Everest | 2012 S Col-SE Ridge
A Canada expedition to Everest in 2012 via S Col-SE Ridge, led by Tim Rippel. Summit reached on 18th May 2012. 26 members recorded.
Expedition Details
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| ID | 7555 |
| Imported | 2026-03-06 18:04:49.359634 |
| Expedition ID | EVER12167 |
| Peak ID | EVER |
| Year | 2012 |
| Season | 1 |
| Host Country | 1 |
| Route 1 | S Col-SE Ridge |
| Route 2 | - |
| Route 3 | - |
| Route 4 | - |
| Nationality | Canada |
| Leaders | Tim Rippel |
| Sponsor | Peak Freaks 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 | Australia, Cyprus, Ecuador, New Zealand, Norway, S Africa, Sweden, USA |
| Approach | - |
| Basecamp Date | 2012-04-08 |
| Summit Date | 2012-05-18 |
| Summit Time | 1300 |
| Summit Days | 40 |
| Total Days | 45 |
| Termination Date | 2012-05-23 |
| Termination Reason | 1 |
| Termination Notes | - |
| High Point (m) | 8849 |
| Traverse | False |
| Ski | False |
| Paraglide | False |
| Camps | 4 |
| Fixed Rope (m) | 500 |
| Total Members | 15 |
| Summit Members | 8 |
| Member Deaths | 0 |
| Total Hired | 22 |
| Summit Hired | 9 |
| Hired Deaths | 1 |
| 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(08/04,5350m),C1(17/04,5900m),C2(26/04,6400m),C3(17/05,7100m),C4(18/05,7900m),Smt(18-19,25/05) |
| Route Notes | Palden Namgye and Phu Tashi fixed rope to the summit on 18 May. The first summit party left C4 at 11:00 pm on the 18th and summited only the next afternoon, the 19th. They were Andreou, Breitfuss and Schmidt with Sherpas Tashi Thundu, Sange Phuru, Chhiring Namgel and Redar Lama Bhote. They got to the top at 2:00 pm, having had to wait at the Hillary Step for three hours for descending climbers to leave the Step. They returned to C4 at 7:00 pm, went down to C2 the next day and were back in BC on the day after that, the 21st. The second summit party left C4 at 6:30 pm on the 24th of May to avoid traffic jams. These memebrs were Cameron, Darlington, Hughes, Jarrin, Neil and Stephen; their Sherpas were Jangbu, Mingmar, Ngima Tshering, Pasang Tshering and Tashi Thundu, plus Palden Namgye and Phu Tashi for the second time from C4. Neil turned around at about 3:30 am of the 25th at the bottom of the Hillary Step because of an eye problem and Jangbu accompanied him down. The remaining members of the party summited at 5:15 am on 25 May. They all were back in C4 at 11:00 am; in C2 twelve hours later, at 11:00 pm, and in BC on the 26th. Non-summiting members: Faye-Schjoll had stomach trouble, never went above BC, left team on 11 April. Hakansson got to C3 on 17 May but left next day: he was tired, fell into a crevasse 20m above C3 and now had had enough. Mahoney reached C2 on 24 April but lost her stamina and left team on 1 May. McPhee got only as high as 6300m on 26 April, couldn't acclimatize, left team on 1 May. Rippel as BC manager stayed in BC. Wright climbed to 6500m on 17 May, but had a very bad cough and left team on the 18th. Oxygen was used by all memebrs from C3 to high point to between C4 and C3, except Schmidt, who used it only from 8200m to top to C4. Sherpas used it from C4 to high point to C4. Sherpas: Chhiring Namgel Sherpa, 22/8/91, Pangboche Jangbu Sherpa, 18/6/65, Bakachol-9, Khotang, Everest X5 Mingmar Sherpa, 22/7/70, Damar, Jantarkhani-9, Okhaldhunga, Everest X1 Ngima Tshering Sherpa, 7/3/85, Khunde Palden Namgye Sherpa, 20/9/72, Phortse, Everest X5, Lhotse X4, etc Pasang Tshering Sherpa, 14/1/91, Khunde Phu Tashi Sherpa, 23/10/77, Phortse, Everest X2, Cho Oyu X1 Redar Lama Bhote, 19/11/86, Hatiya-3, Sankhuwasabha, Everest X2 Sange Phuru Sherpa, 22/8/86 (6/5/2043), Bakachol-9, Khotang Tashi Thundu Sherpa, 10/4/85, Khumjung, Everest X6 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 | Senge Treks & 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
26 recorded members.
