Everest | 2017 S Col-SE Ridge

A USA expedition to Everest in 2017 via S Col-SE Ridge, led by Ryan Waters. Summit reached on 22nd May 2017. 13 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field Value
ID 9466
Imported 2026-03-06 18:04:49.359634
Expedition ID EVER17123
Peak ID EVER
Year 2017
Season 1
Host Country 1
Route 1 S Col-SE Ridge
Route 2 -
Route 3 -
Route 4 -
Nationality USA
Leaders Ryan Waters
Sponsor Mountain Professionals Everest-Lhotse 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 Norway, Sweden
Approach Lukla->Namche->Pangboche->Everest BC
Basecamp Date 2017-04-10
Summit Date 2017-05-22
Summit Time 0930
Summit Days 42
Total Days 45
Termination Date 2017-05-25
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 4
Member Deaths 0
Total Hired 7
Summit Hired 5
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(10/04,5350m),C1(15/04,6100m),C2(18/04,6500m),C3(20/05,7300m),C4(21/05,7900m),Smt(22/05)
Route Notes BC 10/04 5350m C1 15/04 6100m C2 18/04 6500m C3 20/05 7300m C4 21/05 7900m Smt 22/05 by Waters, Gravir, Bergseth, Bombardier, Riten Jangbu, Ngima Ongchhu, Ngima Kanchha, Mingmar, Prakash Chandra Sundas at 9:30 am. Summit team, Lundstrom and Falkum Lien left C4 at 11 pm on 21 May. Falkum Lien reached about 8600m, she got tired and was late. She turned around at about 10:15 am and descended to C4. Lundstrom reached about 8200m. He was too slow and turned around at about 10:15 am and descended to C4. Rest carried on and reached the summit at 9:30 am. They spent about 20 minutes on the summit and descended to C4, where they arrived at 4 pm. On 23 May it was very windy. Team descended to C2 and on 24 May everyone at BC. On 21 May at C2 and 22 May to BC.they arrived at about 5 pm. Left BC 25 May by helicopter. Oxygen: Taken and used from C3 to top or high point to C3 by members Sherpas from C4 to top to C4. Sherpas: Riten Jangbu Sherpa, Sindupalchowk, Ghorthali-2 (33) Ngima Ongchhu Sherpa, Solukhumbu, Chaurikarkha-8 (32) Ngima Kanchha, Namche-7, Solukhumbu (37) Mingmar, Taksindu-4, Solukhumbu (27) Prakash Chandra Sundas, Chaurikharka-8, Solukhumbu (32)
Accidents -
Achievement -
Agency Himalayan Trailblazer
Commercial Route True
Standard Route True
Primary Route False
Primary Member False
Primary Reference -
Primary ID -
Checksum 2459958
Year 2017
Summit Success True
O2 Summary Used
Route (lowercase) s col-se ridge

Members

13 recorded members.

Name Sex Year of Birth Citizenship Status Residence Occupation
Ryan Powers Waters M 1973 USA Leader Boulder, Colorado Alpine guide Details Other expeditions
Merethe Falkum Lien F 1970 Norway Climber Skien, Telemark, Norway Administrative consultant Details Other expeditions
Tone Gravir F 1963 Norway Climber Kviteseid, Norway Postal service logistics manager Details Other expeditions
Lief Harald Laffe Bergseth M 1962 Norway Climber Puisgrunn, Norway Manager in postal service Details Other expeditions
Erik Fredrik Lundstrom M 1971 Sweden Climber Lulea, Sweden Computer salesman Details Other expeditions
Christopher Gerald Bombardier M 1985 USA Climber Denver, Colorado Program facilitator Details Other expeditions
Riten Jangbu (Tashi) Sherpa M 1983 Nepal H-A Worker Ghorthali-2, Sindhupalchok - Details Other expeditions
Ngima Ongchhu Sherpa M 1985 Nepal H-A Worker Chaurikharka-8, Khumbu - Details Other expeditions
Nima Kanchha Sherpa M 1979 Nepal H-A Worker Thami Og, Khumbu - Details Other expeditions
Mingmar Sherpa M 1989 Nepal H-A Worker Taksindu-4, Solukhumbu - Details Other expeditions
Prakash Chandra Sundash M 1985 Nepal H-A Worker Chaurikharka-8, Solukhumbu - Details Other expeditions
Dawa Finjo Sherpa M 1988 Nepal H-A Worker Gudel-5, Solukhumbu - Details Other expeditions
Pasang Temba Sherpa M 1986 Nepal H-A Worker Lukla, Khumbu - Details Other expeditions

References

1 recorded references.

Expedition ID Journal Author Title Publisher Citation Yak 94
EVER17123 - - http://www.mtnprofessionals.com/home/news.php?id=1396 - - -