Everest | 2009 S Col-SE Ridge

A New Zealand expedition to Everest in 2009 via S Col-SE Ridge, led by Russell Brice. Summit reached on 5th May 2009. 63 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field Value
ID 6430
Imported 2026-03-06 18:04:49.359634
Expedition ID EVER09168
Peak ID EVER
Year 2009
Season 1
Host Country 1
Route 1 S Col-SE Ridge
Route 2 -
Route 3 -
Route 4 -
Nationality New Zealand
Leaders Russell Brice
Sponsor Himalayan Experience (Himex) 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 Belgium, France, Germany, Ireland, Japan, Mexico, Norway, S Africa, UK, USA
Approach -
Basecamp Date 2009-04-07
Summit Date 2009-05-05
Summit Time 1238
Summit Days 28
Total Days 50
Termination Date 2009-05-27
Termination Reason 1
Termination Notes -
High Point (m) 8849
Traverse False
Ski False
Paraglide False
Camps 4
Fixed Rope (m) 0
Total Members 37
Summit Members 28
Member Deaths 0
Total Hired 26
Summit Hired 25
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 Climbed Lobuche East to acclimatize twice; climbed Lhotse on 22 May
Campsites BC(07/04,5700m),C1(29/04,6057m),C2(151/04,6493m),C3(02/05,7249m),C4(04/05,7000m),Smt(05/21-23)
Route Notes The members of this huge expedition went to the summit of Everest on three dates: one member with four Sherpas fixing rope to the top on 5 May, 12 members and 11 Sherpas on the 21st, and 15 members and 13 Sherpas on the 23rd. In addition, one member and one Sherpa summited Lhotse on the 22nd. The first Everest group, Tait with Phurba Tashi, Dorje Sonam Gyalzen and Nima Tshering, left C4 0:06 on 5 May and fixed rope as they slowly made their way to the summit, where they finally arrived together at 12:38 pm. Tait descended to C3, the Sherpas to C2. The second Everest summit left C4 at 11:40 pm on 20 May and reached the summit on 21 May as follows: Member Sherpa with this member Summit time Ballinger (none) 5:45 am Bierling Pasang Kami 9:50 am Black Pasang Nima 7:33 am Dovell Phurba Tashi 5:45 am Fox Tashi Tshering ('77) 8:50 am Hutson (none) 8:50 am Jones Son Dorje 7:40 am Massimo Nuru Gyalzen ('90) 7:30 am Nava Falcon Tashi Tshering ('90) 7:18 am Qui Nima 8:50 am Rambol Shera Gyalzen 8:55 am Staples Karsang Namgel 9:37 am (For Phurba Tashi his ascent on 21 May was his second ascent this month, after having fixed rope to the top on 5 May). Most of the members stopped in C4 on their descent; Ballinger, Dovell and Jones continued down to C2. Their Sherpas went with them to C4 or C2. All were in BC on the 23rd. The final Everest summit group left C4 at 1:00 am on 23 May, and they too arrived at the top at different times: Member Sherpa with this member Summit time Boulanger Ang Karma 9:08 am Delehany Lakpa Nuru 9:44 am Kojetin Lhakpa Nuru 9:27 am Kuraoka (none) 7:20 am Macklin Tshering Tashi 9:22 am McKinley (none) 9:22 am Parker Pemba Nuru 9:41 am Robinson Nima Tenzing 9:31 am Saito Kami Chhiring ('86) 9:27 am Takiguchi Ang Tshiring 9:27 am Tamura Kami Chhiring ('87) 9:22 am Turner Dorje Sonam Gyalzen 7:20 am Whetu (none) 9:44 am Rita Dorji 9:44 am Dawa Temba 9:44 am Woodward Nima Tenjing 9:22 am Yoshida Nima Sona 8:30 am For Dorje Sonam Gyalzen, this was his second ascent this month after having fixed rope to the top on 5 May. All of