Everest | 2011 S Col-SE Ridge

A Nepal expedition to Everest in 2011 via S Col-SE Ridge, led by Bhakta Kumar Rai. Summit reached on 20th May 2011. 4 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field Value
ID 7383
Imported 2026-03-06 18:04:49.359634
Expedition ID EVER11175
Peak ID EVER
Year 2011
Season 1
Host Country 1
Route 1 S Col-SE Ridge
Route 2 -
Route 3 -
Route 4 -
Nationality Nepal
Leaders Bhakta Kumar Rai
Sponsor Supreme Master Godangel on Everest
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 Lukla->Namche->Gokyo
Basecamp Date -
Summit Date 2011-05-20
Summit Time 0500
Summit Days 0
Total Days 0
Termination Date -
Termination Reason 1
Termination Notes -
High Point (m) 8849
Traverse False
Ski False
Paraglide False
Camps 0
Fixed Rope (m) 0
Total Members 1
Summit Members 1
Member Deaths 0
Total Hired 3
Summit Hired 3
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 Smt(20/05)
Route Notes No camp dates or altitudes. Summit on 20 May by Bhakta Kumar Rai, Da Narbu/Nurbu Sherpa, Karma Gelzen/Gyalzen Sherpa and Purna Kumar Rai. The first three reached the summit at 5:00 am and Purna Kumar Rai at 7 am. Biodata: Hired: Da Narbu/Nurbu Sherpa, 22/11/76 17/12/2037), Kharikhola, Solu Karma Gelzen/Gyalzen Sherpa, 6/11/84 (21/7/2041), Kharikhola, Solu Purna Kumar Rai, 22/8/78 (6/6/2035), Sanghu-1, Taplejung The ministry accepts their summit claim, but not the claim that Bhakta Kumar spent 32 hours on the top. Nepali guru performs 32-hour miracle - on Mt Everest ("Indo-Asian News Service," May 23, 2011) Kathmandu, Nepal - A 30-year-old Nepali guru, believed by his followers to be a divine being with supernatural powers, has created a record in the spiritual world by meditating for 27 hours - on Mt Everest, the highest peak in the world. Bhakta Kumar Rai, born in an ethnic community in a remote village in Udaypur district in eastern Nepal, transformed himself into "Supreme Master Godangel" after founding a sect, the Heavenly Path, when he was only 18. Rai's followers, who are scattered over Nepal, India, Hong Kong, Britain and Malaysia, regard him as an angel sent by God to earth to propagate peace, eradicate poverty and encourage self-healing. He is also credited by disciples with having performed miracles from an early age. The 30-year-old did create a miracle on Mt Everest, summiting the 8,848m peak Friday and staying up for an incredible 32 hours, out of which he spent 27 hours meditating for world peace. "He reached the summit at 5.30 a.m. on Friday and stayed up meditating till 1 p.m. the next day," said Laxman Bhattarai, spokesperson at Nepal's tourism ministry. "Supreme Master Godangel spent 32 hours on the summit, meditating for 27 hours," Heavenly Path officials in Kathmandu told IANS. "He used oxygen only for 11 hours."It is an incredible feat that breaks the record of the longest stay on Mt Everest. In 1999, Nepali climber and high-altitude guide Babu Chhiri Sherpa stayed on the summit for 21 hours and 30 minutes, creating a record for endurance in the freezing cold where severe frostbite and swelling in the brain leading to death overcome less hardy climbers. This month alone, three people died while trying to summit Mt Everest. Rai's followers said he had meditated all through the day and night sitting out in the open on the summit. Bhattarai however said that it would have to be confirmed. Babu Chhiri Sherpa had stayed up in a tent. The Heavenly Path says Rai foretold the royal massacre in Nepal in 2000 that saw the royal family perish, as well as the attack on the Twin Towers in the US a year later. In 2002 he participated in a world peace conference in India's financial capital Mumbai where he was reportedly given the title of "Supreme Master Godangel". This year, three spiritual expeditions headed for Mt Everest with the mission of spreading the message of world peace. Besides Rai's Prayer, Meditation and Request for World Peace on the Top of the World Expedition, the other two are the Spiritual Everest Expedition 2011, led by Jogabyasa Bhoi from India's Orissa state who wants to spread the message of Indian revolutionary Aurobindo Ghose who later became a seer, and the Global Peace Initiative from the Highest Peak of the World led by Nepali Sarada Kumari Rayamajhi, a 34-year-old nun belonging to the sect commonly known as the Brahmakumaris, who have their headquarters in India's Rajasthan state.
Accidents -
Achievement -
Agency -
Commercial Route True
Standard Route True
Primary Route False
Primary Member False
Primary Reference False
Primary ID -
Checksum 2462078
Year 2011
Summit Success True
O2 Summary Used
Route (lowercase) s col-se ridge

Members

4 recorded members.

Name Sex Year of Birth Citizenship Status Residence Occupation
Bhakta Kumar Rai M 1981 Nepal Leader Maina Maini-2, Udayapur - Details Other expeditions
Karma Gelzen (Karma Gyalzen) Sherpa M 1984 Nepal H-A Worker Kharikhola, Solukhumbu - Details Other expeditions
Purna Kumar Sherpa M 1978 Nepal H-A Worker Sanghu-1, Taplejung - Details Other expeditions
Dawa Nurbu (Danuru) Sherpa M 1976 Nepal H-A Worker Kharikhola, Solukhumbu - Details Other expeditions

References

0 recorded references.