Everest | 2011 S Col-SE Ridge

A USA expedition to Everest in 2011 via S Col-SE Ridge, led by Dave Morton. Summit reached on 29th May 2011. 2 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field Value
ID 7073
Imported 2026-03-06 18:04:49.359634
Expedition ID EVER11111
Peak ID EVER
Year 2011
Season 1
Host Country 1
Route 1 S Col-SE Ridge
Route 2 -
Route 3 -
Route 4 -
Nationality USA
Leaders Dave Morton
Sponsor Eddie Bauer First Ascent Expedition
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 2011-05-24
Summit Date 2011-05-29
Summit Time -
Summit Days 5
Total Days 7
Termination Date 2011-05-31
Termination Reason 7
Termination Notes Abandoned at 7800m due to fatigue
High Point (m) 7800
Traverse False
Ski False
Paraglide False
Camps 1
Fixed Rope (m) 0
Total Members 2
Summit Members 0
Member Deaths 0
Total Hired 0
Summit Hired 0
Hired Deaths 0
No Hired True
O2 Used True
O2 None False
O2 Climb True
O2 Descent False
O2 Sleep False
O2 Medical False
O2 Taken False
O2 Unknown False
Other Summits Attempted Makalu (MAKA-111-03)
Campsites BC(24/05,5350m),C2(27/05,6400m),xxx(29/05,7850m)
Route Notes The two-member team, Dave Morton and Melissa Arnot, arrived at Everest BC on 24 May by helicopter from their BC at Makalu after an unsuccessful bid to scale it. They left C2 at 4:00 am on 29 May to move up to C4 intending to leave for the top at 2:00 am. But they turned back at 3:00 pm at 7880m just below the site for C4 and returned to C2 at 6:30 pm, descended to BC on the 30th and left the next day in a helicopter that took them to Lukla and then a plane to Kathmandu. Morton explained shortly after returning to Kathmandu that he had turned back because he was not sufficiently rested, but in fact he probably had developed pneumonia during the summit push they had made on Makalu without realizing that the bad cough he had at the time was due to this. Melissa was diagnosed in Kathmandu as having pneumonia; Morton was x-rayed at the same hospital later and told he was recovering from the disease. Arnot used oxygen from 7300m and Morton from 7600m to their high point and back to C2.
Accidents -
Achievement -
Agency Sherpa Shangri-La Trekking
Commercial Route True
Standard Route True
Primary Route False
Primary Member False
Primary Reference True
Primary ID MAKA11103
Checksum 2462042
Year 2011
Summit Success False
O2 Summary Used
Route (lowercase) s col-se ridge

Members

2 recorded members.

Name Sex Year of Birth Citizenship Status Residence Occupation
Melissa Sue Arnot F 1983 USA Climber Ketchum, Idaho Alpine guide Details Other expeditions
David Charles (Dave) Morton M 1971 USA Leader Seattle, Washington Alpine guide Details Other expeditions

References

0 recorded references.