Everest | 2012 S Col-SE Ridge

A S Korea expedition to Everest in 2012 via S Col-SE Ridge, led by Hong Seong-Uk. Summit reached on 28th September 2012. 12 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field Value
ID 7756
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Expedition ID EVER12301
Peak ID EVER
Year 2012
Season 3
Host Country 1
Route 1 S Col-SE Ridge
Route 2 -
Route 3 -
Route 4 -
Nationality S Korea
Leaders Hong Seong-Uk
Sponsor Korea Everest Peace Expedition
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 Lukla and Khumbu Valley
Basecamp Date 2012-09-11
Summit Date 2012-09-28
Summit Time -
Summit Days 17
Total Days 50
Termination Date 2012-10-31
Termination Reason 4
Termination Notes Abandoned at 7900m due to high winds and cold
High Point (m) 7900
Traverse False
Ski False
Paraglide False
Camps 3
Fixed Rope (m) 4000
Total Members 10
Summit Members 0
Member Deaths 0
Total Hired 4
Summit Hired 0
Hired Deaths 0
No Hired False
O2 Used False
O2 None True
O2 Climb False
O2 Descent False
O2 Sleep False
O2 Medical False
O2 Taken False
O2 Unknown False
Other Summits -
Campsites BC(11/09,5200m),C1(20/09,6200m),C2(23/09,6500m),C3(26/09,7200m),xxx(28/09,14/10,7900m)
Route Notes On 26th of September: Sanu Sherpa and Tsijin Norbu Sherpa begun to fix rope up to C4 and went back to C2 for sleeping. 6 members slept at C3 this night (Choi, Hong, Jung, Kim Jin-Suk, Oh and Rin). On 27th: Hong, Jung and Rin slept again at C3; Oh, Choi and Kim Jin-Suk went back to BC. On 28th: Sanu Sherpa and Tsijin Norbu Sherpa finished to fix rope up to C4 and went back to C2 for sleeping. Hong, Jung, Rin joined by Kim Myoung-Lae, Park and Woo, all slept at C3. On 29th: Woo went alone to C4 for accimatization and went back to C2 for sleeping. The day after he was back to the BC. On 14th: Oh slept at C4 on the normal route of Lhotse (used by the Polish team led by Artur Hajzer) and was back the day after at C2. 16th October: The first summit try day, the 4 Sherpas of the team begun to climb for C3 when the accident of Temba from Sedua occured on Lhotse normal route. The Sherpas called the 4 members of the team (Choi, Kim Jin-Suk, Oh and Park) who were just starting from C2 to go back there in order to search for material to help to carry the body of Temba. They all together found the body at 6700m, in the end of a long red line marked on the Lhotse's face snow and descended it to a flat area so that it could be taken of by the helicopter (because of the winds, the helicopter went only on the 18th of October). On 27th October: a second summit try saw Choi, Jung, Kim Jin-Suk and Woo reaching almost C3 (around 7000m) and came back to C2. This was the second and last attempt. For most of the month of October, the team tried to reach C3, but was never able to sleep there because of the strong winds. Fixed rope: The expedition fixed 4000m of fixed rope, in the icefall then on the west face of the South Col. Sherpas: Sanu Sherpa, 23 April 1977, Makalu-9, Walung Tsijin Nurbu Sherpa, 17 December 1979, Makalu-9, Walung Na Tenzing Sherpa, 2036/11/16, Makalu-9, Walung Tshiring Sherpa, 2038/4/27, Cheskham, Solu
Accidents -
Achievement -
Agency Seven Summit Treks
Commercial Route True
Standard Route True
Primary Route False
Primary Member False
Primary Reference False
Primary ID -
Checksum 2462621
Year 2012
Summit Success False
O2 Summary None
Route (lowercase) s col-se ridge

Members

12 recorded members.

Name Sex Year of Birth Citizenship Status Residence Occupation
Joo-Hwan Ahn M 1987 S Korea Climber Seoul, S Korea Student Details Other expeditions
Geun-Young Choi M 1989 S Korea Climber Namyang-ju, Gyeonggi, S Korea Student Details Other expeditions
Seong-Uk Hong M 1962 S Korea Leader Chunchon, Gangwon, S Korea Manager of agricultural products company Details Other expeditions
Jin-Young Jung F 1989 S Korea Climber Chunchon, Gangwon, S Korea Student Details Other expeditions
Jin-Suk Kim M 1987 S Korea Climber Seoul, S Korea Student Details Other expeditions
Myoung-Lae Kim M 1987 S Korea Climber Seoul, S Korea Student Details Other expeditions
Young-Hoon Oh M 1978 S Korea Climber Daejeon (Taejon), S Korea Student Details Other expeditions
Bong-Ha Park M 1970 S Korea Deputy Leader Seoul, S Korea Office staff of Korean Alpine Federation Details Other expeditions
Il-Jin Rim M 1969 S Korea Climber Seoul, S Korea Cameraman Details Other expeditions
Seok-Ju Woo M 1988 S Korea Climber Incheon, S Korea Student Details Other expeditions
Sanu Sherpa M 1975 Nepal H-A Worker Walung, Makalu-9, Makalu-Barun - Details Other expeditions
Tsijin Nurbu Sherpa M 1979 Nepal H-A Worker Walung, Makalu-9, Makalu-Barun - Details Other expeditions

References

0 recorded references.