Everest | 2017 S Col-SE Ridge

A New Zealand expedition to Everest in 2017 via S Col-SE Ridge, led by Nicholas White. Summit reached on 25th May 2017. 7 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field Value
ID 9465
Imported 2026-03-06 18:04:49.359634
Expedition ID EVER17122
Peak ID EVER
Year 2017
Season 1
Host Country 1
Route 1 S Col-SE Ridge
Route 2 -
Route 3 -
Route 4 -
Nationality New Zealand
Leaders Nicholas White
Sponsor Expedition Himalaya 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 China, Czech Republic, Japan, USA
Approach Lukla->Namche->Pangboche->Everest BC
Basecamp Date 2017-04-12
Summit Date 2017-05-25
Summit Time 0530
Summit Days 43
Total Days 46
Termination Date 2017-05-28
Termination Reason 1
Termination Notes -
High Point (m) 8849
Traverse False
Ski False
Paraglide False
Camps 4
Fixed Rope (m) 0
Total Members 6
Summit Members 1
Member Deaths 0
Total Hired 8
Summit Hired 1
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 BC(12/04,5400m),C1(25/04,6100m),C2(27/04,6400m),C3(22/05,7100m),C4(23/05,7950m),Smt(25/05)
Route Notes BC 12/04 5400m C1 25/04 6100m C2 27/04 6400m C3 22/05 7100m C4 23/05 7950m Smt 25/05 by White and Sange Sherpa at 5:30 am. High point at C4 (7950m) reached by Palacky, Fojtik, Wada, Pena on 23 May. Team got to C4, forecast was good but weather turned out bad and team was stuck at C4 for a longer time than planned. Bad weather, high winds. There was not enough oxygen left for everyone on the team for a summit push. Palacky, Fojtik, Wada and Pena decided to abandon climb on 24 May; only White stayed at C4 and reached the summit with Sange Sherpa. On summit push White and Sange started from C4 at 9:30 pm. They reached South Summit at 5 am and main summit 5:30 am. They stayed on the summit for 10 minutes. Conditions were fine, little wind, clear. They got back to C4 at 11 am. They stayed for the night. Next day they got down to C2. On 27 May back at BC. Left BC on 28 May trekking to Lukla. Pena started descent at 1 pm on 24 May going down to C2. Fojtik and Palacky left BC by helicopter on 25 May. Wada was flown out by helicopter from C2 on 28 May. Chinese climber Wei An-Jie was on the same permit, but the team never got to see him during the expedition. Wei was evacuated from C2 weeks before according to Pena. Oxygen: Used by Pena and Palacky from start of Lhotse face to C4 and down to C2, By White and Sange from C3 to the summit and down to C2 By Fojtik and Wada from C3 to C4 and down to C2 By other Sherpas from C3 to C4 and down to C2. Sherpa: Sange Sherpa, Sotang, 20/9/1973
Accidents -
Achievement -
Agency Expedition Himalaya
Commercial Route True
Standard Route True
Primary Route False
Primary Member False
Primary Reference -
Primary ID -
Checksum 2459961
Year 2017
Summit Success True
O2 Summary Used
Route (lowercase) s col-se ridge

Members

7 recorded members.

Name Sex Year of Birth Citizenship Status Residence Occupation
Miroslav (Milos) Palacky M 1954 Czech Republic Climber Novy Jicin, Czech Republic Trucking company owner and manager Details Other expeditions
Nicholas John White M 1962 New Zealand Leader Riverton, New Zealand Fisherman Details Other expeditions
David Fojtik M 1973 Czech Republic Climber Prague, Czech Republic Manager of consulting business in skills training & development Details Other expeditions
Ricardo Pena M 1969 USA Climber Broomfield, Colorado Alpine guide & professional musician Details Other expeditions
An-Jie Wei M 1986 China Climber Shandong, China - Details Other expeditions
Hiromi Wada M 1947 Japan Climber Kobe, Hyogo, Japan Retired mechanical engineer Details Other expeditions
Sange Sherpa M 1973 Nepal H-A Worker Sotang-6, Solukhumbu - Details Other expeditions

References

0 recorded references.