Everest | 2008 S Col-SE Ridge

A France expedition to Everest in 2008 via S Col-SE Ridge, led by Antoine Bonfils. Summit reached on 17th October 2008. 2 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field Value
ID 6125
Imported 2026-03-06 18:04:49.359634
Expedition ID EVER08302
Peak ID EVER
Year 2008
Season 3
Host Country 1
Route 1 S Col-SE Ridge
Route 2 -
Route 3 -
Route 4 -
Nationality France
Leaders Antoine Bonfils
Sponsor Everest Sorin 2008
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 2008-09-28
Summit Date 2008-10-17
Summit Time -
Summit Days 19
Total Days 23
Termination Date 2008-10-21
Termination Reason 5
Termination Notes Abandoned at 7200m due to avalanche injuries
High Point (m) 7200
Traverse False
Ski False
Paraglide False
Camps 2
Fixed Rope (m) 800
Total Members 1
Summit Members 0
Member Deaths 0
Total Hired 1
Summit Hired 0
Hired Deaths 0
No Hired False
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(28/09,5350m),C1(05/10,6000m),C2(15/10,6400m),xxx(17/10,7200m)
Route Notes Antoine Bonfils (French), the only member - 21 October 2008 Bonfils and Tshering Jangbu were struck on 17 October by the same avalanche below the site for C3 while descending to C2 as were the other independent French climber, Francois Bon, his Sherpa, and the Mexican, Leonardo Fernandez. While Bon recalls the avalanche very well, Bonfils has absolutely no memory of being hit and carried down the mountain side; his memory resumes again at 11:00 am on the 18th while leaving C2 for BC. He stopped in C1 because he was very tired; Tshering Jangbu told Bonfils he would return to C1 the next day and continued down to BC. There was nothing inside the tent: no food, no water, no sleeping bag -- nothing. Bonfils had none with him; he waited for Tshering Jangbu's return. But the Icefall, which was in a very dangerous condition, collapsed during the night of the 18th; the route was completely blocked, and the Sherpa could not get back to him. As a result of being hit by the avalanche, Bonfils suffered some cracked ribs on his left side, what he called a hole in his head, and cuts and bruises on his left hand and his chest. He was now stuck in his empty tent with no one else at C1. Finally, in the afternoon of the 20th, he left C1, which was at the top of the Khumbu Icefall, to go down the Icefall alone. He descended to about 5800m and then slept curled up in the Icefall that night. All his toes got badly frostbitten during the night, but he survived. When he had gotten down to about 5700m on the 21st, he was met by some of the "Icefall doctors" hired by the Sagarmatha Pollution Control Committee to keep the Icefall route open, as they were moving up. Some members of the South Korean expedition attempting the SW Face of Everest were also going up. The "Icefall doctors" and one Korean with two of his team's Sherpas turned around and helped Bonfils get back to BC. (A Korean leader at BC told Bonfils that it was not most unusual for Koreans to help other teams climbers on a mountain). He left BC the same day and went to Lobuche, from where he and his Sherpa were evacuated by helicopter to Kathmandu on the 22nd. The Sherpa, Tshering Jangbu, had some of his ribs broken by the avalanche, and on his return to Kathmandu was admitted to the orthopedic hospital at Jorpati. Fixed rope: 800m between C2 and C3. Sherpa: Tshering Jangbu, 1/8/77, Lokhim-9, Solu, Everest X2, Lhotse X2, Xixa (S Face) X1
Accidents Avalanche injuries to Bonfils and Tshering Jangbu
Achievement -
Agency Prestige Adventure
Commercial Route True
Standard Route True
Primary Route False
Primary Member False
Primary Reference False
Primary ID -
Checksum 2461040
Year 2008
Summit Success False
O2 Summary None
Route (lowercase) s col-se ridge

Members

2 recorded members.

Name Sex Year of Birth Citizenship Status Residence Occupation
Antoine Bonfils M 1972 France Leader Le Plessis Robinson, Hauts-de-Seine, France Photographer Details Other expeditions
Tshiring Jangbu Sherpa M 1977 Nepal H-A Worker Rakshikharka, Lokhim-9, Solukhumbu - Details Other expeditions

References

0 recorded references.