Everest | 2009 S Col-SE Ridge

A UK expedition to Everest in 2009 via S Col-SE Ridge, led by Adele Pennington. Summit reached on 19th May 2009. 29 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field Value
ID 6421
Imported 2026-03-06 18:04:49.359634
Expedition ID EVER09155
Peak ID EVER
Year 2009
Season 1
Host Country 1
Route 1 S Col-SE Ridge
Route 2 -
Route 3 -
Route 4 -
Nationality UK
Leaders Adele Pennington
Sponsor Jagged Globe 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 Slovenia, Spain, USA
Approach -
Basecamp Date 2009-04-11
Summit Date 2009-05-19
Summit Time 0717
Summit Days 38
Total Days 43
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) 400
Total Members 17
Summit Members 9
Member Deaths 0
Total Hired 13
Summit Hired 9
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(11/04,5350m),C1(20/04,6000m),C2(22/04,6500m),C3(29/04,7300m),C4(18/05,7900m),Smt(19-20/05)
Route Notes Jagged Globe Everest Expedition 2009, Adele Pennington - 29 May 2009 The expedition went to the summit in two groups. In the first one, who left C4 at 9:10 pm on 18 May, were Benegas, Goodland, Robertson, Rodrigues, Waymark and Sherpas Pem Chhiring, Phurba Namgyal, Thundu, Nima Gyalzen and Nima Temba. Rodrigues and Nima Temba were about 50 meters above the Balcony (8500m) when Rodrigues contact lens suddenly popped out and now he could not see well; they retreated to C4. All the others went on up to to the top at 7:17 am on 19 May. They also went down to C4, then to C2 on the 20th and BC on the 21st. The second summit party consisted of Grubb, Jakofcic, Moses, Pennington, Richmond, Spalding, Taylor, plus Tashi, Lila Bahadur Basnet, Mingma Tshering, another Mingma Tshering, Thomting, Pema Tshering, and Tshering Pemba. They left C4 at 8:30 on 19 May. When Spalding and Thomting were about 200m below the Balcony at 10:30 pm, Spalding felt ill and turned back to C4 with Thomting. Taylor got to 8050m, developed a chest infection and returned to C4 with Mingma Tshering. The rest of the party arrived at the summit between 5:30 and 7:30 pm on 20th May. They joined the dropouts at C4 for the night, then all descended to C2 on the 21st and to BC on the 22nd. Other non-summiting memebrs: Browne reached C2 on 27 April and descended with other members but never went up again; he failed to acclimatize and left the expedition on 13 May. Craven also reached C2 on 27 April, but he was too slow and developed a chest infection; he left the team on 17 May. Hodge got only halfway through the Icefall on 14 April; he left the expedition on 21 April for family reasons. Thompson tore a muscle between his ribs from coughing very hard on 17 May; he got to C2 on the 22nd, then rested at BC till 17 May, when he had gotten only halfway through the Icefall and tore the same muscle; he returned to BC and left the team on 19th May. Oxygen was used by all summit party members in C3 to their high points to C3. The Sherpas used it in C4 to high points to C3. Sherpas: Lila Bahadur Basnet, 31/3/83, Lamabagar-3, Dolakha, Everest X2 Mingma Tshering, 2/8/70, Beding, Everest X13, Cho Oyu X2, Manaslu X1, K2 X1 Nima Gyalzen, 18/5/76, Beding, Everest X7, Cho Oyu X1, Manaslu X2 Pem Chhiring, 17/12/83, Beding, Everest X6, Cho Oyu X2, Lhotse X1, Manaslu X1 Pema Tshering, 14/2/80, Chanku-6, Dolakha, Everest X2, Cho Oyu X1 Phurbu Namgyal, 7/2/86, Beding, Cho Oyu X2, Everest X1 Tashi Sherpa, 18/4/79, Beding, Everest X3, Cho Oyu X1 Thomting Sherpa, 19/12/74, Beding, Everest X5, Cho Oyu X6 Thundu Sherpa, 18/2/78, Beding, Everest X4, Cho Oyu X2, Manaslu X1 Tshering Pemba, 22/11/85, Beding, Everest X1, Manaslu X1
Accidents -
Achievement -
Agency Summit Nepal Trekking
Commercial Route True
Standard Route True
Primary Route False
Primary Member False
Primary Reference False
Primary ID -
Checksum 2461255
Year 2009
Summit Success True
O2 Summary Used
Route (lowercase) s col-se ridge

Members

29 recorded members.