these summiters stayed in C4 that night and were back in BC on the 25th. Meanwhile, Ms. Ellen Miller and Nima Tshering had summited Lhotse on 22 May. Non-summiting Everest members: Brice remained in BC throughout the climb. Carder climbed to the South Summit on 21 May, then retreated to C4. He was deaf in both ears and thought it was prudent to go down. His Sherpa, Kami Chhiring (Khumjung), retreated with him. Constant went up to C2 on 15 April and down to BC. He had a bad dream and did not want to go through the Icefall again. He left the expedition about 18 April. Hansen went to C1 on 2 May and went down to BC. He left the expedition about 4 May because he did not want to go through the Icefall again. Hjertenes arrived at BC before the team went up the mountain; he went to Lobuche summit camp as part of the expedition's acclimatization program, but he eid not acclimatize well. He did not go above Everest BC and left on 30 April. Holliday went to C3 on 1 May. He got stomach trouble, perhaps because he was nervous. He went to C2 later but not to C3 again, and he left the expedition on 27 May. Jacobsen followed exactly the same pattern as Hjertenes. Stern got to C2 on 15 April and down to BC. He did not want to go through the Icefall and left about 18 April. Vandaele went as high as C2 on 15 April. He couldn't acclimatize well; he got to C1 again but decided to quit and left the team on 8 or 9 May. Oxygen was used by all members from C3 to their high points to and in C3. The Sherpas used it in C4 to their high points to and in C4. Sherpas: Ang Karma, 19/11/64, Phortse, no 8000ers Ang Chhiring/Tshering, 1952, Phortse, Everest X1 Dawa Temba, 1/1/58, Tesho, Everest X1, Cho Oyu X1 Dorje Sonam Gyalzen, 24/5/81, Phortse, Everest X9, Cho Oyu X1, Manaslu X1 Kami Chhiring, 7/3/87, Khumjung, no 8000ers Kami Chhiring, 30/8/86, Khunde, no 8000ers Karsang Namgel, 24/8/79, Thami, Everest X8, Cho Oyu X7 Lakpa Nuru, 1962, Khumjung/Phortse, Everest X2, Manaslu X1 Lhakpa Nuru, 18/6/80, Phortse, Everest X4 Nima, 29/5/89 (16/2/2042), Khunde, no 8000ers Ngima Sona, 18/9/70 (2/6/2027), Phortse, no 8000ers Nima Tenzing, 26/4/91 (13/1/2048), Phortse, no 8000ers Nima Tenzing/Tenjing, 16/4/88, Khumjung, Everest X2 Nima Tshering, 7/3/84 (24/11/2041), Khunde, no 8000ers Nima Tshering, 22/4/72, Phortse, Everest X2 Nuru Gyalzen, 1/8/73, Phortse, Everest X3 Pasang Kami, 26/7/79, Phortse, Everest X1, Manaslu X1 Pasang Nima, 1/10/92 (15/6/2049), Phortse, no 8000ers Pemba Nuru, 27/11/80 (12/8/2037), Khumjung, no 8000ers Phurba Tashi, 24/5/71, Khumjung, Everest X13, Cho Oyu X5, Manaslu X1 Rita Dorje, 24/10/77, Phortse, Everest X4 Shera Gyalzen, 25/9/87 (9/6/2044), no 8000ers Son Dorje, 22/5/63, Phortse, Everest X7, Manaslu X1 Tashi Tshering, 30/4/80, Khunde, no 8000ers Tashi Tshering, 8/5/90 (25/1/2047), Khumjung, no 8000ers Tashi Tshering, 26/4/77, Khumjung, no 8000ers Tshering Tashi, 30/4/80, Khumjung, Everest X1
Accidents -
Achievement Reached C3 on 1 May during acclimatization climb
Agency Mountain Experience
Commercial Route True
Standard Route True
Primary Route False
Primary Member False
Primary Reference False
Primary ID -
Checksum 2461241
Year 2009
Summit Success True
O2 Summary Used
Route (lowercase) s col-se ridge

