Everest | 2016 S Col-SE Ridge

A Nepal expedition to Everest in 2016 via S Col-SE Ridge, led by David Liano. Summit reached on 11th May 2016. 38 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field Value
ID 9086
Imported 2026-03-06 18:04:49.359634
Expedition ID EVER16101
Peak ID EVER
Year 2016
Season 1
Host Country 1
Route 1 S Col-SE Ridge
Route 2 -
Route 3 -
Route 4 -
Nationality Nepal
Leaders David Liano
Sponsor Asian Trekking Eco-Everest Expedition 2016
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 Australia, Belgium, China, Denmark, India, Mexico, Poland, Tunisia, UK, USA
Approach -
Basecamp Date 2016-04-10
Summit Date 2016-05-11
Summit Time -
Summit Days 31
Total Days 44
Termination Date 2016-05-24
Termination Reason 1
Termination Notes -
High Point (m) 8849
Traverse False
Ski False
Paraglide False
Camps 4
Fixed Rope (m) 0
Total Members 17
Summit Members 11
Member Deaths 0
Total Hired 24
Summit Hired 10
Hired Deaths 0
No Hired False
O2 Used True
O2 None False
O2 Climb True
O2 Descent False
O2 Sleep False
O2 Medical False
O2 Taken False
O2 Unknown False
Other Summits Attempt Lhotse (LHOT-161-01)
Campsites BC(10/04,5300m),C1(6100m),C2(6490m),C3(7150m),C4(7950m),Smt(11-13,21/05)
Route Notes The Asian Trekking Eco-Everest expedition was a combination of several independent teams (1-2 climbers each). Asian Trekking provided transportation, base camp facilities and various levels of high altitude support (oxygen, high-altitude porters, tents, etc) as required and contracted for by each team. The individual accounts for each team are given below: Alyssa Azar (Australia) Camps: BC(14/04,5350m),C1(22/04,6000m),C2(29/04,6400m),C3(19/05,7100m), C4(20/05,7900m),Smt(21/05) Left: 24/05/2016 Hired: 1 Term: Success (3:45 am) Azar with Fur Galgen left C4 at 8 pm on 20 May, reached the summit on 21 May at 3:35 am, stayed 20 minutes, then descended to C2 at 3 pm. Good weather on the climb. Cold, but otherwise good conditions. Azar is the youngest Australian to summit Everest. Oyxgen: Azar began using at C3 (7100m) and stopped using on descent at C2 (6400m) Sherpa: Fur Galgen, Yilajung [Note: Azar says Dorjee, who was with Luitel on summit at 5:27 am] Brian Freeman (Australia) Ratnesh Pandey (India) Camps: Smt(21/05) Hired: 2 Term: Success (6:14 am Freeman, 6:33 am Pandey) Sherpas: Shera Geljen, Khumjung (2nd ascent this season) Pasang Rita, Yilajung (2nd ascent this season) Harshad Rao (India) Camps: BC(14/04,5350m),C1(22/04,6050m),C2(23/04,6500m),C3(14/05,7300m), C4(20/05,7900m),Smt(21/05) Left: 24/05/2016 Hired: 1 Term: Success (8:08 am) Rao with Pasang Temba left C4 at 8 pm on 20 May. Straightforward climb. They spent about 25 minutes on the summit and descended to C4, where they arrived at 2 pm. On 22 May descended to C2 and 23 May to BC. Oyxgen: Used from C3 to top C3 by Rao and Pasang Temba. Sherpa: Pasang Temba, Thami, 27/01/70 Anish Luitel (Nepal) Name: Anish Messenger of Peace to Mount Everest Camps: BC(14/04,5350m),C1(22/04,6050m),C2(23/04,6500m),C3(14/05,7300m), C4(20/05,7900m),Smt(21/05) Left: 24/05/2016 Hired: 1 Term: Success (5:27 am) Luitel with Ki Dorje left C4 at 8 pm on 20 May. Straightforward climb. They spent about 35 minutes on the summit and descended to C4, where they arrived at 2 pm. On 22 May descended to C2 and 23 May to BC. Luitel took the Nepal Constitution to the summit of Mount Everest. It was the first constitution that has ever reached the summit of Mount Everest. Oyxgen: Used from C2 to top C2 by Luitel, from C3 to top to C3 by Ki Dorje. Sherpa: Ki Dorje Sherpa, Gudel-9 Jelle Veyt (Belgium) Name: Cycling to Himalaya Expedition Camps: BC(13/04,5350m),C1(22/04,6000m),C2(23/04,6500m),C3(11/05,7200m), C4(12/05,7950m),Smt(13/05) Left: 15/05/2016 Hired: 1 Term: Success (10:31 am) Veyt [with Lhakpa Nuru] left C4 at 11:30 pm on 12 May, summited