been asked on about 13 April not to complete the job they had started (they had fixed it almost to the top of the Icefall) until security forces arrived to supervise the new regulations resulting from the Chinese government's obsession with possible demonstrations of opposition to the successful project to get the Olympic torch to the summit of Everest from the Tibetan side. The army major in charge, Sunil Singh Rathor, himself an Everest summiter with the Nepalese-Indian joint army expedition on 22 May 2003, came to BC on 15 April and authorized the resumption of Icefall work. The route was completed the next day, the 16th, and anyone could go up the mountain at will until 30 April, when everyone must be down in BC except cooks, who were allowed to sleep in C1 and C2 to guard their teams belongings. No one was allowed above the Icefall on 1 and 2 May; from 3 May teams could go up to C1 and C2 but not above there. Finally, when the torch had reached the summit in the early morning of 8 May, all restrictions were removed and Maj. Rathor departed. The expedition sent five parties to the summit. First were Grom, Peress, and Pospischil with Da Nuru, Dawa Nuru and Nima Karma, who left C4 for the top at 9:17 pm on 20 May. Pospischil and Nima Karma turned around at 8450m because the American had become very tired and was too slow they went down to C2. The others reached the summit on 21 May at 6:23 am and descended to C2 at 5:20 pm. The next group left C4 on the 21st at 8:43 pm and all were on the summit on 22 May between 4:36 am and 8:18 am. The summiters were Cook, Janikowski, Popoviciu, Wedberg, Yannuzzi, Pemba Dorje, Jamling Bhote, Ang Namgyal, Mingma Tshering and Kancha Nuru. Cook, Popoviciu, Jamling Bhote and Pemba Dorje were first up at 4:36 am while Janikowski and Ang Namgyal brought up the rear at 8:18 am. Cook, Popoviciu, Yannuzzi and their Sherpas descended to C2, the others stopped in C4. The third summit party left C4 on the 22nd at 9:20 pm all on the summit on 23 May at 6:56 am. They were Hawrylewicz, Merle, Smith, Mingma Tenzing, Chewang Lendu and Pasang Nuru. They were back in C4 at 11:15 am. The fourth group left C4 at 8:15 pm on the 23rd and summited on 24 May between 4:23 and 5:18 am. They were Hamill, Hovland, Warren, Dawa Sona, Phinzo, Pasang and Phu Nuru. All returned to C4 between 8:30 and 10:30 pm. The last party made two attempts for the summit. Hahn, Messner, Finjo Dorje and Samduk Dorje Tamang left C4 on the 25th at 11:00 pm but turned around at about 8100m at 0:15 am of the 26th because of bad weather: windy, misty, wind blowing snow around. They returned to C4, waited there for better weather, which they got; in perfect weather they set off again at 10:43 pm on the 26th and were on the summit on 27 May at 7:26 am. They went down to C2 at 5:40 pm. Other non-summiting members: Andrews arrived at BC late on 24 April, was sick, never went higher, left expedition in early May. Campbell on 23 May went up to 8535m while guiding his client Massad and turned back with him. Freeman went to 7000m on 22 May and gave up; he wasn't strong enough for a very big mountain. Harter got to C2, had a throat problem and left team on 15 May. Kuo was out of condition, very slow, got only halfway through the Icefall and left the expedition on about 10 May; he took a horse from Lobuche to Namche Bazar. Lowry got to C3, then decided on 20 May the climb was too much for him. Massad got to 8535m, then quit. Parazynski reached C3 on 21 May, got back spasms and quit. Shaw went into the Icefall several times but got to the top of it slowly and with difficulty; left the team about 8 or 10 May. [Monty] Smith got a bad nosebleed in C2 on 22 May and stopped climbing, took a helicopter from Lobuche. Oxygen was used by all members in C3 and above and down to C3 or C1. All Sherpas used it to sleep in C3, sleep in C4, climb above C4, and descend to C3. Sherpas: Ang Namgyal, 22/6/86, Phortse/Pangboche, Everest X2 Chewang Lendu, 19/4/80, Phortse, Everest X1, Lhotse X1, Manaslu X1 Da Nuru, 19/5/59, Phortse, Everest X5, Cho Oyu X3, Makalu X1 Dawa Nuru, aka Danuru, 26/10/78, Phortse, Everest X2, Cho Oyu X7 Dawa Sona, 5/12/65, Pangboche, Everest X7, Cho Oyu X1 Finjo Dorje, 3/9/86, Pangboche, Everest X1, Cho Oyu X1 Jamling Bhote, 28/12/77, Hatiya, Makalu, Everest X2, Cho Oyu X2 Kancha Nuru, 30/11/82 (15/8/2039), Phortse, no 8000ers Mingma Tenzing, 1/6/86, Phortse, Everest X3, Cho Oyu X3 Mingma Tshering, 26/4/72, Phortse, Everest X3, Cho Oyu X3 Nima Karma, 30/6/83, Pangboche (not Phortse), Everest X2 (with Tucker) Pasang Sherpa, 12/8/78 (28/4/2035), born in Salleri, moved to Thamo after marriage Pasang Nuru, 30/1/73 (17/10/2029), Phortse Pemba Dorje, 1961, Pangboche, Everest X5, Cho Oyu X2 Phinzo Sherpa, 23/4/71, Phortse, Everest X3, Manaslu X1 Phu Nuru, 16/5/80, Phortse, Everest X3, Cho Oyu X6 Samduk Dorje Tamang, 31/5/83, Pangboche, Everest X2
Accidents -
Achievement -
Agency Beyul Adventure
Commercial Route True
Standard Route True
Primary Route False
Primary Member False
Primary Reference False
Primary ID -
Checksum 2460891
Year 2008
Summit Success True
O2 Summary Used
Route (lowercase) s col-se ridge

Members

44 recorded members.