| Name | Sex | Year of Birth | Citizenship | Status | Residence | Occupation | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Georgios (George) Andreou | M | 1973 | Cyprus | Climber | Larnaca, Cyprus | Banker | Details Other expeditions |
| Andreas John Breitfuss | M | 1969 | Australia | Climber | Pokolbin, NSW, Australia | Hotel manager | Details Other expeditions |
| Christopher William (Chris) Cameron | M | 1965 | USA | Climber | Astoria, Oregon | Commercial fisherman | Details Other expeditions |
| Benjamin Ian (Ben) Darlington | M | 1982 | Australia | Climber | Canberra, ACT, Australia | Electrician | Details Other expeditions |
| Henning Faye-Schjoll | M | 1947 | Norway | Climber | Oslo, Norway | Retired oil and gas company executive | Details Other expeditions |
| Bengt-Goran Lennart Hakansson | M | 1957 | Sweden | Climber | Lund, Skane, Sweden | Carpenter | Details Other expeditions |
| Mark James Hughes | M | 1962 | S Africa | Climber | Benoni, Gauteng, S Africa | Managing director | Details Other expeditions |
| Joshua Rosendo Jarrin Molina | M | 1986 | Ecuador | Climbing Leader | Quito, Ecuador | Alpine guide | Details Other expeditions |
| Dian Mahoney | F | 1963 | Australia | Climber | Geraldton, WA, Australia | Beautician & masseuse | Details Other expeditions |
| Travis David Manson McPhee | M | 1984 | Canada | Climber | Calgary, Alberta | Real estate investor | Details Other expeditions |
| Stephen William Neil | M | 1961 | Australia | Climber | Eaglemont, Victoria, Australia | Account manager | Details Other expeditions |
| Timothy Leonard (Tim) Rippel | M | 1961 | Canada | Leader/BC Manager | Nelson, British Columbia | Alpine guide | Details Other expeditions |
| Martin Walter (Marty) Schmidt | M | 1960 | New Zealand | Climbing Leader | Christchurch, New Zealand | Alpine guide | Details Other expeditions |
| John Andrew Stephen | M | 1968 | Canada | Climber | Toronto, Ontario | Banker | Details Other expeditions |
| Roger Wright | M | 1967 | Australia | Climber | Brisbane, QLD, Australia | Construction project manager | Details Other expeditions |
| Tashi Thundup/Thundu Sherpa | M | 1985 | Nepal | H-A Worker | Khumjung, Khumbu | - | Details Other expeditions |
| Sange Phuru Sherpa | M | 1986 | Nepal | H-A Worker | Bakachol-9, Khotang | - | Details Other expeditions |
| Chhiring Namgyal/Namgel Sherpa | M | 1991 | Nepal | H-A Worker | Pangboche, Khumbu | - | Details Other expeditions |
| Redar Lhomi Bhote | M | 1986 | Nepal | H-A Worker | Hatiya-3, Makalu-Barun | - | Details Other expeditions |
| Mingmar Sherpa | M | 1970 | Nepal | H-A Worker | Damar, Jantarkhani, Okhaldhunga | - | Details Other expeditions |
| Nima Tshering (Ngima Tshering) Sherpa | M | 1985 | Nepal | H-A Worker | Khunde, Khumbu | - | Details Other expeditions |
| Pasang Tshering Sherpa | M | 1991 | Nepal | H-A Worker | Khunde, Khumbu | - | Details Other expeditions |
| Palden Namgye/Namgyal Sherpa | M | 1972 | Nepal | H-A Worker | Phortse, Khumbu | - | Details Other expeditions |
| Phu Tashi Sherpa | M | 1977 | Nepal | H-A Worker | Phortse, Khumbu | - | Details Other expeditions |
| Jangbu Sherpa | M | 1965 | Nepal | H-A Worker | Bakachol-9, Khotang | - | Details Other expeditions |
| Namgyal Tshering (Namgyal Chhiri) Sherpa | M | 1982 | Nepal | H-A Worker | Khumjung, Khumbu | - | Details Other expeditions |
References
1 recorded references.
| Expedition ID | Journal | Author | Title | Publisher | Citation | Yak 94 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EVER12167 | - | - | http://www.peakfreaks.com/everestnews2012.htm | - | - | - |