Everest | 2013 S Col-SE Ridge

A Japan expedition to Everest in 2013 via S Col-SE Ridge, led by Yuchiro Miura. Summit reached on 23rd May 2013. 11 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field Value
ID 8071
Imported 2026-03-06 18:04:49.359634
Expedition ID EVER13178
Peak ID EVER
Year 2013
Season 1
Host Country 1
Route 1 S Col-SE Ridge
Route 2 -
Route 3 -
Route 4 -
Nationality Japan
Leaders Yuchiro Miura
Sponsor Miura Everest Team 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 2013-04-17
Summit Date 2013-05-23
Summit Time 0900
Summit Days 36
Total Days 39
Termination Date 2013-05-26
Termination Reason 1
Termination Notes -
High Point (m) 8849
Traverse False
Ski False
Paraglide False
Camps 4
Fixed Rope (m) 200
Total Members 4
Summit Members 4
Member Deaths 0
Total Hired 20
Summit Hired 7
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 Acclimatized on Pumori (no intent to summit)
Campsites BC(17/04,5350m),C1(16/05,6000m),C2(17/05,6400m),C3(19/05,7100m),IntCmp(20/05,7600m),C4(21/05,7900m),C5(22/05,8500m),Smt(23/05)
Route Notes The team consisted of four members: (1) Yuichiro Miura, who was 80 years old and now wanted to set a new record of the oldest Everest summiter; (2) his son Gota, himself an experienced climber; (3) Hiroyuki Kuraoka, who had already summited Everest twice from the Nepalese and twice from Tibet, and was the teams' climbing tactician; and (4) Kazuya Hiraide, their photographer, who had summited once from Nepal. They took ten climbing Sherpas with them. The expedition arrived at BC on 17 April and then went to Pumori for an acclimatization climb and to avoid Yuichiro Miura's having to go through the Icefall more than once in order to save his energy. On Pumori, they made a camp at 5700m on 23 April and spent two nights there. They made a higher camp at 5850m on 8 May and stayed there for two nights. They moved from Pumori to Everest BC on 10 May and moved through the Icefall to the top and C1 on 16 May. Now they moved up relatively quickly in the following days: to C2 in the Western Cwm on the 17th, to C3 on Lhotse West Face on the 19th, to an intermediate camp at 7600m on the upper crystal rock before the Geneva Spur, to C4 at the South Col on the 21st, and C5, which is very seldom established, at the Balcony on the 22nd. On the night of the 22nd only two Sherpas slept in C5 because of the restricted space. They were the sirdar Pemba Gyalzen and Ngima Nurbu. Five other Sherpas remained in C4 for the final summit push. At 2:00 am on 23 May, the four members and two Sherpas left C5 for top together and were on the summit at 9:00 am together with the other five Sherpas. Yuichiro Miura by now was extremely tired and weak; in his descent, he was short-roped from 8700m to C4, where he arrived at 7:20 pm, ten hours after he stood on the summit. The next day, the 24th, still extremely weak, Yuichiro Miura took 13 hours to descend from C4 to C2. On the 26th he flew by helicopter from C2 to Kathmandu. The Icefall had collapsed on the 25th, and he would have been in it that day if he had not flown over it. Yuichiro Miura was on oxygen from the middle of the Icefall on the 16th to the top and down to and in C2 on 24-26 May. The other members used it from C2 to the top and back to C2. Their Sherpas used it from C4 to the summit to C4. Sherpa summiters: Bir Kaji Tamang, 10/12/78, Gorakhani-4, Solu, Everest X1 Ngima Nurbu Sherpa, 6/11/81, Tesho, Khumbu, Everest X13, Cho Oyu X1, Lhotse X1 Ongje Sherpa, 22/8/83, Gaurishankar-2, Everest X1, Cho Oyu X2 Pema Chiri Sherpa, Rolwaling, 26 years old Pemba Gyalzen Sherpa, 22/7/69, Thamo, Khumbu, Everest X7, Cho Oyu X1, Manaslu X1 Pemba Nuru Sherpa, 3/2/73, Pare, Khumbu, Everest X3, Lhotse X1, Manaslu X2 Tshering Wangchu Sherpa, 16/3/83, Thamo, Everest X4, Cho Oyu X1, Manaslu X1
Accidents -
Achievement -
Agency Rolwaling Trek
Commercial Route True
Standard Route True
Primary Route False
Primary Member False
Primary Reference False
Primary ID -
Checksum 2462904
Year 2013
Summit Success True
O2 Summary Used
Route (lowercase) s col-se ridge

Members

11 recorded members.

Name Sex Year of Birth Citizenship Status Residence Occupation
Kazuya Hiraide M 1979 Japan Climber Kajino, Tokyo, Japan Cameraman Details Other expeditions
Hiroyuki Kuraoka M 1961 Japan Climber Abiko, Chiba, Japan Alpine guide Details Other expeditions
Gota Miura M 1969 Japan Climber Zashi, Kanagawa, Japan Skier Details Other expeditions
Yuichiro Miura M 1932 Japan Leader Shibuya-ku, Tokyo, Japan Professional skier Details Other expeditions
Bir Kaji Tamang M 1978 Nepal H-A Worker Gorakhani-4, Solukhumbu - Details Other expeditions
Nima Nurbu Sherpa M 1980 Nepal H-A Worker Thamiteng, Khumbu - Details Other expeditions
Ongje (Wangche) Sherpa M 1983 Nepal H-A Worker Gaurishankar-2, Dolakha - Details Other expeditions
Pemba Chhiri Sherpa M 1987 Nepal H-A Worker Simigaon, Dolakha - Details Other expeditions
Pemba Gyalzen/Geljen Sherpa M 1969 Nepal H-A Worker Thami, Khumbu - Details Other expeditions
Pemba Nuru (Kaila) Sherpa M 1973 Nepal H-A Worker Pare, Khumbu - Details Other expeditions
Tshering Wangchu (Tshering Ongchuk) Sherpa M 1983 Nepal H-A Worker Thamo, Khumbu - Details Other expeditions

References

0 recorded references.