Everest | 2009 S Col-SE Ridge

A Ireland expedition to Everest in 2009 via S Col-SE Ridge, led by Martin Byrne. Summit reached on 20th May 2009. 4 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field Value
ID 6402
Imported 2026-03-06 18:04:49.359634
Expedition ID EVER09136
Peak ID EVER
Year 2009
Season 1
Host Country 1
Route 1 S Col-SE Ridge
Route 2 -
Route 3 -
Route 4 -
Nationality Ireland
Leaders Martin Byrne
Sponsor International Adventure Alternative (Irishman on Everest)
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 2009-04-12
Summit Date 2009-05-20
Summit Time 0930
Summit Days 38
Total Days 42
Termination Date 2009-05-24
Termination Reason 1
Termination Notes -
High Point (m) 8849
Traverse False
Ski False
Paraglide False
Camps 4
Fixed Rope (m) 0
Total Members 1
Summit Members 0
Member Deaths 0
Total Hired 3
Summit Hired 2
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(12/04),C1(17/04,6100m),C2(18/04,6400m),C3(21/04,7100m),C4(18/05,7400m),Smt(20/05)
Route Notes C1 at top of Icefall C2 in Western Cwm C3 on Lhotse face C4 at South Col High point at South Summit for Byrne (Sherpas to summit). Byrne and three Sherpas left C4 for the summit at 8:00 pm on 19 May. Nima Gombu and Lhakpa moved faster than Byrne and Tshering Pande and summited at 9:30 am on 20 May. Byrne arrived at the South Summit at 10:30 am on the 20th and could go no farther. He was exhausted. The summit Sherpas rejoined Byrne and Tshering Pande at about 10:45 am, and they all went down to C4 to stay that night. They descended to C2 on the 21st and to BC on the 22nd. Byrne was still extremely tired, having made a rapid descent to BC, and furthermore all of his toes were frostbitten (he hopes they will heal, but all are black). On the 24th he went to Pheriche and flew to by helicopter to Kathmandu with Lhakpa. I saw Byrne on the 24th, and when I visited his hotel a few days later to see another expedition, he was still there in the lobby, just sitting and waiting for time to pass. He hoped to leave at the end of the June. Byrne and his three Sherpas used oxygen. Byrne used it from C3 to the South Summit to and in C2. Lhakpa used it from C3 to C4 with Byrne, to the summit and down to C2. Nima Gombu and Tshering Pande used it from C4 to top to C4. Sherpas: Lhakpa Sherpa, 24/12/73, Gangahiti, Okhaldhunga, no 8000ers Nima Gombu Sherpa, 23/1/69 (10/10/2025), Beding, Everest X13, Cho Oyu X3 Tshering Pande Bhote, 20/2/78, Hatiya-1, Sankhuwasabha, Everest X5, Cho Oyu X2
Accidents Byrne's total exhaustion and frostbite
Achievement -
Agency Asian Trekking
Commercial Route True
Standard Route True
Primary Route False
Primary Member False
Primary Reference False
Primary ID -
Checksum 2461256
Year 2009
Summit Success True
O2 Summary Used
Route (lowercase) s col-se ridge

Members

4 recorded members.

Name Sex Year of Birth Citizenship Status Residence Occupation
Martin Joseph Byrne M 1953 Ireland Leader Roscrea, Tipperary, Ireland Police officer Details Other expeditions
Nima Gombu (Gombu) Sherpa M 1969 Nepal H-A Worker Beding, Dolakha - Details Other expeditions
Lhakpa Sherpa M 1973 Nepal H-A Worker Gangahiti, Okhaldhunga - Details Other expeditions
Tshering Palden/Pande Bhote M 1978 Nepal H-A Worker Hungung, Hatiya-1, Makalu-Barun - Details Other expeditions

References

0 recorded references.