Everest | 2008 S Col-SE Ridge

A Nepal expedition to Everest in 2008 via S Col-SE Ridge, led by Min Bahadur Sherchan. Summit reached on 25th May 2008. 6 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field Value
ID 6024
Imported 2026-03-06 18:04:49.359634
Expedition ID EVER08156
Peak ID EVER
Year 2008
Season 1
Host Country 1
Route 1 S Col-SE Ridge
Route 2 -
Route 3 -
Route 4 -
Nationality Nepal
Leaders Min Bahadur Sherchan
Sponsor Senior Citizen Mount Everest Expedition Nepal
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 -
Approach -
Basecamp Date 2008-04-13
Summit Date 2008-05-25
Summit Time 0840
Summit Days 42
Total Days 45
Termination Date 2008-05-28
Termination Reason 1
Termination Notes -
High Point (m) 8849
Traverse False
Ski False
Paraglide False
Camps 4
Fixed Rope (m) 0
Total Members 2
Summit Members 2
Member Deaths 0
Total Hired 5
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(01/05,5200m),C1(07/05,6000m),C2(08/05,6400m),C3(11/05,7300m),C4(23/05,8000m),Smt(25/05)
Route Notes BC at Khumbu Glacier C1 above the Icefall C2 in Western Cwm C3 on Lhotse West Face C4 at South Col. On 24 May Sherchan, Pemba Dorje, Bir Bahadur, Lhakpa Nuru, Sange and Dharma Bahadur Rai left C4 at 7 pm. The team reached summit at 8:40 am on 25 May, stayed on summit for 30 minutes and descended to C4 between 7-7:30 pm, slept there. On 26 May descended to C2. On 28 May down to BC. Sherchan's legs were swollen and brought to Kathmandu by helicopter from Pheriche on 31 May. He was taken first to Teaching Hospital then to Alka Hospital as beds were fully occupied in Teaching Hospital. He stayed in Hospital for 15 days. He was suffering from uric acid. Dharma Bahadur Rai, according to Pemba Dorje, he stayed long time at 8500m at the time of descent. The weather was also bad. Rai reached C4 between 9-10 pm with frostbitten hands and right leg. Sherchan told that Rai's fingers of both hands except right hand thumb and right leg toes amputated during treatment in Teaching Hospital. Pemba Dorje summited on 22 May summited with Maskey expedition; summited again on 25 May from S Col. Everest Spring 2008 (Postscript) - 10 July 2009 The oldest Everest summiter Yuichiro Miura, Japanese and Min Bahadur Sherchan, Nepalese had the ambition to become the oldest Everest summiter, and they summited via the South Col just one day apart, Sherchan on 25 May 2008 and Miura on the 26th of May. According to Sherchan's citizenship certificate on record in the tourism ministry's file, he was born on 20 June 1931. Miura's stated date of birth was 14 October 1932. Sherchan was thus the older man. But the Guiness Book of Records recognized Miura as the oldest Everest summiter, and explained at the time that Sherchan had not submitted satisfactory documents to prove his claim. The subject has come to public attention recently through a story in the The Rising Nepal of 29 June 2009, which reports complaints by two of the Nepalese who helped Sherchan get to the top, that he had not paid them the substantial bonuses he had promised them if they got him to the summit. The story also quotes the treasurer of the Trekking, Travel and Rafting Workers Union, Suman Prasad Parajuli, as declaring that Sherchan "lied about his age and was not even 76 when he made it to the top." (The article does not state what his actual age was supposed to be.) Parajulu told Jeevan Shrestha that he did not speak about Sherchan's age, and that his interest is confined to Sherchan's alleged failure to pay what he owed his helpers. Second postscript - November 24, 2009 Sherchan submitted the necessary convincing documents to Guinness Book of Records and was formally recognized as the oldest Everest summiter in September. He received the Guinness certificate from Nepal's prime minister, Madhav Kumar Nepal, in a ceremony on 23 November. He said at the ceremony that he plans to go to the top of Everest again when he is 84 years old. "The age of 84 is considered the incarnation of 'living god' in Nepal," he explained. Sherpas: Krishna Bahadur Tamang, 25/9/68 (10/6/2025), Kaku, Solu Everest X2, Cho Oyu X3 Bir Bahadur Gurung, 20/9/67 (4/6/2024), Dharmapani-8, Tanahu Lhakpa Nuru Sherpa, 5/10/70 (19/06/2027), Pare, Namche-6 Sange Sherpa, 29/1/80 (15/10/2036), Simigaon, Gaurishankar-2 Dharma Bahadur Rai, (20/09/68), Necha Batase-6, Solu, 1st time 8000er Climbing leader for Maskey expedition that accompanied Sherchan: Pemba Dorje Sherpa, Beding, 29/4/77, Everest X6, Lhotse X1, Manaslu X1
Accidents Frostbite (both hands and right leg toes of Dharma Bahadur Rai)
Achievement -
Agency World Summit Explorer
Commercial Route True
Standard Route True
Primary Route False
Primary Member False
Primary Reference False
Primary ID -
Checksum 2460892
Year 2008
Summit Success True
O2 Summary Used
Route (lowercase) s col-se ridge

Members

6 recorded members.

Name Sex Year of Birth Citizenship Status Residence Occupation
Min Bahadur Sherchan M 1931 Nepal Leader Bhurung Tatopani, Myadi Retired British Gurkha soldier Details Other expeditions
Pemba Dorje Sherpa M 1977 Nepal Climbing Leader Beding, Dolakha Alpinist Details Other expeditions
Dharma Bahadur (Dhana) Rai M 1968 Nepal H-A Worker Necha Batase-6, Solukhumbu - Details Other expeditions
Lhakpa Nuru Sherpa M 1960 Nepal H-A Worker Pare, Khumbu - Details Other expeditions
Bir Bahadur (Bishnu) Gurung M 1967 Nepal H-A Worker Dharampani-8, Tanahun - Details Other expeditions
Sange Sherpa M 1980 Nepal H-A Worker Simigaon, Dolakha - Details Other expeditions

References

0 recorded references.