Everest | 2009 S Col-SE Ridge

A Nepal expedition to Everest in 2009 via S Col-SE Ridge, led by Dawa Steven Sherpa. Summit reached on 21st May 2009. 36 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field Value
ID 7219
Imported 2026-03-06 18:04:49.359634
Expedition ID EVER09101
Peak ID EVER
Year 2009
Season 1
Host Country 1
Route 1 S Col-SE Ridge
Route 2 -
Route 3 -
Route 4 -
Nationality Nepal
Leaders Dawa Steven Sherpa
Sponsor Asian Trekking Eco-Everest Expedition 2009
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 Austria, Denmark, Germany, India, Netherlands, USA
Approach -
Basecamp Date 2009-04-11
Summit Date 2009-05-21
Summit Time 0433
Summit Days 40
Total Days 46
Termination Date 2009-05-27
Termination Reason 1
Termination Notes -
High Point (m) 8849
Traverse False
Ski False
Paraglide False
Camps 0
Fixed Rope (m) 0
Total Members 17
Summit Members 7
Member Deaths 0
Total Hired 19
Summit Hired 10
Hired Deaths 1
No Hired False
O2 Used True
O2 None False
O2 Climb True
O2 Descent True
O2 Sleep True
O2 Medical True
O2 Taken False
O2 Unknown False
Other Summits -
Campsites Smt(21,23/05)
Route Notes The Asian Trekking Eco Everest expedition was a combination of several independent teams (1-5 climbers each). Asian Trekking provided transportation, base camp facilities and various levels of high altitude support (oxygen, high-altitude porters, tents, etc) as required and contracted for by each team. The individual accounts for each team are given below: Nicholas Cunningham (USA) Name: None Camps: BC(17/04,5300m),C1(24/04,6096m),C2(25/04,6522m),C3(05/05,6950m), C4(20/05,8000m),Smt(21/05) Left: 25/05/2009 Hired: 1 Term: Success BC at Khumbu Glacier C1 above the Khumbu Icefall C2 in Western Cwm C3 on Lhotse West Face C4 at South Col. Cunningham and Phurba started from C4 at 9:15 pm on 20 May, reached summit at 5:30 am on 21 May, and stayed on summit for 40 minutes. Cunningham and Phurba descended to C4 at 8:40 am. They had rest in C4 for 3 hours then to C2 at 4:30 pm, slept there. Next day to BC. Summit day weather was perfect. About 50 climbers were ahead of Cunningham and 10-15 climbers were with them and may be about 50 climbers were behind him. Cunningham returned to Kathmandu on 28 May. He probably will leave on 1 June. This was the last of his Seven Summits. Sherpa: Phurba Sherpa, 27/6/58, Thamo, no 8000ers Jesse Easterling (USA) Name: None Camps: BC(17/04,5350m),C1(22/04,5900m),C2(23/04,6400m),C3(08/05,7200m), xxx(08/05,7200m) Left: 17/05/2009 Hired: 1 Term: Abandoned at 7200m due to sickness from drug taking Easterling had to abandon expedition as he followed his doctor's advice and took 4 mg of Dexamethasone 3 times per day. He started taking it in mid-April. He started feeling first symptoms (paranoia, memory loss, ravanous appetite, confusion, ulcers, internal bleeding in first week). He thought it was altitude and his upset stomach. When he climbed to C3 he even took Nipefidine to make climb easier. But it was still very hard for him. After his ascent to C3 he descended to Lobuche for four days to rest and recover. All the time he continued taking Dex. He went back to BC and started getting panic attacks. However, he did not tell anyone as he still wanted to go to summit. Bill Burke gave him $60 to go to HRA tent. They found acute adrenal failure and steroid-induced psychosis. He was helicoptered out from BC together with Henry Voigt. He first went to Blue Cross, then to International Clinic, where they took some blood and told him to take Prozac against his paranoia. He went back to the Malla hotel for one night and after his stool was bloody and he threw up blood, they took him to Norvic Hospital. He stayed there from 19 May until 1 June. Easterling emphasizes that his memory has not quite come back and that he cannot remember everything in detail. Sherpa: Phu Tashi, 23/10/77, Phortse, Everest X2, Cho Oyu X1 Will Cross (USA) Name: None Camps: BC(11/04,5400m),C1(15/04,6000m),C2(16/04,6300m),xxx(27/04,6500m) Left: 08/05/2009 Hired: 1 Term: Abandoned at 6500m due to lack of time (and death of Lhakpa Nuru) BC at Khumbu Glacier