Everest | 2012 S Col-SE Ridge

A USA expedition to Everest in 2012 via S Col-SE Ridge, led by Chad Kellogg. Summit reached on 26th May 2012. 2 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field Value
ID 7460
Imported 2026-03-06 18:04:49.359634
Expedition ID EVER12134
Peak ID EVER
Year 2012
Season 1
Host Country 1
Route 1 S Col-SE Ridge
Route 2 -
Route 3 -
Route 4 -
Nationality USA
Leaders Chad Kellogg
Sponsor Kellogg Everest Speed Climb
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 2012-04-10
Summit Date 2012-05-26
Summit Time -
Summit Days 46
Total Days 49
Termination Date 2012-05-29
Termination Reason 7
Termination Notes Abandoned at 8650m because he ran out of power in his legs
High Point (m) 8650
Traverse False
Ski False
Paraglide False
Camps 2
Fixed Rope (m) 0
Total Members 1
Summit Members 0
Member Deaths 0
Total Hired 1
Summit Hired 0
Hired Deaths 0
No Hired False
O2 Used True
O2 None False
O2 Climb True
O2 Descent True
O2 Sleep False
O2 Medical False
O2 Taken False
O2 Unknown False
Other Summits -
Campsites BC(10/04,5350m),C2(20/04,6500m),C3(11/05,7200m),xxx(26/05,8650m)
Route Notes Kellogg intended to set a new speed record for an ascent of Everest from BC on the Nepal side of the mountain, reacheing the South Col in 11 hours and 8 hours more to the top. Before going for the top, he made seven trips to C2 and five trips to C3, climbing for three days and taking four days off. He testifies to the dangerous rock fall down Lhotse's West Face. While he was going to C3 on the face in late April, perhaps on the 26th, a rock two inches square came hurtling down towards him and hit his backpack. He started his summit push from BC at 6:00 pm on 25 May. He arrived in C1 at 9:30 pm changed clothes and left the camp at 9:48 pm. At 1:00 am of the 26th, he got to C3, spent 40 minutes changing into high-altitude clothing; there should have been two liters of water for him in his tent, but there was only one liter there. He left C3 at 1:40 am, ten minutes behind schedule. He vomited three times on his climb to C4 at the South Col, where he arrived at 8:00 am, now two hours behind schedule. As a result of his vomiting, he had now lost power in his legs, but he managed to leave C4 at 8:15 am of the 26th after consuming some food and water. (One Sherpa, Temba Bhote, was with him this day). He was now 19.5 hours out of BC, and still not on the summit. His legs continued to move slowly. At 2:30 pm on the 26th, Kellogg stopped. He as at 8650m at some rock steps above the Balcony, more than 90 meters below the South Summit. It had taken him more than an hour to climb from 8000 to 8650m. He had simply exhausted his strength -- had "run of gas." He turned around and descended to C4. He was now, for the first time during the climb, using oxygen to enable him to recover his strength. He was down in BC on the 27th and the climb was over. Sherpa: Temba Bhote, 5/12/73 (20/8/2030), Hatiya-3, Makalu
Accidents -
Achievement -
Agency High Altitude Dreams
Commercial Route True
Standard Route True
Primary Route False
Primary Member False
Primary Reference False
Primary ID -
Checksum 2462496
Year 2012
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
Chad Lewis Kellogg M 1971 USA Leader Brier, Washington General contractor Details Other expeditions
Temba Bhote M 1973 Nepal H-A Worker Hungung, Hatiya-3, Makalu-Barun - Details Other expeditions

References

0 recorded references.