on 13 May at 10:31 am, stayed 15 minutes, then returned to C2 at 8 pm. Weather was very windy. Little visibility. Straightforward climb. Veyt cycled from Belgium to Kathmandu via Elbrus (which he summited). Oyxgen: Veyt used from C3 to summit to C4. Sherpa: Lhakpa Nuru, Khumjung Tahar Manai (Tunisia) Name: L'Ascension d'une Nation (The Rise of a Nation) Camps: BC(15/04,5300m),C1(23/04,6000m),C2(29/04,6400m),C3(11/05,7200m), C4(12/05,7990m),Smt(13/05) Left: 16/05/2016 Hired: 1 Term: Success (10:31 am) Manai with Mountain, Veyt and Dawa Tshering Bhote left C4 at 11:45 pm on 12 May, summited on 13 May at 10:31 am, stayed less than 10 minutes, then returned to C2 at 8 pm with a 1 hour stop in C4. Weather not really good, lot of wind and snowing. Manai could see approximately 20 climbers during summit push. Oyxgen: Manai used from 7300m to summit and down. Sherpa used from C3 to summit and down. Sherpa: Dawa Tshering Bhote, Makalu Julian Mountain (UK) Camps: BC(13/04,5400m),C1(22/04,6200m),C2(23/04,6600m),C3(11/05,7000m), C4(12/05,7950m),Smt(13/05) Left: 15/05/2016 Hired: 0 Term: Success (9:49 am) Mountain left C4 at 12:30 am on 13 May, summited at 9:49 am, stayed 30 minutes, then returned to C2 at 9:30 pm. 50 mph winds across South Col, very cold. Initially foggy, but cleared later. The summit was very windy, but clear. Oyxgen: Mountain used from C3 to summit to C3. Melanie Southworth (UK) Name: Mel's Barking Mad Everest Expedition 2016 Camps: BC(13/04,5350m),C1(11/05,6000m),C2(12/05,6400m),C3(19/05,7300m), C4(20/05,7950m),Smt(21/05) Left: 24/05/2016 Hired: 2 Term: Success (3:36 am) Southworth, Tenzing Dorje and Pemba Tshering left C4 at 8:30 pm on 20 May, summited at 3:36 am on 21 May, stayed 30 minutes, then returned to C2 at 3:30 pm. Clear night, moderate wind, very cold. Moonlite night. Straightforward climb. Oyxgen: Southworth used from C3 to summit to C2. Sherpas used from C4 to summit to C4. Sherpas: Tenzing Dorje, Phortse, 19/1170 Pemba Tshering, Khumjung-3 Ian Gibb (Ireland) Camps: BC(14/04,5365m),C1(03/05,6105m),C2(05/05,6500m),xxx Left: 16/05/2016 Hired: 1 Term: Abandoned at 6500m due to stomach illness of wife. Abandoned after first rotation due to stomach illnesses of his wife, Hazel, on Lhotse permit. Oyxgen: Not used Isaiah Janzen (USA) Camps: BC(17/04,5300m),C1(26/04,6065m),C2(03/05,6490m),C3(11/05,7130m), C4(12/05,7890m),Smt(21/05) Left: 24/05/2016 Hired: 1 Term: Success (4:36 am) Janzen and Tshering Tashi left C4 at 8 pm on 20 May, summited at 4:36 am, stayed about 7 minutes, then descended to C2 at 12:45 pm. Temperatures were cold, winds were in the 10-30 kph range when in direct wind. It was dark out. Oyxgen: Janzen used from 7160m to summit and down to 6800m. Tshering Tashi used from 7900m to summit and down to 7160m. Sherpa: Tshering Tashi (Khumjung) David Liano (Mexico) Camps: BC(19/04,5300m),C2(23/04,6490m),C3(10/05,7150m),C4(11/05,7950m),Smt(12/05) Left: 14/05/2016 Hired: 1 Term: Success (8:24 am) Liano and Pasang Rita left C4 at 12:15 am on 12 May, summited at 8:24 am, stayed 45 minutes, then descended to C2. May 12 was the first day foreigners summited this season. Oyxgen: Liano used from C3. Pasang Rita used from C4. Sherpa: Pasang Rita (Thami) Christof Deblauwe (Belgium) Camps: BC(10/04,5350m),C1(01/05,6100m),C2(10/05,6400m),xxx(11/05,6900m) Left: 24/05/2016 Hired: 1 Term: Abandoned at 6900m due to a severe cold Deblauwe got to just below C3 at 6900m. Oyxgen: Planned to use if he got higher. Carsten Pedersen (Denmark) Andrzej Wojda (Poland) Xia Bo-Yu (China)
Accidents -
Achievement -
Agency Asian Trekking
Commercial Route True
Standard Route True
Primary Route False
Primary Member False
Primary Reference -
Primary ID -
Checksum 2459536
Year 2016
Summit Success True
O2 Summary Used
Route (lowercase) s col-se ridge

Members

38 recorded members.

