Everest | 2017 S Col-SE Ridge

A S Africa expedition to Everest in 2017 via S Col-SE Ridge, led by Wilmien Van der Merwe. Summit reached on 20th May 2017. 4 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field Value
ID 9495
Imported 2026-03-06 18:04:49.359634
Expedition ID EVER17151
Peak ID EVER
Year 2017
Season 1
Host Country 1
Route 1 S Col-SE Ridge
Route 2 -
Route 3 -
Route 4 -
Nationality S Africa
Leaders Wilmien Van der Merwe
Sponsor Makalu Adventure 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 Malaysia
Approach Lukla->Namche->Dingboche->Everest BC
Basecamp Date 2017-04-12
Summit Date 2017-05-20
Summit Time 0845
Summit Days 38
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 2
Summit Members 2
Member Deaths 0
Total Hired 2
Summit Hired 2
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 Summited Lobuche on 25 April
Campsites BC(12/04,5300m),C1(25/04,6100m),C2(26/04,6400m),C3(18/05,7200m),C4(19/05,7900m),Smt(20,25/05)
Route Notes Report from Raman Hachoodan: BC 12/04 5300m C1 25/04 6100m C2 26/04 6400m C3 18/05 7200m C4 19/05 7900m Smt 20/05 by Hachoodan and Gelje Sherpa at 8:45 am Smt 25/05 by Van der Merwe and Tenjen Sherpa at 4:30 am. Hachoodan and Gelje Sherpa started their summit push from C4 at 9 pm of 19 May. They reached summit at 8:45 am of 20 May; it was windy and cold so they did not stay on summit just touched and descended to C4 where they arrived between 2 pm to 3 pm. They have video clip of summit. The photograph was taken below 50 to 60m of summit. Next day on 21 May the team went down to C2. Hachoodan was heli-lifted from C2 to Lukla on 22 May. On descent Gelje's one eye was snowblind. Ahead of this team there were four climbers descending from summit they cross above South Summit. Hachoodan summited Lobuche on 25 April with Gelje. Van der Merwe and Tenjen Sherpa at 4:30 am on 25 May. Oxygen: Hochoodan used C3-summit-C3; Gelje Sherpa C4-summit-C4. Sherpas: [Pem] Gelje Sherpa, Waku-9, 03/05/73 (21/01/2030) Tenjen Sherpa Report from Wilmien Van de Merve: BC 12/04 5300m C1 19/04 5900m C2 25/04 6300m C3 05/05 7000m C4 22/05 7900m (stayed there in jet stream wind on 23-24/05) Smt 25/05 by Merwe and Phurba [Tenjen?] Sherpa. Oxygen: C3-summit-C3, Sherpa same. Record: 4th South African woman to summit Everest Merwe and Phurba [Tenjen?] left C4 on 24 May at 19.00 hrs. They reached summit at 4:30 am of 25 May. They stayed on summit approximately 40 minutes. They got back to C4 around 9 am, rested there for about 2 hours to boil water and pack up then moved down to sleep at C2. On 26 May went down to BC. Left BC on 28 May. Merwe wrote in her email “Managed to summit Mt Everest on 25 May 2017, 4:30 the morning and in time for the most spectacular sunrise in all of God's creation”. “It was truly something special and blessed to have had a clear windless day with views over Lhotse, Makalu and far into Nepal and Tibet”. “This was such a privilege for her to let me admire the view from the top”
Accidents Hachoodan frostbitten toe and hand (not serious)
Achievement First vegan from Malaysia
Agency Makalu Adventure
Commercial Route True
Standard Route True
Primary Route False
Primary Member False
Primary Reference -
Primary ID -
Checksum 2459956
Year 2017
Summit Success True
O2 Summary Used
Route (lowercase) s col-se ridge

Members

4 recorded members.

Name Sex Year of Birth Citizenship Status Residence Occupation
Raman Nair Hachoodan M 1974 Malaysia Climber Selangor, Subang Jaya, Malaysia Automobile business Details Other expeditions
Pem Gelje Sherpa M 1973 Nepal H-A Worker Waku-9, Solukhumbu - Details Other expeditions
Wilmien (Minki) Van Der Merwe F 1981 S Africa Leader Postmasburg, Northern Cape, S Africa Geologist Details Other expeditions
Tenjen Sherpa M 1978 Nepal H-A Worker Makalu-Barun - Details Other expeditions

References

2 recorded references.

Expedition ID Journal Author Title Publisher Citation Yak 94
EVER17151 - - http://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/nation/2017/05/29/on-top-of-the-world-malaysian-scales-mt-everest-on-first-try/ - - -
EVER17151 - - https://www.pressreader.com/south-africa/volksblad/20170527/281968902635979 - - -