Name Sex Year of Birth Citizenship Status Residence Occupation
Michael Paul Andrews M 1956 USA Climber Oak Glen, California Veterinarian Details Other expeditions
Ryan La Vor Campbell M 1970 USA Climber Anchorage, Alaska Alpine guide Details Other expeditions
Vance Logan Cook M 1965 USA Climber Bountiful, Utah Computer software developer Details Other expeditions
Rohan Ainsworth Freeman M 1965 USA Climber Rocky Hill, Connecticut Civil engineer Details Other expeditions
Casey Aaron Grom M 1974 USA Climber Ashford, Washington Alpine guide Details Other expeditions
David Allen (Dave) Hahn M 1961 USA Climber Taos Ski Valley, New Mexico Alpine guide Details Other expeditions
Michael Aaron Hamill M 1977 USA Climber Seattle, Washington Alpine guide Details Other expeditions
James (Jim) Harter M 1946 USA Climber Carlsbad, California Retired real estate developer Details Other expeditions
Jaroslaw C. Hawrylewicz M 1972 Poland/Canada Climber New York, New York Attorney Details Other expeditions
Valerie Ann Hovland F 1975 USA Climber Boulder, Colorado Consultant on environment & poverty reduction Details Other expeditions
Adam Janikowski M 1978 Canada Climber London, England Engineer Details Other expeditions
Yu-Cheng Kuo M 1955 Taiwan Climber Panchiao, Taipei, Taiwan Food company manager Details Other expeditions
Robert Arthur Lowry M 1966 USA Climber Washington, DC Banker Details Other expeditions
Serge Massad M 1970 Canada Climber Montreal, Quebec Stock broker Details Other expeditions
Justin Reese Merle M 1978 USA Climber Kent, Washington Alpine guide Details Other expeditions
Nicole Susan Messner F 1967 USA Climber Montgomery, Texas Housewife Details Other expeditions
Scott Edward Parazynski M 1961 USA Climber Houston, Texas Astronaut Details Other expeditions
Ari Jonathan Peress M 1971 USA Climber Tempe, Arizona Firefighter Details Other expeditions
Ciprian P. Popoviciu M 1969 Romania Climber Raleigh, North Carolina Engineer Details Other expeditions
Robert R. Pospischil M 1948 USA Climber Nesconset, New York Chief financial officer Details Other expeditions
George Chester Shaw M 1946 USA Climber Palos Verdes Estates, California Owner or a group of car washes Details Other expeditions
Dean H. Smith M 1957 Canada Climber Toronto, Ontario Portfolio manager Details Other expeditions
Monty Dean Smith M 1961 USA Climber Clakamas, Oregon Investment manager Details Other expeditions
Mark Scott Tucker M 1957 USA Leader Ashford, Washington Alpine guide Details Other expeditions
Timothy W. Warren M 1960 USA Climber Saunderstown, Rhode Island Chiropractor Details Other expeditions
Kurt Alan Wedberg M 1966 USA Climber Bishop, California Alpine guide Details Other expeditions
Joseph P. (Joe) Yannuzzi M 1964 USA Climber Bethlehem, Pennsylvania Attorney Details Other expeditions
Ang Namgyal Sherpa M 1980 Nepal H-A Worker Phortse/Pangboche, Khumbu - Details Other expeditions
Chhewang Lendu (Tsewang Lendu) Sherpa M 1980 Nepal H-A Worker Phortse, Khumbu - Details Other expeditions
Da Nuru (Dawa Nuru/Norbu) Sherpa M 1959 Nepal H-A Worker Phortse, Khumbu - Details Other expeditions
Dawa Nuru (Danuru) Sherpa M 1978 Nepal H-A Worker Phortse, Khumbu - Details Other expeditions
Dawa Sona (Da Sona, Da Sonam) Sherpa M 1965 Nepal H-A Worker Pangboche, Khumbu - Details Other expeditions
Phinjo Dorje (Finjo Dorje) Sherpa M 1986 Nepal H-A Worker Pangboche, Khumbu - Details Other expeditions
Jamling Bhote M 1977 Nepal H-A Worker Hungung, Hatiya-1, Makalu-Barun - Details Other expeditions
Kanchha Nuru Sherpa M 1982 Nepal H-A Worker Phortse, Khumbu - Details Other expeditions
Mingma Tenzing Sherpa M 1986 Nepal H-A Worker Phortse, Khumbu - Details Other expeditions
Mingma Tshering (Mingma Chhiring) Sherpa M 1972 Nepal H-A Worker Phortse, Khumbu - Details Other expeditions
Pasang Sherpa M 1978 Nepal H-A Worker Thamo, Khumbu - Details Other expeditions
Pasang Nuru Sherpa M 1973 Nepal H-A Worker Phortse, Khumbu - Details Other expeditions
Pemba Dorje Sherpa M 1961 Nepal H-A Worker Pangboche, Khumbu - Details Other expeditions
Phinzo/Phinjo Sherpa M 1971 Nepal H-A Worker Phortse, Khumbu - Details Other expeditions
Phu Nuru (Phunuru) Sherpa M 1980 Nepal H-A Worker Phortse, Khumbu - Details Other expeditions
Samduk Dorje (Sanduk Dorje) Tamang M 1983 Nepal H-A Worker Pangboche, Khumbu - Details Other expeditions
Nima Karma Sherpa M 1983 Nepal H-A Worker Phortse, Khumbu - Details Other expeditions

References

1 recorded references.

Expedition ID Journal Author Title Publisher Citation Yak 94
EVER08139 - - http://www.mountainguides.com/everest-south08.shtml - - -