Name Sex Year of Birth Citizenship Status Residence Occupation
Pasang Temba Sherpa M 1970 Nepal H-A Worker Thami, Khumbu - Details Other expeditions
David Liano Gonzalez M 1979 Mexico Climber Seattle, Washington Finance Details Other expeditions
Pasang Rita (Pa Rita) Sherpa M 1974 Nepal H-A Worker Yilajung, Khumbu - Details Other expeditions
Isaiah Paul Janzen M 1986 USA Climber Dubuque, Iowa Structural design engineer Details Other expeditions
Tshering Tashi Sherpa M 1985 Nepal H-A Worker Khumjung, Khumbu - Details Other expeditions
Melanie Barnett Southworth F 1968 UK Climber Ramsbottom, Lancashire, England Self-employed writer Details Other expeditions
Tenzing Dorje Sherpa M 1970 Nepal H-A Worker Phortse, Khumbu - Details Other expeditions
Pemba Tshering (Maila) Sherpa M 1986 Nepal H-A Worker Khumjung, Khumbu - Details Other expeditions
Julian David Mountain M 1965 UK Climber Gaddesden Row, Hertford, England Investment company director Details Other expeditions
Nima Namgyal Sherpa M 1983 Nepal Leader/Exp Doctor Khumjung, Khumbu Physician Details Other expeditions
Tahar Manai M 1988 Tunisia Climber La Tour-de-Salvagny, Rhone, France Fire-fighter Details Other expeditions
Dawa Chhiring Bhote M 1989 Nepal H-A Worker Hatiya-2, Makalu-Barun - Details Other expeditions
Jelle Veyt M 1986 Belgium Climber Dendermonde, Belgium Physiotherapist Details Other expeditions
Lhakpa Nuru Sherpa M 1991 Nepal H-A Worker Khumjung, Khumbu - Details Other expeditions
Anish Luitel M 1994 Nepal Climber Bhadrapur, Jhapa Staff member of Boy Scouts Details Other expeditions
Ki Dorjee Sherpa M 1983 Nepal H-A Worker Gudel-9, Solukhumbu - Details Other expeditions
Alyssa Nicole Azar F 1996 Australia Climber Toowoomba, QLD, Australia Student Details Other expeditions
Phur Gyalzen (Fur Geljen) Sherpa M 1970 Nepal H-A Worker Yilajung, Khumbu - Details Other expeditions
Harshad Kamalaksha Rao M 1989 India Climber Pune, Maharashtra, India Software quality analyst Details Other expeditions
Brian Neil Freeman M 1963 Australia Climber Brisbane, QLD, Australia Adventure leader Details Other expeditions
Ratnesh Pandey M 1985 India Climber Satna, Madhya Pradesh, India Social worker Details Other expeditions
Shera Gyalzen Sherpa M 1987 Nepal H-A Worker Khumjung, Khumbu - Details Other expeditions
Christof Jooris Marie Jozef Deblauwe M 1979 Belgium Climber Tervuren, Belgium Entrepreneur Details Other expeditions
Ian William Gibb M 1971 UK Climber Cwmcarn, Wales Controls engineer Details Other expeditions
Carsten Lillelund Pedersen M 1969 Denmark Climber Valby, Denmark IT consultant Details Other expeditions
Andrzej Marek Wojda M 1963 Poland Climber Warsaw, Poland Artist Details Other expeditions
Bo-Yu Xia M 1951 China Climber Sichuan, China - Details Other expeditions
Pemba Nuru Sherpa M 1977 Nepal H-A Worker Thamiteng, Khumbu - Details Other expeditions
Pasang Sherpa M 1978 Nepal H-A Worker Thamo, Khumbu - Details Other expeditions
Ang Pemba Sherpa M 1960 Nepal H-A Worker Khunde, Khumbu - Details Other expeditions
Pasang Dawa Sherpa M 1980 Nepal H-A Worker Khumjung, Khumbu - Details Other expeditions
Ngawang Kalden Sherpa M 1991 Nepal H-A Worker Khumjung, Khumbu - Details Other expeditions
Ngawang Rapke Sherpa M 1991 Nepal H-A Worker Thami, Khumbu - Details Other expeditions
Sonam Tshering (Paldorje) Sherpa M 1979 Nepal H-A Worker Khumjung, Khumbu - Details Other expeditions
Nanda Dorje (Naga Dorje, Nanga) Sherpa M 1966 Nepal H-A Worker Khumjung, Khumbu - Details Other expeditions
Tshering Thundu Sherpa M 1974 Nepal H-A Worker Khumjung, Khumbu - Details Other expeditions
Pemba Tshering Sherpa M 1979 Nepal H-A Worker Khumjung, Khumbu - Details Other expeditions
Nawang Tenzing (Nawangle) Sherpa M 1960 Nepal H-A Worker Phortse, Khumbu - Details Other expeditions

References

4 recorded references.