Everest | 2018 S Col-SE Ridge

A China expedition to Everest in 2018 via S Col-SE Ridge, led by Zhang Wei. Summit reached on 20th May 2018. 22 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field Value
ID 9815
Imported 2026-03-06 18:04:49.359634
Expedition ID EVER18118
Peak ID EVER
Year 2018
Season 1
Host Country 1
Route 1 S Col-SE Ridge
Route 2 -
Route 3 -
Route 4 -
Nationality China
Leaders Zhang Wei
Sponsor Chinese 14 Peaks 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 -
Approach Lukla->Namche->Pangboche->Everest BC
Basecamp Date 2018-04-20
Summit Date 2018-05-20
Summit Time 0350
Summit Days 30
Total Days 33
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 12
Summit Members 7
Member Deaths 0
Total Hired 10
Summit Hired 10
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-181-08)
Campsites BC(20/04,5350m),C1(27/04,5900m),C2(28/04,6400m),C3(18/05,7000m),C4(19/05,7900m),Smt(20-21/05)
Route Notes BC 20/04 5350m C1 27/04 5900m C2 28/04 6400m C3 18/05 7000m C4 19/05 7900m Smt 20/05 by Zi Xinsheng at 7 pm, Xiao Jun at 3:50 am, Li Hai-Ying at 4 am, Xu Hong-Bin at 4:50 am, Sun Yi-Quan at 3:50 am, Lyu Jun at 7 am and Sherpas Smt 21/05 By Qu Jiao-Jiao, Li Jiang-Hong, Mingma David Sherpa and one more Sherpa [Tenzen] at 5:50 am. Lhotse smt 22/05 by Li Jiang-Hong, Mingma David, Tata Lakpa at 8:40 am. Everest summit team started from C4 at 8 pm on 19/05. Not so busy on the route. They spent about 15 minutes on the summit. Some descended to C3, some to C2. Sun Yi-Quan descended to C2 and took a helicopter from C2 to BC. Li Jiang-Hong summited Everest at 5:30 am and stayed at the summit for two hours. He descended to C4, where he arrived at 10 am. On 22/05 he left C4 at 2 am, got to C4 Lhotse at 2:20 am and started to climb Lhotse with Mingma David, Tata Lakpa and one more Sherpa. They reached the summit at 8:40 am. They spent about on hour on the summit and descended to C4 Lhotse, where they arrived at noon, rested for one hour. Descended to C2, where they arrived at 2:30 pm. They stayed there until 6:40 pm and descended to BC, where they arrived at 12:45 am 23/05. Lhotse smt: 20/05 by Chang Jian at 7:52 am (no Sherpa, no O2). Chang left Lhotse C4 at 11 am 19/05. Straightforward climb. He spent about 20 minutes on the summit and descended to C3, where he arrived at 4 pm. On 21/05 down to BC. Lhotse smt: 20/05 by Qu Jiao-Jiao and one Sherpa [Tenzen] at 8:20 am. Qu Jiao-Jiao summited Lhotse before Everest. She was using oxygen and Sherpa support. She left Lhotse C4 at 11 am on 19/05 and climbed with Chang Jian. He was faster even though he did not use oxygen. She descended to Lhotse C4, where she rested till 7:30 pm. She arrived at Everest C4 at 9 pm, rested a bit and continued to Everest. She summited Everest on 21/05 at 5:50 am together with Li Jiang-Hong. She descended to C2. She took a helicopter from C2 on 21/05 and stayed the night at BC. Team left BC on 23/05 by heli. Heli from C2 on 20/05 Sun Yi-Quan. Heli from C2 on 21/05 Qu Jiao-Jiao. Oxygen: Taken and used from C3 to top to C3 by all members apart from Li Jiang-Hong Li Jiang-Hong from C2 to top Everest, Lhotse back to C2 Sherpas from C4 to top to C4 Chang Jian did NOT use O2.
Accidents -
Achievement -
Agency Seven Summit Treks
Commercial Route True
Standard Route True
Primary Route False
Primary Member False
Primary Reference False
Primary ID -
Checksum 2461627
Year 2018
Summit Success True
O2 Summary Used
Route (lowercase) s col-se ridge

Members

22 recorded members.

Name Sex Year of Birth Citizenship Status Residence Occupation
Wei Zhang M 1975 China Leader Beijing, China Alpine guide Details Other expeditions
Zhe Chen F 1972 China BC Manager - - Details Other expeditions
Hai-Ying Li F 1967 China Climber Kunming, Yunnan, China Hotel Manager Details Other expeditions
Jiang-Hong Li M 1965 China Climber Urumchi, Xinjiang, China Businessman (runs a mountain resort) Details Other expeditions
Jun Liu M 1970 China Climber/Cameraman Urumchi, Xinjiang, China Cameraman Details Other expeditions
Jiao-Jiao Qu F 1989 China Climber Shanxi, China Engineer Details Other expeditions
Yi-Quan Sun M 1986 China Climber Shenyang, Liaoning, China Artist Details Other expeditions
Jun Xiao M 1971 China Climber Sichuan, China Engineer Details Other expeditions
Hong-Bing Xu M 1973 China Climber Guangzhou, Guangdong, China Company manager Details Other expeditions
Xu-Zhong Zhou M 1956 China Climber Beijing, China Law professor Details Other expeditions
Cheng Zhu M 1979 China Climber/Cameraman - Photographer Details Other expeditions
Xin-Sheng Zi M 1975 China Climber Shandong, China Engineer Details Other expeditions
Danuru Sherpa M 1978 Nepal H-A Worker Dobhane-9, Bhojpur - Details Other expeditions
Dorchi (Halung Dorje) Sherpa M 1989 Nepal H-A Worker Makalu-5, Makalu-Barun - Details Other expeditions
Kaji Sherpa M 1993 Nepal H-A Worker Makalu-5, Makalu-Barun - Details Other expeditions
Lhakpa Chhiring Sherpa M 1997 Nepal H-A Worker - - Details Other expeditions
Mingma Gyabu (Mingma David) Sherpa M 1989 Nepal H-A Worker Sakathum, Lelep-7, Taplejung Managing director of Himalayan Ski & Treks Details Other expeditions
Ngima Dorchi (Nima Dorji) Sherpa M 1975 Nepal H-A Worker Makalu-9, Makalu-Barun - Details Other expeditions
Pastenji Sherpa M 1984 Nepal H-A Worker Makalu-5, Makalu-Barun - Details Other expeditions
Phurba Dorchi Sherpa M 1985 Nepal H-A Worker Makalu-5, Makalu-Barun - Details Other expeditions
Sona Chhiri Sherpa M 1989 Nepal H-A Worker Makalu-9, Makalu-Barun - Details Other expeditions
Tenjing Sherpa M 1994 Nepal H-A Worker Lelep-7, Taplejung - Details Other expeditions

References

1 recorded references.

Expedition ID Journal Author Title Publisher Citation Yak 94
EVER18118 - - https://thehimalayantimes.com/nepal/two-foreign-climbers-taken-to-everest-with-fake-permit/ - - -