Everest | 2016 SW Face (Bonington rte)

A Slovakia expedition to Everest in 2016 via SW Face (Bonington rte), led by Vladimar Strba. Summit reached on 9th May 2016. 6 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field Value
ID 9126
Imported 2026-03-06 18:04:49.359634
Expedition ID EVER16141
Peak ID EVER
Year 2016
Season 1
Host Country 1
Route 1 SW Face (Bonington rte)
Route 2 -
Route 3 -
Route 4 -
Nationality Slovakia
Leaders Vladimar Strba
Sponsor Everest Hardway Slovak Expedition 2016
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 Lukla->Namche->Dingboche->Lobuche->Gorakhshep
Basecamp Date 2016-04-16
Summit Date 2016-05-09
Summit Time -
Summit Days 23
Total Days 24
Termination Date 2016-05-10
Termination Reason 6
Termination Notes Abandoned at 7200m due to eye injury suffered by Pal from small avalanche
High Point (m) 7200
Traverse False
Ski False
Paraglide False
Camps 0
Fixed Rope (m) 0
Total Members 2
Summit Members 0
Member Deaths 0
Total Hired 4
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(16/04,5350m),C1(21/04,6100m),C2(26/04,6500m),xxx(09/05,7200m)
Route Notes Strba and Pal climbing the hard way in alpine-style on the SW Face of Everest. They were planning to push up to 7800m for their first biv, but had to stop at 7200m due to knee-deep snow conditions on the route and at that point started an avalanche. During night Pal started losing vision. They decided to wait for the morning to descend, then started snowing continuously causing very dangerous situation as they could not move up or down. They asked BC for help if heli-rescue could be done. Communication between them and BC took long time as the satphone and normal phone at BC connection was poor. They were informed that heli-rescue was not possible; rather BC sent a rescue team of four Sherpas from Seven Summit Treks. Meanwhile, Strba and Pal managed to leave the site at 4 am and they met the rescue team coming up at 6700m with ropes, sleeping bags, etc.; they did a good service. Around 9 am heli manage to lift them from C2 to hospital in Kathmandu. From https://karakorumclimb.wordpress.com KATHMANDU: After more than 16 hours of struggle above 7000 metres on the Mt Everest, four Sherpas on Tuesday successfully rescued two foreign climbers who were trapped in an avalanche that struck the steep icy route on the world's highest peak. Four Sherpas – Mingma Gabu, Lakpa Thinduk, Ngima Dorchi and Ngima Wangdi – have conducted a rare rescue above the Camp II on the Mt Everest saving lives of Slovakian climbers Vladimir Strba and Zoltan Pal, according to climbers and officials. The climbers were trapped in an avalanche that hit the south-west face of Mt Everest at 7200 metres on early Tuesday morning. The Sherpas employed by Kathmandu-based Seven Summit Treks struggled throughout the day yesterday to bring the trapped climbers back to the Camp II from where they were airlifted to Kathmandu for treatment this morning. Both climbers who were trapped in the icy slope had struggled for their lives hanging on a safety screw and carabiners for several hours. "We had fixed the ropes (nearly 700 metres long) along the risky slope before bringing the climbers back to the safer place," the rescuers who put their lives at risk to save the climbers reacted.
Accidents Pal got visual problem at C3
Achievement -
Agency Utmost Adventure
Commercial Route False
Standard Route False
Primary Route False
Primary Member False
Primary Reference -
Primary ID -
Checksum 2459534
Year 2016
Summit Success False
O2 Summary None
Route (lowercase) sw face (bonington rte)

Members

6 recorded members.

Name Sex Year of Birth Citizenship Status Residence Occupation
Vladimir (Vlado) Strba M 1968 Slovakia Leader Holic, Slovakia Alpine guide Details Other expeditions
Zoltan Pal M 1973 Slovakia Climber Zurich, Switzerland Alpine guide Details Other expeditions
Mingma Gyabu (Mingma David) Sherpa M 1989 Nepal H-A Worker Sakathum, Lelep-7, Taplejung - Details Other expeditions
Lhakpa Thinduk Sherpa M 1963 Nepal H-A Worker Walung, Makalu-9, Makalu-Barun - Details Other expeditions
Ngima Dorchi (Nima Dorji) Sherpa M 1975 Nepal H-A Worker Makalu-9, Makalu-Barun - Details Other expeditions
Ngima Wangdak Sherpa M 1994 Nepal H-A Worker Makalu-6, Makalu-Barun - Details Other expeditions

References

4 recorded references.

Expedition ID Journal Author Title Publisher Citation Yak 94
EVER16141 - - http://www.everest.8000.sk - - -
EVER16141 - - http://blogs.dw.com/adventuresports/2016/05/10/rescue-on-mount-everest/ - - -
EVER16141 - - http://altitudepakistan.blogspot.com/2016/05/slovak-everest-sw-face-attemptrescue.html - - -
EVER16141 - - https://karakorumclimb.wordpress.com/2016/05/11/slovakian-climbers-rescued-from-everest-avalanche/ - - -