Members

63 recorded members.

Name Sex Year of Birth Citizenship Status Residence Occupation
Adrian John Ballinger M 1976 UK Climbing Guide Carnelian Bay, California Alpine guide Details Other expeditions
Barbara Susanne (Billi) Bierling F 1967 Germany Climber Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Bavaria, Germany Freelance journalist Details Other expeditions
John Arthur Black M 1980 UK Climber Constantia Kloof, S Africa Sports shop manager Details Other expeditions
Antoine Pierre Boulanger M 1954 France Climber Noisy-le-Grand, Seine-St-Denis, France Engineer Details Other expeditions
Russell Reginald Brice M 1952 New Zealand Leader Argentiere, Haute-Savoie, France Alpine guide Details Other expeditions
Stuart Alan Carder M 1968 UK Climber Chesterton, Oxford, England Plumber Details Other expeditions
Eugene Constant M 1968 France Climber Cabries, Aix-en-Provence, France Portfolio manager Details Other expeditions
Megan Louise Delehanty F 1962 USA Climber Fairfield, California Accountant Details Other expeditions
Christopher Richard Dovell M 1967 UK Climber London, England Property developer Details Other expeditions
Lance Stevens Fox M 1970 USA Climber New London, Wisconsin Veterinarian Details Other expeditions
Jon Steven Hansen M 1957 USA Climber Wautoma, Wisconsin Businessman Details Other expeditions
Asbjorn Hjertenes M 1948 Norway Climber Jorpeland, Norway Hardware shop manager Details Other expeditions
James Edward Holliday M 1955 USA Climber Pittsburgh, Pennyslvania Structural engineer Details Other expeditions
Shaun Peter Hutson M 1965 UK Climbing Guide Chamonix, Haute-Savoie, France Alpine guide Details Other expeditions
Thomas Svane Jacobsen M 1970 Norway Climber Oslo, Norway Banker Details Other expeditions
Christopher Stephen Jones M 1963 Ireland Climber Mara, Galaway, Ireland Medical company director Details Other expeditions
Robert Grant Kojetin M 1978 S Africa Climber Durban North, S Africa Copy writer Details Other expeditions
Hiroyuki Kuraoka M 1961 Japan Climbing Guide Abiko, Chiba, Japan Alpine guide Details Other expeditions
Christopher Charles Macklin M 1981 UK Climber London, England Attorney Details Other expeditions
Valerio Camilio Francesco Massimo M 1973 UK Climber London, England Financier Details Other expeditions
David McKinley M 1968 New Zealand Climbing Guide Twizel, New Zealand Alpine guide Details Other expeditions
Moises Nava Falcon M 1975 Mexico Climber Playa del Carmen, Solidaridad, Mexico Investor Details Other expeditions
Bruce Kent Parker M 1955 USA Climber Logan, Utah School facilitates manager Details Other expeditions
Zi-Qiang Qiu M 1962 USA Climber Kensington, California Chinese-American professor of physics Details Other expeditions
Bjorn Tommy Rambol M 1966 Norway Climber Orje, Norway Carpenter Details Other expeditions
Joseph Paul Robinson M 1953 USA Climber West Lafayette, Indiana Professor Details Other expeditions
Shokichi Saito M 1954 Japan Climber Fukui-shi, Fukui, Japan Retired taxi driver Details Other expeditions
Dean Douglas Staples M 1964 New Zealand Climbing Guide Queenstown, New Zealand Alpine guide Details Other expeditions
Gerald Stern M 1951 S Africa Climber Capetown, S Africa Management consultant Details Other expeditions
David Simon John (Dave) Tait M 1962 UK Climber Cobham, Surrey, England Portfolio manager Details Other expeditions
Kiyomi Takiguchi F 1948 Japan Climber Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan Retired restaurant owner Details Other expeditions
