Everest | 2015 S Col-SE Ridge

A USA expedition to Everest in 2015 via S Col-SE Ridge, led by Dan Mazur. Summit reached on 25th April 2015. 15 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field Value
ID 8840
Imported 2026-03-06 18:04:49.359634
Expedition ID EVER15104
Peak ID EVER
Year 2015
Season 1
Host Country 1
Route 1 S Col-SE Ridge
Route 2 -
Route 3 -
Route 4 -
Nationality USA
Leaders Dan Mazur
Sponsor SummitClimb Everest Expedition 2015
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 Australia, Belgium, Romania, UK
Approach -
Basecamp Date 2015-04-18
Summit Date 2015-04-25
Summit Time -
Summit Days 7
Total Days 14
Termination Date 2015-05-02
Termination Reason 14
Termination Notes Abandoned due to earthquake
High Point (m) 6100
Traverse False
Ski False
Paraglide False
Camps 0
Fixed Rope (m) 0
Total Members 9
Summit Members 0
Member Deaths 0
Total Hired 6
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(18/04,5350m),C1(25/04,6100m),xxx
Route Notes From SummitClimb website: The season began in early April, after a snowy winter. The snow continued to fall lightly through the middle of April and the temperatures remained moderate. Our teams began arriving in Everest's Khumbu Valley at Lukla on 9 April. Our beautiful Himalayan trek arrived in basecamp on 17 April. While acclimatising at basecamp we completed a series of fun training walks, ice climbing practice sessions and forays into the mighty Khumbu icefall near basecamp. On 25 April, after lots of rest and training, we climbed the icefall during the wee hours up to camp 1 at 6100 metres / 20,000 feet. Upon arriving in Camp 1, we had just retreated inside the tents when, at 12:00 noon, the glacier we were camped upon began violently rolling like the ocean and then a large avalanche let loose from the high above west ridge of Everest sweeping camp 1 with spindrfit snow and winds. We radioed down to basecamp to find out that a huge ice avalanche from Mount Lingtren had destroyed basecamp. Later we found out that that a 7.5 earthquake had hit the entire Nepal and Tibet region with as many as 10,000 people dead or missing. In basecamp around 20 people had been killed or were missing in the aftermath of the 1 minute earthquake. One of those tragically lost was Tom Taplin, a film maker who had chosen to not climb up to camp 1, but rather to stay in his tent in basecamp. He was later found hurled by high winds 300 metres / 500 feet from camp, near his broken camera. Our deepest condolences to the lost climber's family, friends, and colleagues. Needless to say, the route through the icefall was destroyed, with little possibility of safe descent and all 100 plus people in camp 1 were helicopter evacuated down to basecamp. Upon arrival we found basecamp to be leveled flat, a total loss. All teams spent the next several days digging through the snow for their lost posessions, and then trekking and helicoptering back to Kathmandu.
Accidents -
Achievement -
Agency Everest Parivar
Commercial Route True
Standard Route True
Primary Route False
Primary Member False
Primary Reference False
Primary ID -
Checksum 2463608
Year 2015
Summit Success False
O2 Summary None
Route (lowercase) s col-se ridge

Members

15 recorded members.

Name Sex Year of Birth Citizenship Status Residence Occupation
Daniel Lee (Dan) Mazur M 1960 USA Leader Longbranch, Washington Expedition organizer & leader Details Other expeditions
Damian Joseph Bourke M 1965 Australia Climber Toowong, QLD, Australia Business manager Details Other expeditions
Garth Jeffrey Burrell M 1963 Australia Climber Sydney, NSW, Australia Merchant (sells carpeting) Details Other expeditions
Sam Oliver Chappatte M 1986 UK Climber London, England Manager of on-line merchandising company Details Other expeditions
James Andrew Grieve M 1963 UK Climber Kinross, Scotland Electrical engineer Details Other expeditions
Patrick Everett McKnight M 1966 USA Climber Fairfax, Virginia University professor of statistics Details Other expeditions
Alexandra Sophie M. (Alex) Schneider F 1987 Belgium Climber London, England Brand manager for international beverage company Details Other expeditions
Zsolt Torok M 1973 Romania Climber Arad, Romania Professional alpinist & alpine guide Details Other expeditions
Leo Le Wang M 1988 USA/China Climber Princeton Junction, New Jersey Investment advisor Details Other expeditions
Jangbu Sherpa M 1967 Nepal H-A Worker Patle-4, Okhaldhunga - Details Other expeditions
Gyalzen/Gyalje Sherpa M 1974 Nepal H-A Worker Patle-4, Okhaldhunga - Details Other expeditions
Mingmar Sherpa M 1969 Nepal H-A Worker Patle-4, Okhaldhunga - Details Other expeditions
Karma Gyalje Sherpa M 1982 Nepal H-A Worker Patle-4, Okhaldhunga - Details Other expeditions
Sange Sherpa M 1971 Nepal H-A Worker Diding-5, Makalu-Barun - Details Other expeditions
Lhakpa (Kongle) Sherpa M 1964 Nepal H-A Worker Patle-4, Okhaldhunga - Details Other expeditions

References

1 recorded references.

Expedition ID Journal Author Title Publisher Citation Yak 94
EVER15104 - - http://www.summitclimb.com/new/default.asp?linktype=r&mtype=smenu&vid=18&nid=291 - - -