Everest | 2018 S Col-SE Ridge

A USA expedition to Everest in 2018 via S Col-SE Ridge, led by Greg Vernovage. Summit reached on 21st May 2018. 48 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field Value
ID 9822
Imported 2026-03-06 18:04:49.359634
Expedition ID EVER18125
Peak ID EVER
Year 2018
Season 1
Host Country 1
Route 1 S Col-SE Ridge
Route 2 -
Route 3 -
Route 4 -
Nationality USA
Leaders Greg Vernovage
Sponsor International Mountain Guides (IMG) 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 Australia, Austria, Brazil, Canada, France, India, Norway, S Africa, Spain, Sri Lanka, UK
Approach Lukla->Namche->Pangboche->Everest BC
Basecamp Date 2018-04-05
Summit Date 2018-05-21
Summit Time 0500
Summit Days 46
Total Days 50
Termination Date 2018-05-25
Termination Reason 1
Termination Notes -
High Point (m) 8849
Traverse False
Ski False
Paraglide False
Camps 4
Fixed Rope (m) 0
Total Members 27
Summit Members 15
Member Deaths 0
Total Hired 46
Summit Hired 21
Hired Deaths 0
No Hired False
O2 Used True
O2 None False
O2 Climb True
O2 Descent False
O2 Sleep True
O2 Medical True
O2 Taken False
O2 Unknown False
Other Summits Climbed Lobuche East for acclimatization; summited Lhotse (LHOT-181-01)
Campsites BC(05/04,5350m),C1(12/04,5900m),C2(14/04,6440m),C3(24/04,7000m),C4(20/05,7900m),Smt(21-22/05)
Route Notes BC 05/04 5350m C1 12/04 5900m C2 14/04 6440m C3 24/04 7000m C4 20/05 7900m Smt 21/05 by Barnett, Chan, Crowley, De Freitas, Godcharles, Harrison, Kayl, Olivier Villuendas, Severinghaus, Stangl [and 13 Sherpas] between 5:29 am and 7 am Smt 22/05 by Beek and Cantin at 4:55 am, John, Peries, Rzucidlo and 8 Sherpas between 5:55 am and 6:30 am. Lhotse Smt 22/05 by Godcharles, Phunuru, Chhewang Lendu, Nima Nuru at 4:50 am. 21/05 summit team and Elleman left C4 at 9:45 pm on 20/05. Elleman turned back at the Balcony (8400m) due to cold feet. Summiters spent about 5 minutes (Cantin about one hour). Everyone apart from Godcharles and Severinghaus descended to C2. Godcharles, Chhewang Lendu, Nimu Nuru, Phunuru left Everest C4 at 11:15 pm on 21/05, descended to Lhotse C4 and continued to the summit and reached the summit by 5 am. They descended to C2, where they arrived at 10 am. 22/05 summit team left C4 at 9 pm on 21/05. They spent 5 minutes on the summit and all descended to C2, where they arrived between 10 am and 7 pm (Rzucidlo, Phinjo and John). Becker reached BC on 06/04 and decided to go home to his family. Chestnut reached C3 on 24/04. He contracted frostbite on the tip of his pinkie fingers and was helicoptered out of BC. Duester reached BC on 06/04. He had a chest infection and took a helicopter to Kathmandu. Johnston reached C2 on 14/04. During the next rotation she fell off the ladder and banged her head on the ice. She had a concussion, was put on oxygen to descend to BC and was then heli-vaced from C2. Kierspe reached BC on 06/04 and left the expedition to go home. Lawrence reached C2 on 14/04. He suffered from dehydration and sickness, and was helicoptered from BC back to Kathmandu. Prabhudesai reached C3 on 24/04. On the summit rotation he turned back from C2 on 19/05, due to lack of motivation. Riedacker reached BC. He left BC because he wanted to go home. Rohme reached BC and went home. Walters reached BC. She tried to go into the Icefall for four times, but had breathing problems and felt suffocating. She left the expedition early. Remainder of team left BC on 25/05 by heli. Oxygen: Taken and used from C3 to top to C3 by members From C4 to top to C4 by Sherpas.
Accidents -
Achievement -
Agency Beyul Adventure
Commercial Route True
Standard Route True
Primary Route False
Primary Member False
Primary Reference False
Primary ID -
Checksum 2461628
Year 2018
Summit Success True
O2 Summary Used
Route (lowercase) s col-se ridge

Members

48 recorded members.

