Everest | 2013 S Col-SE Ridge

A India expedition to Everest in 2013 via S Col-SE Ridge, led by Somit Joshi. Summit reached on 21st May 2013. 16 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field Value
ID 7983
Imported 2026-03-06 18:04:49.359634
Expedition ID EVER13132
Peak ID EVER
Year 2013
Season 1
Host Country 1
Route 1 S Col-SE Ridge
Route 2 -
Route 3 -
Route 4 -
Nationality India
Leaders Somit Joshi
Sponsor SSB (Border Police Force) Mount Everest Expedition 2013
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 2013-04-15
Summit Date 2013-05-21
Summit Time 0945
Summit Days 36
Total Days 42
Termination Date 2013-05-27
Termination Reason 1
Termination Notes -
High Point (m) 8849
Traverse False
Ski False
Paraglide False
Camps 4
Fixed Rope (m) 0
Total Members 10
Summit Members 5
Member Deaths 0
Total Hired 6
Summit Hired 6
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(27/04,6000m),C2(28/04,6500m),C3(09/05,7200m),C4(20/05,7900m),Smt(21/05)
Route Notes SSB = Seema Sastra Bal (Border Police Force) BC 15 Apr 5350m C1 27 Apr 6000m C2 28 Apr 6500m C3 04 May 7200m C4 20 May 7900m Smt 21 May by Joshi, Chandola, Tame, Negi, Tyagi, Pasang, Dawa Rita, Mingmar Dorje, Pemba Chhiri, Ngima Tashi, Dhan Kubir Rai at 9:45 am. Summit team started at 8:30 pm on 20 May. Perfect weather. Waiting time between Balcony and South Summit. Team summited at 9:45 am and spent 2 hours on the summit, then descended to C4, where they arrived at 6 pm. On 22 May they descended to C2, where they arrived at 3 pm. They spent another night at C2 as both Chandola and Negi had slight problems with their eyes. They put some dressing on and they were able to descend to BC on 24 May. Parmar reached C2 on 28 April. He stayed for two nights, but was struggling with altitude. He stayed at BC for rest of expedition. Oxygen: Taken and used from C3 to top to C3 by members From C4 to top to C4 by Sherpas Sherpas: Pasang, Jiri, Dolakha, 11/8/75 Mingmar Dorje, Gudel-9, Solu, 28/6/81 Dawa Rita, Paiya, Jubing, Solu, 19/11/72 Pemba Chhiri, Paiya, Jubing, Solu, 10/3/84 Dhan Kubir Rai, Bung-4, Solu, (2033/10/7) 20/01/77, 1st time smt Ngima Tashi, Gudel-4, (2045/8/10) 25/11/88, 1st time smt
Accidents Snowblindness for Negi and Chandola
Achievement -
Agency Himalaya Expeditions
Commercial Route True
Standard Route True
Primary Route False
Primary Member False
Primary Reference False
Primary ID -
Checksum 2462857
Year 2013
Summit Success True
O2 Summary Used
Route (lowercase) s col-se ridge

Members

16 recorded members.

Name Sex Year of Birth Citizenship Status Residence Occupation
Tame (Man) Bagang M 1977 India Climber East Kameng, Arunachal Pradesh, India Indian border police Details Other expeditions
Subodh Kumar Chandola M 1970 India Climber Bhowali, Uttarakhand, India Government servant Details Other expeditions
Somit Joshi M 1970 India Leader Almora, Uttarakhand, India Border police Details Other expeditions
Vinod Singh Negi M 1985 India Climber Rudraprayag, Uttarakhand, India Indian border police Details Other expeditions
Kushal Kumar Parmar M 1984 India Climber Hoshiarpur, Punjab, India Indian border police Details Other expeditions
Rahul Kumar Tyagi M 1986 India Climber Bijnor, UP, India Indian border police Details Other expeditions
Umed Singh Bisht M 1962 India BC Support Uttarakhand, India Indian border police Details Other expeditions
Abir Chowdhury M 1979 India BC Support Uttarakhand, India Indian border police Details Other expeditions
Jagdish Chandra Singh Kapkoti M 1962 India BC Support Uttarakhand, India Indian border police Details Other expeditions
Mohammad Tasoom Magrey M 1982 India BC Support Uttarakhand, India Indian border police Details Other expeditions
Pasang Sherpa M 1975 Nepal H-A Worker Jiri, Dolakha - Details Other expeditions
Dawa Rita Sherpa M 1972 Nepal H-A Worker Paiya, Jubing-7, Solukhumbu - Details Other expeditions
Mingmar Dorje Sherpa M 1981 Nepal H-A Worker Gudel-9, Solukhumbu - Details Other expeditions
Pemba Chhiri Sherpa M 1984 Nepal H-A Worker Paiya, Jubing-7, Solukhumbu - Details Other expeditions
Ngima Tashi Sherpa M 1988 Nepal H-A Worker Gudel-4, Solukhumbu - Details Other expeditions
Dhan Kubir Rai M 1977 Nepal H-A Worker Bung-4, Solukhumbu - Details Other expeditions

References

0 recorded references.