Everest | 2014 S Col-SE Ridge

A UK expedition to Everest in 2014 via S Col-SE Ridge, led by Phil Crampton. Summit reached on 11th April 2014. 8 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field Value
ID 8356
Imported 2026-03-06 18:04:49.359634
Expedition ID EVER14115
Peak ID EVER
Year 2014
Season 1
Host Country 1
Route 1 S Col-SE Ridge
Route 2 -
Route 3 -
Route 4 -
Nationality UK
Leaders Phil Crampton
Sponsor Altitude Junkies Everest Expedition 2014
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 Canada, China, New Zealand, USA
Approach -
Basecamp Date 2014-04-11
Summit Date 2014-04-11
Summit Time -
Summit Days 0
Total Days 15
Termination Date 2014-04-26
Termination Reason 14
Termination Notes Abandoned at 5800m due to Sherpa strike
High Point (m) 5800
Traverse False
Ski False
Paraglide False
Camps 0
Fixed Rope (m) 0
Total Members 8
Summit Members 0
Member Deaths 0
Total Hired 23
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(11/04,5350m),xxx(18/04,5800m)
Route Notes The team arrived at BC on 11 April. On the 14th 21 Sherpas carried loads to C1 and three days later carried 21 more loads to C2. Then on the 18th the fatal avalanche struck Sherpas in the Icefall. No members moved above BC except on the 18th Crampton, Harris and Kay went up from BC into the Icefall to join six of their Sherpas in the rescue effort. They recovered body parts. Crampton was very reluctant to cancel the climb, and his Sherpas were willing to resume the climb, but after threats were made by some agitating Sherpas, Crampton capitulated and called it off on the 25th. His members left BC in helicopters on the 26th and 27th; Crampton himself flew out on the 30th. Crampton said he knew the names on only two of the Sherpas who were pressing for all the climbers to leave the mountain immediately. They were one with the Jagged Globe team (Pasang Tenzing, 1/10/84, Beding) and one who was climbing as usual with the Adventure Consultants group, Pasang Bhote from Makalu area (there are two who climb with this company and it was not immediately clear which was on the mountain this time). It is notable that no Khumbu Sherpas were involved in organizing the movement, which can be called a strike for lack of a better term. Some of the largest commerical teams, like IMG employ only Khumbu men. Pasang Tenzing from Beding, Rolwaling, is a UIAA candidate member who was boasting about it and aggressively claiming to be all-knowing. If any action is to be taken again these agitators, Pasang Tenzing's UIAA membership candidature could be cancelled.
Accidents -
Achievement -
Agency Expedition Himalaya
Commercial Route True
Standard Route True
Primary Route False
Primary Member False
Primary Reference False
Primary ID -
Checksum 2463228
Year 2014
Summit Success False
O2 Summary None
Route (lowercase) s col-se ridge

Members

8 recorded members.

Name Sex Year of Birth Citizenship Status Residence Occupation
Jay Alan Beaudoin M 1965 USA Climber Denver, Colorado Health care administrator Details Other expeditions
Chermaine Marie Broderick F 1970 New Zealand Climber Lawrence, South Otago, New Zealand Nurse Details Other expeditions
Philip James (Phil) Crampton M 1970 UK Leader Woodstock, New York Expedition organizer & alpine guide Details Other expeditions
Peter Charles Erbland M 1952 USA Climber Coeur D'Alene, Idaho Attorney Details Other expeditions
Kevin Peter Harris M 1963 Canada Climber Calgary, Alberta Engineer Details Other expeditions
Mu-Yuan Huang M 1972 China Climber Shanghai, China Architect Details Other expeditions
Robert John Kay M 1961 USA Climber Lincoln, Nebraska Owner of motor sports company Details Other expeditions
Ricardo Pena M 1969 USA Climber Broomfield, Colorado Alpine guide & professional musician Details Other expeditions

References

0 recorded references.