Everest | 2012 S Col-SE Ridge

A India expedition to Everest in 2012 via S Col-SE Ridge, led by Ajay Kothiyal. Summit reached on 18th May 2012. 37 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field Value
ID 7885
Imported 2026-03-06 18:04:49.359634
Expedition ID EVER12154
Peak ID EVER
Year 2012
Season 1
Host Country 1
Route 1 S Col-SE Ridge
Route 2 -
Route 3 -
Route 4 -
Nationality India
Leaders Ajay Kothiyal
Sponsor Indian Army Women Everest Expedition
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 -
Basecamp Date 2012-04-16
Summit Date 2012-05-18
Summit Time 1300
Summit Days 32
Total Days 43
Termination Date 2012-05-29
Termination Reason 1
Termination Notes -
High Point (m) 8849
Traverse False
Ski False
Paraglide False
Camps 4
Fixed Rope (m) 0
Total Members 23
Summit Members 15
Member Deaths 0
Total Hired 14
Summit Hired 13
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(16/04,5350m),C1(21/04,6100m),C2(27/04,6700m),C3(30/04,7200m),C4(19/05,7900m),Smt(18,25-26/05)
Route Notes The expedition sent its members and Sherpas to the top in two parties, the first, eight members and seven Sherpas, on 25 May, and the second, five members and eight more Sherpas, on the following day. The first group left C4 between 7:00 and 7:30 pm on the 24th. They summited between 4:00 am (Jalal, Linyu, Smitha, Pema Tsiring and Karma Gyalje and 9:30 am (Jamwal, Deepika Rathore, Sudhir Singh, Phujung Bhote, Na Dorje and Pasang Tenje) on 25 May; in between then were Jalal, Paldan, Namrata Rathore, Praveen Thapa, Chembi and Samgel. All of them descended to C2 between 2:00 and 7:30 pm that day and were in BC on the 26th. Meanwhile the second summit party set out for the top from C4 at 8:00-8:30 pm on the 25th. Bhatnagar, Bisht, Gole, Negi, Sangwan, Lakche, Jamchang Bhote, Lhakpa Thendu, Dawa Nurbu, Mingma Tendu, Pasang Sherpa, Pekma Lama Bhote and Pima Tenjing Lama summited at 5:45-6:00 am of 26 May and returned to C2 at 3:45 pm. They were safely back in BC on the 27th. [Pekma Lama Bhote and Pima Tenjing Lama were with Toolika Rani]. Oxygen was used by all summiting members except Rajendra Singh Jalal, who did not use at all. The others used it from C3 to the top to C4 and slept on it the night of their return. Their summit Sherpas used it from C4 to the top and in C4. Their sirdar, Dawa Ongchu, directed the Sherpas towards the end from C4, but he himself did not go to the summit (he had already been there four times), but went alone from C4 to Lhotse's summit on the 26th and back to C4 the same day. Sherpa summiters (spellings by Sirdar Ongju): Chembi Sherpa, 9/1/77, Makalu-9 [21/4/66 (9/1/2023)] Dawa Nurbu, 24/11/78, Dobane-9, Bhojpur Jamchang Bhote, 13/4/81, Hatiya Karma Gyalje, 12/9/83, Makalu-9 Lakpa Thendu, 18/4/87, Makalu-9, Manaslu X1 Mingma Tendu, 18/6/75, Makalu-9 Nadorjee Sherpa, 19/12/75, Makalu-9 Pasang Sherpa, 28/7/87, Makalu-5 Pasang Tenje, 25/11/81, Makalu-9, Manaslu X1 Pekma Lama Bhote, 14/12/70, Hatiya-3 [climbed with Toolika Rani] Pema Tshiring, 17/5/71, Makalu-9 Phujung Bhote, 31/5/79, Hatiya-1 Pima Tenjing Lama, 10/12/86, Hatiya-3 [climbed with Toolika Rani] Samgel Sherpa, 28/3/72, Makalu-9 Lakche Sherpa [only listed on Rimo web site] Lhotse summiter: Dawa Ongju (widely known as Dawa Wangchuk), 17/12/72, Mathilow, Walung, Makalu-9 Dhaulagiri X1, Everest X4, Kangchenjunga X3, Makalu X3 Note from IMG web site: 8 Sherpas summited on 18 May as part of a joint expedition rope-fixing team: Ang Kazi (Chitre) - USA (North Face, Conrad Anker) Jyamchang Bhote (Hungung) - India (Ajay Kothiyal) Kami Rita (Thami) - USA (AAI, Garrett Madison) Phura Kancha (Thami) - Chile (Eugenio Guzman) Karma Gyalzen (Phortse) - USA (IMG, Mike Hamill) Phu Tashi (Phortse) - Canada (Peak Freaks, Tim Rippel) Palden Namgyal (Phortse) - Canada (Peak Freaks, Tim Rippel) Nima Dorje - (Seven Summit Treks)
Accidents -
Achievement -
Agency Rimo Expeditions
Commercial Route True
Standard Route True
Primary Route False
Primary Member False
Primary Reference False
Primary ID -
Checksum 2462488
Year 2012
Summit Success True
O2 Summary Used
Route (lowercase) s col-se ridge

Members

37 recorded members.

