Everest | 2013 S Col-SE Ridge

A Turkey expedition to Everest in 2013 via S Col-SE Ridge, led by Aydin Irmak. Summit reached on 10th May 2013. 3 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field Value
ID 7991
Imported 2026-03-06 18:04:49.359634
Expedition ID EVER13146
Peak ID EVER
Year 2013
Season 1
Host Country 1
Route 1 S Col-SE Ridge
Route 2 -
Route 3 -
Route 4 -
Nationality Turkey
Leaders Aydin Irmak
Sponsor Seven Summit Treks Everest Expedition 2013
Success 1 False
Success 2 False
Success 3 False
Success 4 False
Ascent 1 -
Ascent 2 -
Ascent 3 -
Ascent 4 -
Claimed True
Disputed False
Countries -
Approach Lukla->Namche->Pangboche
Basecamp Date 2013-04-10
Summit Date 2013-05-10
Summit Time -
Summit Days 30
Total Days 33
Termination Date 2013-05-13
Termination Reason 7
Termination Notes Abandoned at 8400m due to exhaustion
High Point (m) 8400
Traverse False
Ski False
Paraglide False
Camps 3
Fixed Rope (m) 0
Total Members 1
Summit Members 0
Member Deaths 0
Total Hired 2
Summit Hired 0
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(10/04,5350m),C1(27/04,6000m),C2(28/04,6400m),C4(09/05,7900m),xxx(10/05,8400m)
Route Notes BC 10 Apr 5350m C1 27 Apr 6000m C2 28 Apr 6400m C3 -- 7300m C4 09 May 7900m Smt 10 May by Irmak, Mingma Dorchi, Lhakpa Tindu at 12:35 pm [disputed]. According to Irmak (information that is disputed) they never slept at C3 but climbed directly from C2 to C4 on 9 May. They left C2 at 3 am and reached C3 at 6 am from where Irmak took oxygen. They arrived at C4 at 6 pm. Summit team left C4 with the rope-fixing team at 6:30 am on 9 May. They were a lot slower than the other rope fixers and reached the summit at 12:30 pm. They spent 5 minutes on the summit and descended to C2, where they arrived at 7:30 pm. Irmak claims that he reached the summit; however, none of the rope-fixing Sherpas nor David Tait, who summited with Himex on 10 May saw Irmak. According to Russell Brice, two Seven Summit Treks Sherpas (Mingma Dorje and Lhakpa Tendu), who were also part of the rope-fixing team, only reached the Balcony and left the rope there. Colonel Neeraj Rana who was also climbing with Seven Summit Treks, said that he spoke to Irmak via radio when he was at the South Col. He told him to come down as he was exhausted and the weather was not so good. Nobody Billi Bierling spoke to at the Seven Summit Treks camp believes that Irmak reached the summit, but only reached the South Col on 9 May. Billi emailed Irmak several times for a summit picture, but never received one. Oxygen: Taken and used from C3 to high point to C4 by Irmak Taken and used from C4 to high point to C4 by Sherpas Sherpas: Mingma Dorje, Tashigaon, Makalu-Barun, 30/8/1980 [biodata in error?] Lhakpa Tendu, Makalu-9, Makalu-Barun, 18/4/87 [biodata in error?]
Accidents -
Achievement -
Agency Seven Summit Treks
Commercial Route True
Standard Route True
Primary Route False
Primary Member False
Primary Reference False
Primary ID -
Checksum 2462846
Year 2013
Summit Success False
O2 Summary Used
Route (lowercase) s col-se ridge

Members

3 recorded members.

Name Sex Year of Birth Citizenship Status Residence Occupation
Muharrem Aydin Irmak M 1966 Turkey/USA Leader Istanbul, Turkey Writer & designer Details Other expeditions
Mingma Dorchi Sherpa M 1987 Nepal H-A Worker Tashigaon, Makalu-Barun - Details Other expeditions
Lhakpa Thinduk Sherpa M 1963 Nepal H-A Worker Walung, Makalu-9, Makalu-Barun - Details Other expeditions

References

0 recorded references.