Everest | 2009 S Col-SE Ridge

A Nepal expedition to Everest in 2009 via S Col-SE Ridge, led by Gokul Thapa. Summit reached on 20th May 2009. 5 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field Value
ID 6416
Imported 2026-03-06 18:04:49.359634
Expedition ID EVER09150
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 Gokul Thapa
Sponsor Everest Expedition for New Constitution & World Peace 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 -
Approach Phakding->Namche->Pangboche->Pheriche
Basecamp Date 2009-04-28
Summit Date 2009-05-20
Summit Time 0845
Summit Days 22
Total Days 25
Termination Date 2009-05-23
Termination Reason 1
Termination Notes -
High Point (m) 8849
Traverse False
Ski False
Paraglide False
Camps 4
Fixed Rope (m) 0
Total Members 3
Summit Members 3
Member Deaths 0
Total Hired 2
Summit Hired 0
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(28/04,5300m),C1(02,03/05,5800m),C2(06/05,6300m),C3(18/05,7200m),C4(19/05,7950m),Smt(20/05)
Route Notes BC at Khumbu Glacier C1 above the icefall - deposit camp did not sleep C2 in Western Cwm C3 on Lhotse West Face C4 at South Col. On 19 May Thapa, Tamang and Da Dendi left C4 at 8:30 pm for summit. The members arrived on summit between 8:45 am and 9:10 am of 20 May. Stayed on summit for about 30 minutes. The expedition had its banner on which signatures of President, Vice President, Prime Minister, Subhash Nembang leaders of 24 Political parties, 10 different religious organizations. All three members descended to C4 around 1 pm, slept there. Next day 21st to C2 and on 22nd to BC. Fixed rope: contributed 200m Ang Dorje Sherpa high point was 7400m. Krishna Gopal Shrestha high point was C4; his feet started getting cold.
Accidents -
Achievement -
Agency True North Expedition
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

5 recorded members.

Name Sex Year of Birth Citizenship Status Residence Occupation
Da Dendi Sherpa M 1969 Nepal Climber Waku-9, Solukhumbu Alpinist Details Other expeditions
Karna Bahadur Tamang M 1984 Nepal Climber Tapting-7, Solukhumbu Alpinist Details Other expeditions
Gokul Thapa M 1978 Nepal Leader Bhaktapur Tour guide Details Other expeditions
Ang Dorje Sherpa M 1983 Nepal H-A Worker Waku-4, Solukhumbu - Details Other expeditions
Krishna Gopal Shrestha M 1978 Nepal H-A Worker Garma-7, Solukhumbu - Details Other expeditions

References

1 recorded references.

Expedition ID Journal Author Title Publisher Citation Yak 94
EVER09150 - - http://www.upf.org/component/content/article/1985 - - -