C1 above the Icefall C2 in Western Cwm High point at base of Lhotse Face. Cross spent the night at C2 and went to BC on 28th. He waited in BC for good weather till 8 May. He said he just did not like to wait for long and left BC. He returned to Kathmandu on 11 May and will leave on around 15 May. Cross wants to go to Cho Oyu, but Asian Trekking told him that it will take a week to get permit for Cho Oyu. He said he does not have enough time if he is to wait one week in Kathmandu [but he ultimately did go to Cho Oyu]. Sherpa: Nawang Tenzing (Nawangle), 1/2/60, Phortse, Everest X3, Lhotse X2 William Burke (USA) Randolph Allen (USA) Name: None Camps: BC(15/04,5350m),C1(18/04,5900m),C2(21/04,6400m),C3(20/05,7200m), C4(21/05,7900m),Smt(23/05) Left: 27/05/2009 Hired: 3 Term: Success Summit team left C4 at 10 pm on 22 May. It was very windy at start; however wind died down later on. They spent about 30 minutes on summit, but with no views. They descended to C4, arrived at 2 pm. On 24 May descent to C2. They had to stay at C2 for two nights due to heavy snowfall and descended to BC on 26 May. Allen reached C4 on 21 May, stayed two nights. When Burke left for summit on 22 May, he left C4 at 11:30 pm with Puchhanga Bhote. He reached about 8000m when he noticed that he could not breathe due to problem with oxygen mask. He decided to turn back to C4 at about 2 am. Puchhanga carried on to the summit. Sherpas: Mingma Sherpa, Thamo, 01/10/77 Puchhanga Bhote, Chepuwa-3, Gumba village, 2/4/80, no 8000ers Ama Dablam, 2008 Pumori 1998 & 2005 (Korean, Austrian exp with Ernst Meschik) Samden Bhote, aka Sonam Bhote, 25/79 (4/9/2036), Hungdung, Makalu, no 8000ers Walter Laserer (Austria) Thomas Arnold (Germany) Bernadina Maria Notenboom (Austria) Felix Stockenhuber (Austria) Dagmar Wabnig (Austria) Name: Laserer Alpin Everest Expedition Camps: BC(14/04),C1(24/04,6000m),C2(26/04,6000m),C2(26/04,6400m), C3(06/05,7200m),C4(22/05,7980m),Smt(23/05) Left: 25/05/2009 Hired: 3 Term: Success On 7 May, when Lhakpa Nuru from Phurte, Laserer and Notenboom were in the lower part of the Icefall, they were hit by an ice avalanche. Lhakpa Nuru's body was never found; he was probably buried under avalanche debris. Laserer and Notenboom were pushed by the avalanche about ten meters into a crevasse and found themselves upside down with Notenboom on top of Laserer. They shouted for help, and Pasang Sherpa with big Indian expedition responded. Laserer pushed Notenboom up while Pasang climbed down to her and pulled her out. Now it was possible to get to Laserer and Pasang and others pulled him out too. Laserer and Notenboom were not injured and were able to go on with their climb. Laserer, Notenboom and Stockenhuber, plus two Sherpas, Lhakpa Nuru (from Khumjung) and Tenzing Dorje, made their bid for the summit when they left C4 for the top on 22 May at 9:30 pm. Stockenhuber turned back at 8200m on the 22nd because his fingers and toes were cold, while the others continued to the summit at 7:30 am on the 23rd. They returned to C4 at 11:30 am, descended to C2 on the 24th and BC on the 25th. On their way from C4 to the top, Laserer and Notenboom found the American summiter Mike Farris, who was seriously affected by cerebral edema. They pushed him to a safer spot and put his warm clothes back on him and radioed Russell Brice to send up Sherpas to rescue him. Stockenhuber, with Arnold and Wabnig, left BC on the 25th: they had no chance of summiting and the weather was not good. Laserer and Notenboom left on the 26th following their summit success. Non-summiting members: Arnold reached C4 with Laserer and Notenboom on 22 May, but did not join them in their summit bid because he didn't like the strong wind that was blowing. Wabnig reached only the bergschrund at about 6800m at the bottom of the Lhotse Face on 5 May and never went higher. He had a breathing problem. Oxygen was used by Laserer, Notenboom, Arnold and Stockenhuber in C3 to their high points; Laserer and Notenboom continued to use it until they returned to C2. The Sherpa summiters used it from C4 to the top to C4. Sherpas: Lhakpa Nuru, 18/1/91 (4/10/2047), Khumjung, no 8000ers Lhakpa Nuru, 21/5/75, Phurte, Khumbu, Everest 21/5/07 Tenzing Dorje, 19/11/70, Phortse, Everest X3 Henry Voigt (Germany) Name: None Camps: BC(15/04,5380m),C1(28/04,6100m),C2(29/04,6400m),C3(01/05,7300m), xxx(01/05,7300m) Left: 19/05/2009 Hired: 1 Term: Abandoned at 7300m due to illness High point at 7300m. Voigt summit push target was 21 May. He was in C2. On 17 May he told that he remembered going to sleep on 17 May evening. On 18 May morning a Sherpa found Voigt lying unconscious about two meters away from his tent. Sherpas helped him to go to C1. He was unconscious and vomiting, very weak. Sometimes he could walk and sometimes Sherpas carried him to C1. Dawa Steven gave him oxygen. He felt better and walked to BC by himself. He was using oxygen in BC too. Dawa Steven slept in his tent with him. HRA doctors advised him to leave BC. On 19 May he was evacuated to Kathmandu by helicopter. When I met him he was Ok. He could not tell me how and when he went out of his tent. Earlier on 20 April Voigt had toothache. HRA clinic doctor gave him medicines but it was not effective. He went to Namche on 23 April from BC. On 24 April his wisdom tooth (right) extracted in Namche clinic. He went back to BC on 27 April and to C1 on 28 April [and then up to C3 on 1 May]. He was supposed to leave Kathmandu on 25 or 30 May. Assigned Sherpa: Tenzing Dorje Sherpa, 19/11/70 (04/08/2027), Phortse, Khumjung-9, Everest X3 Tenzing Dorje later summited with Walter Laserer and Bernadina Notenboom and is listed with that team for summiting. Yuri Pritzker (USA) Name: None Camps: BC(17/04,5300m),C1(22/04,6100m),C2(23/04,6400m),C3(05/05,7200m), C4(20/05,8000m),Smt(21/05) Left: 25/05/2009 Hired: 2 Term: Success Pritzker and Thukten Dorje started from C4 at 9:15 pm of 20 May. They reached summit at 4:33 am of 21 May. Pritzker and Thukten spent 45 minutes on summit, then descended to C4 where they arrived at 8:30 am. They had rest for a while then descended to C2 where they arrived at 6:30 pm, slept there. Next day to BC. Summit day weather on South Summit little windy. Pritzker returned to Kathmandu on 28 May and will leave on 1 June. Sherpas: Thukten Dorje, 30/06/68, Thami, Everest X6 Nima Kancha, 19/7/75, Pare, Everest 18/5/06 Mogens Jensen (Denmark) Name: None Camps: BC(14/04,5300m),C1(22/04,6000m),C2(23/04,6500m),C3(21/05,7100m), xxx(22/05,7750m) Left: 25/05/2009 Hired: 1 Term: Abandoned at 7750m due to symptoms of pulmonary edema High point below Geneva Spur. It was suppose to be the summit push for Jensen. He started from C3 at about 6 am on 22 May with Pemba. At 7750m where they reached around 9 am, Jensen felt difficulty in breathing. The initial symptom of PED (pulmonary edema) and he decided to turn around. Arrived C2 around 2 pm, slept there. Next day to BC. Sherpa: Pemba Tshering Sherpa, 18/4/79, Khumjung, Everest X2, Lhotse X1 Krushnaa Patil (India) Name: None Camps: BC(20/04,5330m),C1(27/04,6200m),C2(28/04,6400m),C3(19/05,7200m), C4(20/05,7950m),C4(20/05,7950m),Smt(21/05) Left: 25/05/2009 Hired: 2 Term: Success Patil, Pasang and Gyaluk started from C4 at 9 pm on 20 May. They reached summit at 6:30 am on 21 May, stayed on summit between 30-40 minutes, descended to C4 at 12:40 pm, slept there. On 22 May to C2 and on 23 May to BC. During the ascent the weather was good but little windy. Climbers ahead of Patil were less than 100 and behind were were about 30 climbers. Patil returned to Kathmandu on 28 May and will leave on 1 June. Patil is 1st Maharashtrian girl and 2nd youngest Indian to summit Everest. Sherpas: Pasang Temba Sherpa, 27/1/70 (14/10/2026), Thami Gyaluk Lama, 21/8/75, Patle, Okhaldhunga, Everest X2 Unassigned climbing Sherpas: Naga Dorje Sherpa (Sirdar) Pemba Tenzing Sherpa Ang Mingma Sherpa Nima Tshering Sherpa Phurba Jangbu Sherpa
Accidents -
Achievement -
Agency Asian Trekking
Commercial Route True
Standard Route True
Primary Route False
Primary Member False
Primary Reference False
Primary ID -
Checksum 2461257
Year 2009
Summit Success True
O2 Summary Used
Route (lowercase) s col-se ridge

