Everest | 2018 S Col-SE Ridge

A New Zealand expedition to Everest in 2018 via S Col-SE Ridge, led by Guy Cotter. Summit reached on 16th May 2018. 5 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field Value
ID 9804
Imported 2026-03-06 18:04:49.359634
Expedition ID EVER18107
Peak ID EVER
Year 2018
Season 1
Host Country 1
Route 1 S Col-SE Ridge
Route 2 -
Route 3 -
Route 4 -
Nationality New Zealand
Leaders Guy Cotter
Sponsor Adventure Consultants Everest-Lhotse Expedition 2018
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 Singapore
Approach Lukla->Namche->Pangboche->Everest BC
Basecamp Date 2018-03-30
Summit Date 2018-05-16
Summit Time 0800
Summit Days 47
Total Days 57
Termination Date 2018-05-26
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 4
Summit Hired 3
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 Lhotse (LHOT-181-02)
Campsites BC(30/03,5350m),C1(20/04,5900m),C2(22/04,6440m),C3(14/05,7000m),C4(15/05,7900m),Smt(16/05)
Route Notes BC 30/03 5350m C1 20/04 5900m C2 22/04 6440m C3 14/05 7000m C4 15/05 7900m Smt 16/05 by Cotter and Leow Kah Shin, Nima Tshering, Pasang Bhote, Prakash (Pemba) Sherpa at 8 am. Summit team left C4 at 9:30 pm on 15/05. Big queues of Indian and Chinese. Straightforward climb. They spent about 45 minutes on the summit and descended to C4, where they arrived at 1:15 pm. At 2 am on 17/05 Cotter, Leow Kah Sin and Pasang Bhote and Dawa Bhote left C4 at 2 am, traversed to Lhotse C4 and up to Lhotse. Lhotse Smt: 17/05 by Cotter, Leow Kah Shin, Pasang Bhote, Dawa Bhote at 8 am. They descended to C2, where they arrived at 4:15 pm. Nuptse Attempt: C3 01/05 6830m HPt 02/05 7650m by Cotter, Leow Kah Shin, Nima Tsering, Prakash and Pasang Bhote. Fixed rope: 2200m in total Rope was fixed by 4 AC Sherpas (Lhotse Nima, Prakash, Dawa and Pasang Bhote). 600m between C2 and C3 and two linked-up ladders. Around 1600m of rope on the face. Team left C3 at 1 am. At around 7300m at sunrise 5 am wind picked up. They grouped up with Jon Gupta's and Tim Mosedale's teams at 7400m, discussed and carried on. They reached their high point at about 9:30 am and the fixing team said it would be too avalanche prone higher up. They descended to C3, packed up and reached C2 at 6:15 pm. Oxygen: C3 to high point to C3 by members and Sherpas Sherpas: Nima Tshering, Phortse, 22/04/1972 Pasang Bhote, Chepuwa-1, Makalu-Barun, 30/11/1973 Dawa Bhote, Hatiya-3, Makalu-Barun, 14/02/1991 Pemba Prakash Pawai-1 11/04/1992
Accidents -
Achievement -
Agency Himalayan Guides
Commercial Route True
Standard Route True
Primary Route False
Primary Member False
Primary Reference False
Primary ID -
Checksum 2461623
Year 2018
Summit Success True
O2 Summary Used
Route (lowercase) s col-se ridge

Members

5 recorded members.

Name Sex Year of Birth Citizenship Status Residence Occupation
Edmund Guy Cotter M 1962 New Zealand Leader Lake Hawea, New Zealand Alpine guide & outdoor adventure company executive Details Other expeditions
Kah Shin Leow M 1979 Singapore Climber Singapore Fund manager Details Other expeditions
Pasang Bhote M 1973 Nepal H-A Worker Chepuwa-1, Makalu-Barun - Details Other expeditions
Nima Tshering (Ngima Chhiri) Sherpa M 1972 Nepal H-A Worker Phortse, Khumbu - Details Other expeditions
Pemba (Prakash) Sherpa M 1992 Nepal H-A Worker Pawai-1, Solukhumbu - Details Other expeditions

References

0 recorded references.