Everest | 2013 S Col-SE Ridge

A Guatemala expedition to Everest in 2013 via S Col-SE Ridge, led by Barbara Padilla Del Aguila. Summit reached on 16th May 2013. 2 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field Value
ID 8065
Imported 2026-03-06 18:04:49.359634
Expedition ID EVER13170
Peak ID EVER
Year 2013
Season 1
Host Country 1
Route 1 S Col-SE Ridge
Route 2 -
Route 3 -
Route 4 -
Nationality Guatemala
Leaders Barbara Padilla Del Aguila
Sponsor Barbara Everest 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->Namche->Lobuche->Deboche
Basecamp Date 2013-04-09
Summit Date 2013-05-16
Summit Time -
Summit Days 37
Total Days 41
Termination Date 2013-05-20
Termination Reason 8
Termination Notes Abandoned at 7100m due to broken oxygen mask and uncooperative Sherpa
High Point (m) 7400
Traverse False
Ski False
Paraglide False
Camps 3
Fixed Rope (m) 0
Total Members 1
Summit Members 0
Member Deaths 0
Total Hired 1
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(09/04,5300m),C1(19/04,5900m),C2(05/05,6500m),C3A(15/05,7100m),C3B(16/05,7400m),xxx(16/05,7400m)
Route Notes Padilla del Aguila went to C3 on 15 May planning to summit on 17 May. She wanted to use oxygen at C3, but her Sherpa Lhakpa [Tashi] did not allow her to use it. Later from 2 am of 16 May he allowed her to use oxygen for two hours and around 6 am to go up. Padilla Del Aguila was not feeling well and became too slow. When they arrived at 7400m her regulator was broken. She changed the mask and Lhakpa put on the oxygen mask supply at 0.5. She asked Lhakpa to increase supply of oxygen as she was not felling well and also told him that she want to go down to C2 and do second attempt. Lhakpa took away oxygen from her and went up leaving her alone. She waited for Lhakpa and after three hours she managed to go down to C2 with the help of Scott Simper who gave her oxygen. At C2 doctor checked her and gave her oxygen. Lhakpa came to C2 after five hours. Padilla Del Aguila recovering from her exhaustion spent night at C2 on 17 May. She wanted to use oxygen during the night, but Lhakpa did not allow her to use it. On 18 May Lhakpa told Padilla Del Aguila at 7 am that if she wants to make second attempt she has to do alone and also that she has to reach C3 in 3 hours; if she cannot make it then there will not be a second attempt. She realized that she would not be able to do it by herself and the way the Sherpa behaving she decided to go down to BC. Everest South - Leader Barbara Padilla Del Aguila Namita's telephonic conversation with Lhakpa Tashi - 23 July 2013 Lhakpa Tashi, Sherpa of Barbara Aguila said that Ms. Aguila was a very difficult woman. She could not walk at all and would feel tired very fast and throughout her climb she kept on complaining to him about the food and the camps. This irritated him a lot. After having breakfast in C3 on 15th May she continously used oxygen from C3 starting from flow of 1.5. Ms. Aguila would take 10 steps and would ask Lhakpa to increase the flow and she kept on doing this until he had increased to full pressure. The team had made two Camp 3s, C3A at 7050m-7100m and C3B at 7400m. These C3A and C3B camps had already been made by Sherpas before as there was too much of rush on the mountain. It took Lhakpa 45 minutes to 1 hour to reach from C3A to C3B while Ms. Aguila took 6 hours to reach C3B. Lhakpa said he waited for her for hours and when she finally reached C3B on 16th May, very exhausted, he found that her oxygen regulator was broken deliberately by her and he had to give her his own oxygen system. He had told her to stay at C3B as he had to go and collect equipment from C3A and that he would send two Sherpa friends to help her down. According to Lhakpa there are two routes that lead to C3B. His Sherpa friends were confused and went to the wrong route and could not find her. She was found by a foreigner after 3 hours and she managed to go down with his help. When Ms. Aguila reached BC she was very angry and complained to everyone about Sherpa abandoning her and all sorts of other things about the oxygen and camps which were a total lie. He admitted that he did make a mistake by depending on his Sherpa friends who could not find her. Sherpa: Lhakpa Tashi Sherpa, 25/9/85, Yaphu-9, Everest X2 Email from Scott Simper July 17, 2013 to Miss Elizabeth Hawley I meet a woman Barbara Padilla Del Aguila from Guatemala on my return to Camp 3 at about 7500m. She had been abandoned by her climbing team (Snowline Tours) when her oxygen mask stopped working. She had been there for approx 4 hours before I found her. She showed signs of HAS. I gave her my one oxygen bottle and mask and then brought her down the Lhotse face to C2. She received medical attention there from a doctor that was climbing with Asian Trekking when we reached C2. Mingmar proceeded to C2 after I found the young women at the top of the Lhotse face. I descended by myself bringing the women down.
Accidents -
Achievement -
Agency Nepal Social Treks (Snowy Horizon pmt)
Commercial Route True
Standard Route True
Primary Route False
Primary Member False
Primary Reference False
Primary ID -
Checksum 2462897
Year 2013
Summit Success False
O2 Summary Used
Route (lowercase) s col-se ridge

Members

2 recorded members.

Name Sex Year of Birth Citizenship Status Residence Occupation
Barbara Padilla Del Aguila F 1985 Guatemala Leader Guatemala City, Guatemala Alpinist Details Other expeditions
Lhakpa Tashi Sherpa M 1985 Nepal H-A Worker Khembalung, Yaphu-9, Makalu-Barun - Details Other expeditions

References

0 recorded references.