Everest | 2018 S Col-SE Ridge

A UK expedition to Everest in 2018 via S Col-SE Ridge, led by Victor Saunders. Summit reached on 16th May 2018. 16 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field Value
ID 9809
Imported 2026-03-06 18:04:49.359634
Expedition ID EVER18112
Peak ID EVER
Year 2018
Season 1
Host Country 1
Route 1 S Col-SE Ridge
Route 2 -
Route 3 -
Route 4 -
Nationality UK
Leaders Victor Saunders
Sponsor ICE 8000 Everest 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 Brazil, France, Germany, Ireland
Approach Lukla->Namche->Pangboche->Everest BC
Basecamp Date 2018-04-17
Summit Date 2018-05-16
Summit Time 1130
Summit Days 29
Total Days 36
Termination Date 2018-05-23
Termination Reason 1
Termination Notes -
High Point (m) 8849
Traverse False
Ski False
Paraglide False
Camps 4
Fixed Rope (m) 0
Total Members 9
Summit Members 8
Member Deaths 0
Total Hired 7
Summit Hired 7
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(17/04,5350m),C1(21/04,5900m),C2(26/04,6350m),C3(14/05,7000m),C4(15/05,7900m),Smt(16-17,21/05)
Route Notes BC 17/04 5350m C1 21/04 5900m C2 26/04 6350m C3 14/05 7000m C4 15/05 7900m Smt 16/05 by Romancini, Padawa, Dawa Jabu at 11:30 am 17/05 by Wallace, Dorje Gyalgen at 6:30 am, Mueller-Zantop, Phurten Lama at 8:30 am, Rivers Bulkeley, Pasang Yila Sherpa at 8:45 am 21/05 by Windridge, Tenjin Bhote at 4:30 am, Dupety, Dorje Gyalzen (again), Hynes and Padawa (again) at 5:30 am, Thierry, Chandra Rai at 7 am. This was the first summit wave of Todd's ICE 8000 expedition. All summiters arrived at the South Col on 15/05. They arrived very late. The two women were quite tired and decided to have an extra day at the South Col. Romancini, Padawa, Wallace and Dorje Gyalgen left C4 at 11:30 pm on 15/05. Wallace felt too tired and decided to stay with the two women, so he and Dorje Gyalgen turned back to C4. Romancini and Padawa carried on. The route was extremely busy that day. They descended to C4, where they arrived at 5:30 pm. 17/05 summit team left C4 at 9:15 am on 16/05. Straightforward climb. Wallace was breaking trail for while. There were about 30 Chinese from the north side on the summit. Wallace and Dorje Gyalgen spent about one hour on the summit and descended to C4, where they arrived at 11 am. They spent another night at the South Col as Wallace had a bit of trouble with his eyes. Mueller-Zantop and Rivers Bulkeley descended to C4, where they arrived at about 1 pm. On 18/05 everyone descended to C2. Wallace, Dorje Gyalgen, Rivers Bulkeley, Pasang Yila Sherpa continued to BC, Mueller-Zantop stayed at C2 for another night. 21/05 summit team left C4 at 9 pm on 20/05. Straightforward climb. They spent about 20 minutes on the summit, then descended to C4, where they spent until midday and descended to C2, where they arrived between 6 pm and 8 pm. Everyone back at BC on 19/05. Saunders reached C2. He never intended to climb. Left BC on 23/05 by heli. Oxygen: Taken and used from C3 to top to C3. Sherpas: Pasang Dawa (Padawa), Pangboche, 18/01/77 Dawa Jabu Bhote, Hatiya-1 Dorje Gyalzen, Pangboche, 16/07/72 Phurten Lama (Dawa Phurten Bhote), Hatiya-3, 30/10/84 Pasang Yila Sherpa, Pangboche, 01/03/78 Tenjin Bhote, Hatiya-2, Chandra Shor Rai, Taksindu-9, 25/08/73
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

16 recorded members.

Name Sex Year of Birth Citizenship Status Residence Occupation
Anthony Victor (Vic) Saunders M 1950 UK Leader Les Houches, Haute-Savoie, France Alpine guide Details Other expeditions
Bruno Michel Dupety M 1956 France Climber Paris, France Entrepreneur Details Other expeditions
Kevin Gerard Hynes M 1963 Ireland Climber Pinner, Middlesex, England Plasterer Details Other expeditions
Susanne Michaela Mueller-Zantop F 1956 Germany Climber Zollikon, Zurich, Switzerland Internet entrepreneur Details Other expeditions
Lucy Rachel Rivers Bulkeley F 1977 UK Climber Longborough, Gloucester, England Investment banking Details Other expeditions
Roman Andrade Romancini M 1975 Brazil Climber Rio De Janiero, Brazil - Details Other expeditions
Paul Jacques Thierry Valin M 1981 France Climber Singapore - Details Other expeditions
Daniel Norrington Quentin Wallace M 1979 UK Climber Windsor, Berkshire, England Surveyor Details Other expeditions
Melanie Jane Windridge F 1980 UK Climber Amersham, Buckingham, England Physicist Details Other expeditions
Dawa Jabu Bhote M 1972 Nepal H-A Worker Hatiya-1, Makalu-Barun - Details Other expeditions
Dawa Phurten (Phurten Lama) Bhote M 1984 Nepal H-A Worker Hatiya-3, Makalu-Barun - Details Other expeditions
Tenjin Bhote M 1987 Nepal H-A Worker Bhotkhola, Makau-Barun - Details Other expeditions
Chandra Shor Rai M 1973 Nepal H-A Worker Taksindu-9, Solukhumbu - Details Other expeditions
Dorje Gyalzen Sherpa M 1982 Nepal H-A Worker Pangboche, Khumbu - Details Other expeditions
Pasang Dawa (Pa Dawa, Pando) Sherpa M 1977 Nepal H-A Worker Pangboche, Khumbu - Details Other expeditions
Pasang Yila Sherpa M 1978 Nepal H-A Worker Pangboche, Khumbu - Details Other expeditions

References

0 recorded references.