Everest | 2015 S Col-SE Ridge

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

Expedition Details

Field Value
ID 8823
Imported 2026-03-06 18:04:49.359634
Expedition ID EVER15142
Peak ID EVER
Year 2015
Season 1
Host Country 1
Route 1 S Col-SE Ridge
Route 2 -
Route 3 -
Route 4 -
Nationality Norway
Leaders Inge Meloy
Sponsor Norwegian 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 -
Approach -
Basecamp Date 2015-04-10
Summit Date 2015-04-25
Summit Time -
Summit Days 15
Total Days 17
Termination Date 2015-04-27
Termination Reason 14
Termination Notes Abandoned at 6500m due to earthquake
High Point (m) 6500
Traverse False
Ski False
Paraglide False
Camps 2
Fixed Rope (m) 0
Total Members 6
Summit Members 0
Member Deaths 0
Total Hired 9
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 Climbed Lobuche East
Campsites BC(10/04,5350m),C1,C2(25/04,6500m)
Route Notes Tranlated by Google from Norwegian blog: http://www.utemagasinet.no/Aktuelt/Vi-foeler-oss-heldige - We feel lucky - We celebrate life. We are on the rim of an extreme disaster, we feel wonderful lucky, says Inge Meloy. Utemagasinet did speak with the manager of Hvitserk Everest Expedition Tuesday afternoon. By: Erlend Sande Erlend Sande Wednesday 29 April 2015 kl.09: 56S Along with five Norwegian climbers and five of the expedition klatresherpaer, was Inge Meloy (39) caught at 6400 meters altitude when the earthquake in Nepal triggered a number of large avalanches on Mount Everest Saturday. Ruta down was swept away by landslides, and they did not know whether members of the expedition down the base camp had survived. When utemagasinet.no spoke with expedition leader yesterday afternoon, they were in the village of Namche Bazaar at 3400 meters altitude, after three intense days. - Now we have gone down, we have passed the dead people and damaged buildings. They sing, it perches, Nepali people bury their dead long the route we go. We are part of a major disaster, we wish there was more we could do. Our doctor has worked hard for those who were in the base camp. We provide all the assistance we can, which is less than what we wish, says the father of two, police officer and expedition leader. On Sunday Hvitserk Expedition brought down to base camp and a sight that made tremendous impression. - Our camp was in the middle of the base camp, which is one kilometer long. The part where we were completely gone. Erased, he says. What would you have done if you were in the camp when exceeded arrived? - We'd be somewhere and read, slumbered in tents. All our seven tents were gone. The equipment lay everywhere. I found Mac my 200 meters away from the camp. Had we been there ... because I dare not think of what had happened. In the base camp at 5300 meters was expedition physician Erling Rose Power. When he saw the earthquake, he realized that there was a risk of avalanches and managed to get in the top five of the expedition's Sherpas who had rest day in camp. All arrived in safety in a dump, but the one Sherpas lost three front teeth when he was hit by ice and rock. 20 people died in the landslide, but 73 injured were flown to hospital. - We are 19 undamaged less three incisors, says Meloy, who adds that the Norwegian expedition members have decided to splice the dental bill. Utemagasinet talks with Meloy on an unstable telephone line. On Wednesday morning he updated his Facebook profile for the first time after the earthquake. "Today, we celebrate life!", He concludes there. But still, the five Norwegian climbers, doctor Erling Rose Power and Meloy in a very unstable and unclear situation in the mountains in the disaster-hit Nepal. They live out on a football field and do not know when and how they are getting home. It is difficult to obtain food. "It breeds every day. We can not lower your shoulders. " Inge Meloy, head of Hvitserk Everest Expedition 2015 - There are aftershocks every day. It goes soil and rock slides. It's hard to get something to eat. Everything is closed, no one dares to stay inside and cook. There are rocks as big as houses that scroll across the trail. But we're not in constant danger. Much is safe, but there is uncertainty around how we get home. It breeds every day. We can not lower your shoulders. As police, I'm used to thinking "situation awareness". You must be disciplined, lower your shoulders at the right time, take the assessment continuously. Are you afraid? - It is uncomfortable. Earthquake-theoretically, we know that the biggest quake is over, but we does not lower your shoulders. Built in Namche Bazaar, nobody wants to be. The stones can detach from the mountainside. Every day and every night there are aftershocks. It's uncomfortable. He is interrupted by sounds in the background. - Now call bells, Nepali people bury their dead. We visit here. We stand in the middle of a disaster and feel lucky because we have survived, repeat Meloy. When an earthquake measured at 7.9 on the Richter scale struck mountainous Nepal on Saturday, the Norwegian Everest Expedition on the rise in the mountains. - We were about to get up to Camp 2 at 6500 meters when the earthquake struck. We stood on a moraine ridge and saw that it came the avalanche from all sides. I figured at first did not know what happened. It was like "Wow, that was close, oj, here there is plenty." The terrain is like a horseshoe with Everest, Lhotse and Nuptse and there were landslides in all mountain sides. It slammed and shook. Some shouted "run" and I thought 'where should I run?". There are not many steps you're able to run with 15 kilograms on his back in 6500 meters altitude. So it was an inferno of snow and air, says Meloy. Then it was quiet. - Fortunately it happened nothing more, nothing hit us. There is luck, there is no calculation, where, he admits. "There were four to five hours where I did not know what happened to our boys. Then I had a stomach ache." What did you do next? - We were in a vulnerable position. There were large chunks of ice above us. So we conc to get us into the camp. Our four tents were behind a moraine mound. I called Hvitserk and said that there had been an earthquake and landslide, but that we were in good condition. When you realized that it was an earthquake? - We realized quite quickly. Sirdaren (sjefssherpaen, ed.'s Note.) Our