Everest | 2017 S Col-SE Ridge

A India expedition to Everest in 2017 via S Col-SE Ridge, led by Satendra Sangwan. Summit reached on 15th May 2017. 21 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field Value
ID 9444
Imported 2026-03-06 18:04:49.359634
Expedition ID EVER17102
Peak ID EVER
Year 2017
Season 1
Host Country 1
Route 1 S Col-SE Ridge
Route 2 -
Route 3 -
Route 4 -
Nationality India
Leaders Satendra Sangwan
Sponsor Asian Trekking ONGC Eco-Everest Expedition 2017
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 -
Approach Lukla->Namche->Lobuche->Everest BC
Basecamp Date 2017-04-13
Summit Date 2017-05-15
Summit Time 1325
Summit Days 32
Total Days 48
Termination Date 2017-05-31
Termination Reason 1
Termination Notes -
High Point (m) 8849
Traverse False
Ski False
Paraglide False
Camps 4
Fixed Rope (m) 0
Total Members 12
Summit Members 7
Member Deaths 0
Total Hired 15
Summit Hired 9
Hired Deaths 0
No Hired False
O2 Used True
O2 None False
O2 Climb True
O2 Descent False
O2 Sleep True
O2 Medical False
O2 Taken False
O2 Unknown False
Other Summits -
Campsites See route notes
Route Notes The ONGC (Oil and Natural Gas Corporation) expedition consisted of 2 teams: 12 members in total, 9 climbers and 3 support staff. Support staff consisted of 1 medical doctor (reached C2), Ritu Sharma (reached C2) and expedition leader Satendra Sagwan (only BC). Final summit attempt was made by 7 members, all summited [as corrected by Asian Trekking]: Team 1: Nirmal Kumar, Monti Rajkhowa, Prabhat Gaurav, Santosh Kumar BC 13/04 5350m C1 26/04 6100m C2 27/04 6500m C3 26/05 7200m C4 27/05 7950m Smt 28/05 by Nirmal Kumar, Prabhat Gaurav, Santosh Kumar, Pasang Rita Sherpa, Tshering Thundu Sherpa, Pemba Tshering Sherpa, Pasang Sherpa at 8 am. Team 2: N Jagoi, Yogendar Garbiyal, Loveraj Singh, Rahul Jarngal, Surendra Tomar C1 01/05 6100m C2 02/05 6500m C3 25/05 7200m C4 26/05 7950m Smt 27/05 by Yogendar Garbiyal, Loveraj Singh at 6:15 am; by N Jagoi, Rahul Jarngal, Shera Gyalzen Sherpa, Sonam Tshering Sherpa, Tenzing Dorje Sherpa, Pasang Temba Sherpa, Temba Sherpa at 7:45 am. Team 1 started for the summit from C4 at 11 pm on 27 May. They stayed on the top for 40 minutes. Weather was very good on that day, clear, bright and sunny on the summit. When they started there were strong winds, but later on winds subsided. They were the last team on Everest, making use of the very last weather window. Team got back to C4 around noon and to C2 after 1 hour rest. They reached C2 at 5:30 pm. Next day to BC (29 May). Team 2 on summit push left C4 at 11:30 pm on 26 May. It was cloudy, windy, visibility was very poor. Wind turned to a storm on the summit (40km/h). Team stayed on the top for at least 30 minutes. They got back to C4 at 12:17 pm. After 1 hour rest, team continued descent to C2, which they reached at 7:30 pm. Next day to BC (28 May). Monti Rajkhowa from Team 1 was not able to make a summit attempt, she had a bad cough and sore throat and abandoned climb at C2. She got as high as C4 on first summit attempt, but had to go down again because of bad weather. Surendra Tomar from Team 2 abandoned climb at C2 because of abdominal pain. He reached C3 on the first rotation. Tomar was evacuated from C2 to BC by helicopter on 25 May. The expedition collected 500 kg of garbage from South Col, bringing it down to C2. Helicopter took the garbage from C2 to BC. 1000 kg of garbage was collected at BC. Oxygen: Taken and used by members from start of Lhotse Face (6600m) to summit and down to C2; by Sherpas from C3/C4 to summit and down to C4.
Accidents -
Achievement -
Agency Asian Trekking
Commercial Route True
Standard Route True
Primary Route False
Primary Member False
Primary Reference -
Primary ID -
Checksum 2459951
Year 2017
Summit Success True
O2 Summary Used
Route (lowercase) s col-se ridge

Members

21 recorded members.

Name Sex Year of Birth Citizenship Status Residence Occupation
Satendra K. Sangwan M 1971 India Leader New Delhi, India HR manager at ONGC Ltd. Details Other expeditions
Rahul Jarngal M 1990 India Climber Gurabeldaran, Hira Nagar, J&K, India Instrumentation engineer at ONGC Details Other expeditions
Loveraj Singh Dharmshaktu M 1973 India Deputy Leader New Delhi, India BSF inspector Details Other expeditions
Ritu Sharma F 1980 India Support Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India Service Details Other expeditions
Monti Rajkhowa F 1989 India Climber Hatigaon, Guwahati, India Executive engineer at ONGC Details Other expeditions
Surendra Singh Tomar M 1978 India Climber Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India Government official at ONGC Details Other expeditions
Yogendar Garbiyal M 1980 India Climber Pithoragarh, Uttarakhand, India Engineer Details Other expeditions
Nirmal Kumar M 1988 India Climber Doda, J&K, India Engineer at ONGC Details Other expeditions
Ngayaising Jagoi M 1990 India Climber Ukhrul, Manipur, India Engineer at ONGC Details Other expeditions
Santosh Kumar Singh M 1981 India Climber Kathgodam, Nainital, Uttarakhand, India Government service Details Other expeditions
Prabhat Gaurav Sonu M 1986 India Climber Kankarbagh, Patna, India Government service Details Other expeditions
Nitin Chawla M - India Exp Doctor - Physician Details Other expeditions
Pasang Rita (Pa Rita) Sherpa M 1974 Nepal H-A Worker Yilajung, Khumbu - Details Other expeditions
Tshering Thundu Sherpa M 1974 Nepal H-A Worker Khumjung, Khumbu - Details Other expeditions
Pasang Temba Sherpa M 1970 Nepal H-A Worker Thami, Khumbu - Details Other expeditions
Temba Sherpa M 1972 Nepal H-A Worker Shree Chaur-8, Okhaldhunga - Details Other expeditions
Shera Gyalzen Sherpa M 1987 Nepal H-A Worker Khumjung, Khumbu - Details Other expeditions
Sonam Tshering (Paldorje) Sherpa M 1979 Nepal H-A Worker Khumjung, Khumbu - Details Other expeditions
Pasang Sherpa M 1978 Nepal H-A Worker Thamo, Khumbu - Details Other expeditions
Tenzing Dorje Sherpa M 1970 Nepal H-A Worker Phortse, Khumbu - Details Other expeditions
Pemba Tshering Sherpa M 1979 Nepal H-A Worker Khumjung, Khumbu - Details Other expeditions

References

3 recorded references.