Members

36 recorded members.

Name Sex Year of Birth Citizenship Status Residence Occupation
Dawa Steven Sherpa M 1984 Nepal Leader Kathmandu Asian Trekking executive Details Other expeditions
Apa (Appa) Sherpa M 1960 Nepal Climbing Leader Thami Og, Khumbu - Details Other expeditions
Pertemba Sherpa M 1948 Nepal Deputy Ldr/Exp Mgr Khumjung, Khumbu - Details Other expeditions
Krushnaa Madhav Patil F 1989 India Climber Poona, Maharashtra, India Student & dancer Details Other expeditions
Gyaluk (Gyalu Lama) Sherpa M 1975 Nepal H-A Worker Patle-5, Okhaldhunga - Details Other expeditions
Pasang Temba Sherpa M 1970 Nepal H-A Worker Thami, Khumbu - Details Other expeditions
Mogens Kjaempe Jensen M 1972 Denmark Climber Viborg, Denmark Motivational speaker & alpinist Details Other expeditions
Pemba Tshering Sherpa M 1979 Nepal H-A Worker Khumjung, Khumbu - Details Other expeditions
Yury Pritzker M 1955 USA Climber Northbrook, Illinois Software architect Details Other expeditions
Nima Kancha Sherpa M 1975 Nepal H-A Worker Pare, Khumbu - Details Other expeditions
Thukten Dorje Sherpa M 1968 Nepal H-A Worker Thami, Khumbu - Details Other expeditions
Henry Voigt M 1963 Germany Climber Leverkusen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany Industrial chemist Details Other expeditions
Walter Laserer M 1961 Austria Climber Gosau, Upper Austria, Austria Alpine guide Details Other expeditions
Thomas Arnold M 1968 Germany Climber Kalchreath, Bavaria, Germany Programmer Details Other expeditions
Bernadina Maria (Bernice) Notenboom F 1962 Netherlands Climber Fernie, British Columbia Journalist Details Other expeditions
Felix Stockenhuber M 1959 Austria Climber Purkersdorf, Lower Austria, Austria Physician Details Other expeditions
Dagmar Wabnig F 1947 Austria Climber Wolfsberg, Carinthia, Austria Physician specializing in high altitude problems Details Other expeditions
Lhakpa Nuru Sherpa M 1991 Nepal H-A Worker Khumjung, Khumbu - Details Other expeditions
Tenzing Dorje Sherpa M 1970 Nepal H-A Worker Phortse, Khumbu - Details Other expeditions
Lhakpa Nuru Sherpa M 1975 Nepal H-A Worker Phurte, Khumbu - Details Other expeditions
William Mitchell (Bill) Burke M 1942 USA Climber Costa Mesa, California Retired corporate lawyer Details Other expeditions
Randolph Michael (Bud) Allen M 1958 USA Climber Fortson, Georgia Real estate developer Details Other expeditions
Phuchhanga (Puchhang) Bhote M 1980 Nepal H-A Worker Guthigumba, Chepuwa, Makalu-Barun - Details Other expeditions
Samden (Sonam) Bhote M 1979 Nepal H-A Worker Hungung, Hatiya-1, Makalu-Barun - Details Other expeditions
Mingma (Ang Mingma) Sherpa M 1968 Nepal H-A Worker Yilajung, Khumbu - Details Other expeditions
William Hayden Gregory (Will) Cross M 1967 USA Climber Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Alpinist & motivational speaker Details Other expeditions
Nawang Tenzing (Nawangle) Sherpa M 1960 Nepal H-A Worker Phortse, Khumbu - Details Other expeditions
Jesse Easterling M 1982 USA Climber Seattle, Washington Insurance agent Details Other expeditions
Phu Tashi Sherpa M 1977 Nepal H-A Worker Phortse, Khumbu - Details Other expeditions
Nicholas James Cunningham M 1982 USA Climber Hector, Minnesota Alpine guide Details Other expeditions
Phurba Tshering (Lama Phurba) Sherpa M 1958 Nepal H-A Worker Thamo, Khumbu - Details Other expeditions
Nanda Dorje (Naga Dorje, Nanga) Sherpa M 1966 Nepal Sirdar Khumjung, Khumbu - Details Other expeditions
Pemba Tenzing Sherpa M 1988 Nepal H-A Worker Khumjung, Khumbu - Details Other expeditions
Mingma Sherpa M 1977 Nepal H-A Worker Thamo, Khumbu - Details Other expeditions
Nima Tshering Sherpa M 1990 Nepal H-A Worker Khumjung, Khumbu - Details Other expeditions
Phurba Jangbu Sherpa M - Nepal H-A Worker - - Details Other expeditions

References

1 recorded references.

Expedition ID Journal Author Title Publisher Citation Yak 94
EVER09101 - Pritzker, Yury See It From the Top By author, Chicago - -