Name Sex Year of Birth Citizenship Status Residence Occupation
Guillermo (Willie) Benegas M 1968 USA Climbing Guide Sandy, Utah Alpine guide Details Other expeditions
Peter Browne M 1958 UK Climber London, England Quantity surveyor Details Other expeditions
David Craven M 1946 UK Climber London, England Accountant Details Other expeditions
William Royse (Bill) Goodland M 1966 UK Climber Rickmansworth, Hertford, England Telecom executive Details Other expeditions
Christopher Thomas Grubb M 1980 USA Climber New York, New York Investment banker Details Other expeditions
David Hodge M 1961 UK Climber Malaga, Spain Diver Details Other expeditions
Tomaz Jakofcic M 1970 Slovenia Climbing Guide Ljubljana, Slovenia Alpine guide Details Other expeditions
Mara Victoria Larson F 1979 USA BC Manager Chamonix, Haute-Savoie, France BC manager & alpine coordinator Details Other expeditions
Kevin Roger Moses M 1966 UK Climber London, England Investment banker Details Other expeditions
Adele Marie Pennington F 1966 UK Leader Dronfield, Derbyshire, England Alpinist Details Other expeditions
Amanda Mary Richmond F 1955 UK Climber Ipswich, Suffolk, England School teacher Details Other expeditions
Nicolas John (Nick) Robertson M 1975 UK Climber York, N Yorkshire, England Accountant Details Other expeditions
Carlos Alberto Rodrigues Morey M 1965 Spain/Brazil Climber Sao Paulo, Brazil Software analyst Details Other expeditions
Ian David Spalding M 1968 UK Climber Reading, Berkshire, England IT consultant Details Other expeditions
Neil Taylor M 1957 UK Climber Stowmarket, Suffolk, England School teacher Details Other expeditions
Neil Thompson M 1974 UK Climber Cambridge, England Aerospace program manager Details Other expeditions
Douglas Hugh Richard (Doug) Waymark M 1973 UK Climber Cheltenham, Gloucester, England Engineer Details Other expeditions
Pema Chhiring/Chhiri Sherpa M 1983 Nepal H-A Worker Beding, Dolakha - Details Other expeditions
Thundu Sherpa M 1978 Nepal H-A Worker Beding, Dolakha - Details Other expeditions
Nima Gyalzen Sherpa M 1976 Nepal H-A Worker Beding, Dolakha - Details Other expeditions
Tashi Sherpa M 1979 Nepal H-A Worker Beding, Dolakha - Details Other expeditions
Lila Bahadur Basnet M 1983 Nepal H-A Worker Lamabagar-3, Dolakha - Details Other expeditions
Pema Tshering (Pem Chhiri) Sherpa M 1980 Nepal H-A Worker Chankhu-6, Dolakha - Details Other expeditions
Tshering Pemba Sherpa M 1985 Nepal H-A Worker Beding, Dolakha - Details Other expeditions
Mingma Tshering/Tsiri Sherpa M 1970 Nepal H-A Worker Beding, Dolakha - Details Other expeditions
Nima Temba Sherpa M 1959 Nepal H-A Worker Beding, Dolakha - Details Other expeditions
Tamting Sherpa M 1974 Nepal H-A Worker Beding, Dolakha - Details Other expeditions
Mingma Tshering Sherpa M 1982 Nepal H-A Worker Beding, Dolakha - Details Other expeditions
Phurba Namgyal Sherpa M 1986 Nepal H-A Worker Beding, Dolakha - Details Other expeditions

References

1 recorded references.

Expedition ID Journal Author Title Publisher Citation Yak 94
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