Everest | 2012 S Col-SE Ridge

A Argentina expedition to Everest in 2012 via S Col-SE Ridge, led by Willi Benegas. Summit reached on 25th May 2012. 9 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field Value
ID 7444
Imported 2026-03-06 18:04:49.359634
Expedition ID EVER12112
Peak ID EVER
Year 2012
Season 1
Host Country 1
Route 1 S Col-SE Ridge
Route 2 -
Route 3 -
Route 4 -
Nationality Argentina
Leaders Willi Benegas
Sponsor Patagonian Brothers Everest Expedition 2012
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 USA
Approach Pangboche
Basecamp Date 2012-04-15
Summit Date 2012-05-25
Summit Time 0818
Summit Days 40
Total Days 45
Termination Date 2012-05-30
Termination Reason 1
Termination Notes -
High Point (m) 8849
Traverse False
Ski False
Paraglide False
Camps 4
Fixed Rope (m) 1500
Total Members 6
Summit Members 4
Member Deaths 0
Total Hired 7
Summit Hired 2
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(15/04,5350m),C1(24/04,6000m),C2(26/04,6500m),C3(23/05,7300m),C4(24/05,8000m),Smt(25/05)
Route Notes Summit on 25 May Benegas, Betancourt, Carracedo, Grajales, Phurba Gyalgen, Funuru at 8:18 am. Summit team and Rodriguez left between 8 pm and 9 pm on 24 May. It was very windy. They only experienced short waiting times at South Summit, but waited for about 45 minutes at Hillary Step. When Rodriguez reached the Hillary Step, his cornea was frozen and he was blind on one eye. He turned back at about 7 am and descended to C4 [was accompanied by Mingma Tenji & two other Sherpas]. Summit was very cold and windy, so they spent only 5 minutes on the summit. They descended to C4, where they arrived at 2:30 pm. Benegas put some bolts on the rock steps a the South Summit and was refining anchors. On 26 May they descended to C2 and on 27 May to BC. Arana never got out of BC due to altitude sickness; he left the expedition on 20 April. Oxygen: Taken and used C3 to top to C3 by Carracedo. Other members C3 to top to C4. C4 to top to C4 by Sherpas. Sherpas: Phunuru, Jubing-7, 25/10/82, Makalu 17/5/11 Phurba Gyalzen, Pangkoma, Jubing, Solu
Accidents -
Achievement -
Agency High Altitude Dreams
Commercial Route True
Standard Route True
Primary Route False
Primary Member False
Primary Reference False
Primary ID -
Checksum 2462450
Year 2012
Summit Success True
O2 Summary Used
Route (lowercase) s col-se ridge

Members

9 recorded members.

Name Sex Year of Birth Citizenship Status Residence Occupation
Jorge Facundo Arana Tagle M 1972 Argentina Climber Barrio Altamira, Tigre, Argentina Actor Details Other expeditions
Guillermo (Willie) Benegas M 1968 USA Leader Sandy, Utah Alpine guide Details Other expeditions
Pablo Betancourt M 1976 Argentina Climber Mendoza, Argentina Photographer Details Other expeditions
Hernan Alberto Carracedo M 1977 Argentina Climber Neuquen, Argentina Programmer Details Other expeditions
Fernando Nicolas Grajales Abad Jr. M 1979 Argentina Climber Necochez, Mendoza, Argentina Businessman Details Other expeditions
Fernando Andres Rodriguez de Hoz M 1972 Argentina Climber Neuquen, Argentina Accountant Details Other expeditions
Phura Gyalzen (Phurba Gyalzen) Sherpa M 1984 Nepal H-A Worker Pangkoma, Jubing-9, Solukhumbu - Details Other expeditions
Phu Nuru (Funuru) Sherpa M 1982 Nepal H-A Worker Jubing-7, Solukhumbu - Details Other expeditions
Mingma Tenzi Sherpa M 1984 Nepal H-A Worker Khembalung, Yaphu-9, Makalu-Barun - Details Other expeditions

References

1 recorded references.

Expedition ID Journal Author Title Publisher Citation Yak 94
EVER12112 - - http://patagonianbrothers.com/KHUMBU/ - - -