Name Sex Year of Birth Citizenship Status Residence Occupation
Ajay Kothiyal M 1969 India Leader Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India Army officer Details Other expeditions
Nitin Balram Ahuja M 1985 India Climber Mumbai (Bombay), India Captain in Indian Army Details Other expeditions
Unnikannan Azhuthan Poyil Veetil M 1983 India Climber Peringome, Kerala, India Army officer Details Other expeditions
Neha Bhatnagar F 1981 India Climber Jaipur, Rajasthan, India Major in Indian Army Details Other expeditions
Prabhu Dayal Bisht M 1968 India Climber Pauri Garwhal, Uttarakhand, India Subedar in Indian Army Details Other expeditions
Khem Chand M 1976 India Climber Kulu, HP, India Army officer Details Other expeditions
Prachi Ramesh Gole F 1983 India Climber Mumbai (Bombay), India Captain in Indian Army Details Other expeditions
Rajendra Singh Jalal M 1972 India Climber Bhaisoli, Almora, Uttarakhand, India Subedar, Indian army Details Other expeditions
Ranveer Singh Jamwal M 1975 India Climber Samba, J&K, India Major, Indian Army Details Other expeditions
Gary Jarman Lamare M 1981 India Cameraman Shillong, Meghalaya, India Scuba diving instructor and cameraman Details Other expeditions
Smitha Laxman F 1987 India Climber Nagamangla, Karnataka, India Captain in Indian Army Details Other expeditions
Neikhrietuonuo Linyu F 1974 India Climber Kohima, Nagaland, India Major in Indian Army Details Other expeditions
Sherab Palden M 1980 India Climber Shey, Leh, Ladakh, J&K, India Havildar in Indian Army Details Other expeditions
Deepika Rathore F 1984 India Climber Jaipur, Rajasthan, India Captain, Indian Army Details Other expeditions
Namrata Rathore F 1986 India Climber Sheradun, Uttrakhand, India Captain, Indian Army Details Other expeditions
Poonam Sangwan F 1984 India Climber Kheri Bura, Bhiwani, Haryana, India Captain in Indian Army Details Other expeditions
Daljinder Singh M 1982 India Climber Amritsar, Punjab, India Army officer Details Other expeditions
Hoshiyar Singh M 1979 India Climber Dhandal, Mandi, Himachal Pradesh, India Army officer Details Other expeditions
Sudhir Singh M 1975 India Climber Chottabhanwal, Punjab, India Army officer Details Other expeditions
Tejpal Singh Negi M 1979 India Climber Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India Subedar in Indian army Details Other expeditions
Sonam Targais M 1983 India Climber Thiksey Shangtat, Leh, Ladakh, J&K, India Army officer Details Other expeditions
Chandra Bahadur Thapa M 1985 India Climber Ranipur, Haridwar, Uttarakhand, India Army officer Details Other expeditions
Praveen Thapa M 1976 India Climber Nawab Wala, Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India Havildar in Indian army Details Other expeditions
Jyamchang Bhote M 1981 Nepal H-A Worker Hungung, Hatiya-1, Makalu-Barun - Details Other expeditions
Phujung (Phuchung) Bhote M 1979 Nepal H-A Worker Hatiya-1, Makalu-Barun - Details Other expeditions
Chhumbi/Chombe Sherpa M 1966 Nepal H-A Worker Walung, Makalu-9, Makalu-Barun - Details Other expeditions
Danuru Sherpa M 1978 Nepal H-A Worker Dobhane-9, Bhojpur - Details Other expeditions
Dawa Wangchuk (Dawa Ongchu) Sherpa M 1972 Nepal H-A Worker Walung, Makalu-9, Makalu-Barun - Details Other expeditions
Karma Gyalzen Sherpa M 1983 Nepal H-A Worker Makalu-9, Makalu-Barun - Details Other expeditions
Lhakpa Tendu Sherpa M 1987 Nepal H-A Worker Makalu-9, Makalu-Barun - Details Other expeditions
Mingma Thindu (Hapsi) Sherpa M 1984 Nepal H-A Worker Makalu-9, Makalu-Barun - Details Other expeditions
Nga Dorje (Nga Dorchi) Sherpa M 1975 Nepal H-A Worker Makalu-9, Makalu-Barun - Details Other expeditions
Pasang Sherpa M 1987 Nepal H-A Worker Makalu-5, Makalu-Barun - Details Other expeditions
Pasang Tenzing (Pasang Tenje) Sherpa M 1981 Nepal H-A Worker Walung, Makalu-9, Makalu-Barun - Details Other expeditions
Pema Tshering Sherpa M 1970 Nepal H-A Worker Walung, Makalu-9, Makalu-Barun - Details Other expeditions
Samgel (Samgyal) Sherpa M 1972 Nepal H-A Worker Makalu-9, Makalu-Barun - Details Other expeditions
Lakcha Sange Sherpa M 1964 Nepal H-A Worker Nurbugaon, Makalu-Barun - Details Other expeditions

References

4 recorded references.