Shinji Tamura M 1966 Japan Climbing Guide Zermatt, Valais, Switzerland Alpine guide Details Other expeditions
Alec Joseph Turner M 1965 USA Climber Fairbanks, Alaska Stone fabricator Details Other expeditions
Christophe Vandaele M 1973 Belgium Climber New York, New York Sports shop owner Details Other expeditions
Mark Anthony Whetu M 1959 New Zealand Climber Twizel, New Zealand Alpine guide & cameraman Details Other expeditions
Mark Wynton Woodward M 1963 New Zealand Deputy Leader Queenstown, New Zealand Alpine guide Details Other expeditions
Takenori Yoshida M 1948 Japan Climber Amagasaki, Hyogo, Japan Taxi driver Details Other expeditions
Dorje Sonam Gyalzen Sherpa M 1981 Nepal H-A Worker Phortse, Khumbu - Details Other expeditions
Nima Tshering (Ngima Chhiri) Sherpa M 1972 Nepal H-A Worker Phortse, Khumbu - Details Other expeditions
Phurba Tashi Sherpa M 1971 Nepal H-A Worker Khumjung, Khumbu - Details Other expeditions
Tashi Tshering Sherpa M 1977 Nepal H-A Worker Khumjung, Khumbu - Details Other expeditions
Tashi Chhiring (Tashi Tshering) Sherpa M 1990 Nepal H-A Worker Khumjung, Khumbu - Details Other expeditions
Nuru Gyalzen Sherpa M 1973 Nepal H-A Worker Phortse, Khumbu - Details Other expeditions
Pasang Nima Sherpa M 1992 Nepal H-A Worker Phortse, Khumbu - Details Other expeditions
Son Dorje Sherpa M 1963 Nepal H-A Worker Phortse, Khumbu - Details Other expeditions
Nima Sherpa M 1989 Nepal H-A Worker Khunde, Khumbu - Details Other expeditions
Tshering Tashi Sherpa M 1980 Nepal H-A Worker Khunde, Khumbu - Details Other expeditions
Shera Gyalzen Sherpa M 1987 Nepal H-A Worker Khumjung, Khumbu - Details Other expeditions
Karsang Namgyal/Namgel Sherpa M 1971 Nepal H-A Worker Thami, Khumbu - Details Other expeditions
Kami Tshering (Kami Chhiring) Sherpa M 1987 Nepal H-A Worker Khunde, Khumbu - Details Other expeditions
Ngima Sona (Nima Sona) Sherpa M 1970 Nepal H-A Worker Phortse, Khumbu - Details Other expeditions
Ang Karma Sherpa M 1964 Nepal H-A Worker Phortse, Khumbu - Details Other expeditions
Dawa Temba (Da Temba) Sherpa M 1958 Nepal H-A Worker Tesho, Khumbu - Details Other expeditions
Nima Tenzing (Ngima Tenjing) Sherpa M 1991 Nepal H-A Worker Phortse, Khumbu - Details Other expeditions
Pemba Nuru Sherpa M 1980 Nepal H-A Worker Khumjung, Khumbu - Details Other expeditions
Lakpa Nuru Sherpa M 1962 Nepal H-A Worker Khumjung/Phortse, Khumbu - Details Other expeditions
Rita Dorje (Ang Rita Dorje) Sherpa M 1977 Nepal H-A Worker Phortse, Khumbu - Details Other expeditions
Kami Tshering Sherpa M 1986 Nepal H-A Worker Khumjung, Khumbu - Details Other expeditions
Ang Chhiring (Ang Tshering) Sherpa M 1956 Nepal H-A Worker Phortse, Khumbu - Details Other expeditions
Lhakpa Nuru Sherpa M 1980 Nepal H-A Worker Phortse, Khumbu - Details Other expeditions
Nima Tenzing Sherpa M 1988 Nepal H-A Worker Khumjung, Khumbu - Details Other expeditions
Nima Tshering (Ngima Tshering) Sherpa M 1985 Nepal H-A Worker Khunde, Khumbu - Details Other expeditions
Pasang Kami (PK) Sherpa M 1979 Nepal H-A Worker Phortse, Khumbu - Details Other expeditions

References

4 recorded references.

Expedition ID Journal Author Title Publisher Citation Yak 94
EVER09168 - - http://himalayanexperience.com/newsletters/everest-expedition-2009 - - -
EVER09168 - - http://www.cyto.purdue.edu/trackpaul - - -
EVER09168 - Fox, Lance S. No Place But Up! By author, New London, WI - -
EVER09168 - - http://www.foxeverest.com - - -