Everest | 2010 S Col-SE Ridge

A USA expedition to Everest in 2010 via S Col-SE Ridge, led by Chad Kellogg. Summit reached on 23rd May 2010. 1 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field Value
ID 7268
Imported 2026-03-06 18:04:49.359634
Expedition ID EVER10163
Peak ID EVER
Year 2010
Season 1
Host Country 1
Route 1 S Col-SE Ridge
Route 2 -
Route 3 -
Route 4 -
Nationality USA
Leaders Chad Kellogg
Sponsor Independent American on Everest
Success 1 False
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 2010-04-10
Summit Date 2010-05-23
Summit Time -
Summit Days 43
Total Days 47
Termination Date 2010-05-27
Termination Reason 4
Termination Notes Abandoned at 8250m due to bad weather
High Point (m) 8250
Traverse False
Ski False
Paraglide False
Camps 3
Fixed Rope (m) 0
Total Members 1
Summit Members 0
Member Deaths 0
Total Hired 0
Summit Hired 0
Hired Deaths 0
No Hired True
O2 Used False
O2 None True
O2 Climb False
O2 Descent False
O2 Sleep False
O2 Medical False
O2 Taken False
O2 Unknown False
Other Summits -
Campsites BC(10/04,5350m),C2(20/04,6500m),C3(07/05,7300m),xxx(23/05,8250m)
Route Notes Kellogg's intention was to set a new speed record for an ascent and descent of Everest on the Nepalese side with no Sherpa helpers and no supplemental oxygen. After arriving at BC on 10 April, Kellogg spent most of the rest of the month ferrying his loads to C1 and C2, and in the process, acclimatizing. He helped the men fixing rope on the Lhotse Face above C2 by helping to fix 20 double anchors. then on the 27th, he made a speed test run from BC to the site for C3 at 7300m and back in eleven and a half hours round trip. On 28 April he descended to the village of Deboche to rest. He returned to BC on 3 May, and on the 6th carried a load to C2. On the 7th he carried a 45-pound load to C3, took two thermos bottles to the South Col and went back to C3 to spend the night there. He spent the 9th to the 14th of May resting again in Deboche. He had developed a bad cough, and high winds were forecast to continue through the 14th, when he returned to BC. On the 18th he made one more carry to C2 and descended to BC. The new weather forecast predicted the strong winds would continue until the 22nd. He decided to hire a Sherpa to melt water for him in C3 and it was agreed that a Sherpa with an expedition led by Willie Benegas would be available to melt water for him in their C4 on the Col and fill the two thermos bottles he had left there. (When he reached the Col, the thermoses had disappeared.) Finally on the 22nd he left BC alone at 4:15 pm for his summit speed climb. But he got no higher than 8250m at the rocks below the Balcony at 11:30 am on 23 May. He had covered the distance in 19.35 hours. He now turned back because of poor weather conditions and 138 climbers crowding the route descending from the top in single file. "Not the day for a speed record," he commented dryly. The number of people on the route was "unbelievable." If there had been no crowd, he believes he would have summited in the dark. He spent that night and the next night in C2, hoping the weather would improve. When it did no, he dismantled C2 and carried his equipment to BC. The climb was over. He felt he had spent too much energy in the two and a half hours he spent in the Icefall to the site of C1. He said said that next time he would hire four Sherpas to carry his loads and to take oxygen bottles up the mountain for him in case he needed them.
Accidents -
Achievement -
Agency High Altitude Dreams
Commercial Route True
Standard Route True
Primary Route False
Primary Member False
Primary Reference False
Primary ID -
Checksum 2461670
Year 2010
Summit Success False
O2 Summary None
Route (lowercase) s col-se ridge

Members

1 recorded members.

Name Sex Year of Birth Citizenship Status Residence Occupation
Chad Lewis Kellogg M 1971 USA Leader Seattle, Washington General contractor Details Other expeditions

References

0 recorded references.