said it instantly when we went to its knees, we were unable to keep our legs. I had recently been to a dinner with some British geologists who said that a major earthquake in Nepal was 50 years overdue, so I thought about what I had heard. What did you know about the situation in the base camp? - There were four to five hours where I did not know what happened to our boys. Then I had a stomach ache. It's not fun to be the head and not know how guys are. After a few hours we were notified that there was going well with our people. Doctor, Erling, had lost everything in the landslide, but had borrowed by satellite phone and called home. I had to have the first insider information, otherwise there are rumors. It was hard the first four to five hours. What were you thinking about the future? - We knew we had limited food and resources. Then it is well with talented people in the back office, Lars Oma Erichsrud have been through the icefall and know how it is there. He knew that there would not be navigable for a long time. Hvitserk arranged simply transport, so we were the first to be flown out, he says. All the staff at Hvitserk office was in Nepal earlier spring. To prepare for the expedition, they had meetings with the embassy, hospitals, rescue services and helicopter companies. The goal was to have the best support system, even though the Norwegian tour operator had not had people on top of the world's highest mountain earlier. Meloy knew it was out of the question to try to go down to base camp. That would mean crossing the Khumbu glacier falls. The route is secured with an intricate system of ladders and fixed ropes, which apparently was swept away by landslides. 107 individuals were caught at 6500 meters altitude. Meloy, who has led over 100 rescues in the job with the Governor, took the lead. "There were two in Camp 2 which was critically ill, one sherpa and a western. They were flown out as the first. They saved probably life on it." Inge Meloy, head of Hvitserk Everest expedition - I decided that the route to Camp 1 was not open. I stopped a British climber, who thanked me afterwards for having saved his life, he says. When two helicopters came in the air Sunday, the first used to evacuate injured from base camp. So they were available to transport the Norwegian expedition down. Meloy emphasizes that they were extremely careful with their evacuation should not take helicopter capacity that could have been used to transport the injured to hospital. Another assumption was that sherpas and western climbers should be treated equally. - There were two in Camp 2 which was critically ill, one Sherpa and a westerner. They were flown out as the first. They saved probably life on it. Then there was us. We were flown out on Sunday, thanks to a good plan. I took the role of manager effort. Patients were out first, then us. Was there some conflict about who did fly first? - There was no conflict, except that the sherpas did not quite understand that they should also be included. We were flown down with eight boost to base camp after all patients in the base camp were rescued from there. One helicopter could take one passenger, the other could take two. Each lift has a price tag of $10,000. - It is extremely to be fetched at 6400 meters. The day after they brought the 100 others. Thanks backofficen to Hvitserk we were at first, repeat Meloy. It turned out that evacuation by helicopter was only safe way to get down to those of Khumbu glacier when earthquake. More are missing after trying to take off down the mountain on foot. "There have not been many statements about the disappointment the last two days. People have invested a year and a half million, but is primarily pleased that the team is together. I marvel and rejoice in it. Inge Meloy, expedition leader on Everest in 2015 It is the first time a Norwegian tour operator has Everest on the program. Inge Meloy leads a group in which each participant has paid 500,000 to experience the dream of climbing the world's highest mountain. - It's the most joy of living, but also disappointment over not to have got tried out. Everyone can go home to your family, it's fundamental feel. I think there's room for two things in mind at once. But there have been many statements about the disappointment the last two days. People have invested a year and a half million, but is primarily pleased that the team is together. I marvel and rejoice in it, he says.
Accidents -
Achievement -
Agency Peaks of Nepal
Commercial Route True
Standard Route True
Primary Route False
Primary Member False
Primary Reference False
Primary ID -
Checksum 2459153
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
Inge Meloy M 1975 Norway Leader Oslo, Norway Guide & expedition manager Details Other expeditions
Christian Hauglie-Hanssen M 1962 Norway Climber Kongsberg, Oslo, Norway - Details Other expeditions
Lars Hagen M 1960 Norway Climber - - Details Other expeditions
Per Ivar Magnushommen M 1963 Norway Climber - - Details Other expeditions
Sverre Christian Taknes M 1968 Norway Climber - - Details Other expeditions
Ole-Petter Thunes M 1960 Norway Climber - - Details Other expeditions
Jangbu Sherpa M 1973 Nepal H-A Worker Namche Bazar, Khumbu - Details Other expeditions
Changba Nurbu (Chhongba Nuru) Sherpa M 1964 Nepal H-A Worker Tate, Khumbu - Details Other expeditions
Jangbu Sherpa M 1965 Nepal H-A Worker Bakachol-9, Khotang - Details Other expeditions
Sange Phuru Sherpa M 1986 Nepal H-A Worker Bakachol-9, Khotang - Details Other expeditions
Chhiring Namgyal/Namgel Sherpa M 1991 Nepal H-A Worker Pangboche, Khumbu - Details Other expeditions
Chheten Dorje Sherpa M 1979 Nepal H-A Worker Pangboche, Khumbu - Details Other expeditions
Tashi Tshering (Tashi Tsiri) Sherpa M 1990 Nepal H-A Worker Pangboche, Khumbu - Details Other expeditions
Pemba Dorje Sherpa M 1961 Nepal H-A Worker Pangboche, Khumbu - Details Other expeditions
Tashi Sherpa M 1978 Nepal H-A Worker Kathmandu - Details Other expeditions

References

3 recorded references.

Expedition ID Journal Author Title Publisher Citation Yak 94
EVER15142 - - http://www.hvitserk.no/everest2015/ - - -
EVER15142 - - http://www.cabby.se/sv/Om-Cabby/Expedition-Everest-Cabby/ - - -
EVER15142 - - http://www.utemagasinet.no/Aktuelt/Vi-foeler-oss-heldige - - -