Name Sex Year of Birth Citizenship Status Residence Occupation
Gregory (Greg) Vernovage M 1972 USA Leader Bainbridge Island, Washington Alpine guide Details Other expeditions
Simon John Barnett M 1974 UK Climber Crowborough, E Sussex, England Data analyst Details Other expeditions
James Anthony Becker, Jr. M 1969 USA Climber Mill Spring, North Carolina Construction/development Details Other expeditions
Richard John Beek M 1972 S Africa Climber Nassau, Bahamas Banking Details Other expeditions
Mario Cantin M 1961 Canada Climber Terrebonne, Quebec VP of National Bank Details Other expeditions
Benjamin Joseph Gabriel Chan M 1999 UK Climber Kowloon, Hong Kong Student Details Other expeditions
Arthur Holbrook (Brooke) Chesnut M 1958 USA Climber Longmont, Colorado Consultant Details Other expeditions
Ariel Matthew Crowley M 1968 USA Climber Draper, Utah Finance Details Other expeditions
Andre Marcello Borges De Freitas M 1969 Brazil Climber Santa Catarina, Brazil Administrator Details Other expeditions
Carl Dean Duester M 1957 USA Climber University Place, Washington Retired builder Details Other expeditions
Scott Timothy Elleman M 1961 Australia Climber Sydney, NSW, Australia Engineer Details Other expeditions
Francois Godcharles M 1964 USA Climber Seattle, Washington Engineer Details Other expeditions
Harrison Scott Hamlin M 1989 USA Climbing Guide Enumclaw, Washington Alpine guide Details Other expeditions
Craig Alan John M 1957 USA Climbing Guide Freeport, Maine Alpine guide Details Other expeditions
Emily Evelyn Johnston F 1963 USA Climbing Guide Jackson, Wyoming Alpine guide Details Other expeditions
Kevin Joseph Kayl M 1993 USA Climbing Guide Salem, Oregon Alpine guide Details Other expeditions
George Howard Kierspe M 1956 USA Climber Palm Beach Gardens, Florida Retired engineer Details Other expeditions
Thomas Humphrey Lawrence M 1966 USA Climber Memphis, Tennessee CEO of health services company Details Other expeditions
Javier Oliver Villuendas M 1965 Spain Climber Manises, Valencia, Spain Attorney Details Other expeditions
Johann Lucian Shivantha Peries M 1967 Sri Lanka Climber Colombo, Sri Lanka Hairdresser Details Other expeditions
Rahul Dilip Prabhudesai M 1993 India Climber Comba, Margao, Goa, India Businessman Details Other expeditions
Alain Charles Arthur Riedacker M 1967 France Climber Tokyo, Japan Head in internal audit Details Other expeditions
Jan-Atle Rohme M 1960 Norway Climber Bobo, Norway Flight engineer Details Other expeditions
Gina Marie Rzucidlo F 1978 USA Climber New York, New York Self-employed Details Other expeditions
Erik Zeller Severinghaus M 1982 USA Climber Chicago, Illinois Chief strategy officer Details Other expeditions
Alexander Stangl M 1969 Austria Climber Munich, Bavaria, Germany Real estate management Details Other expeditions
Tracy Ann Walters F 1972 USA Climber Weston, Massachusetts Consultant for healthcare industry Details Other expeditions
Thunang Lhomi Bhote M 1986 Nepal H-A Worker Hungung, Hatiya-1, Makalu-Barun - Details Other expeditions
Ang Karma Sherpa M 1974 Nepal H-A Worker Phortse, Khumbu - Details Other expeditions
Chhewang Lendu (Tsewang Lendu) Sherpa M 1980 Nepal H-A Worker Phortse, Khumbu - Details Other expeditions
Fura Gyalzen Sherpa M 1996 Nepal H-A Worker Phortse, Khumbu - Details Other expeditions
Jambale Sherpa M 1996 Nepal H-A Worker Patle-9, Okhaldhunga - Details Other expeditions
Karma Rita Sherpa M 1976 Nepal H-A Worker Phortse, Khumbu - Details Other expeditions
Mingma Sherpa M 1977 Nepal H-A Worker Phortse, Khumbu - Details Other expeditions
Mingma Dorje Sherpa M 1965 Nepal H-A Worker Phortse, Khumbu - Details Other expeditions
Mingma Sona Sherpa M 1991 Nepal H-A Worker Phortse, Khumbu - Details Other expeditions
Ngima Tenji Sherpa M 1984 Nepal H-A Worker Chechewa, Waku-9, Solukhumbu - Details Other expeditions
Palden Sherpa M 1977 Nepal H-A Worker Salleri-7, Solukhumbu - Details Other expeditions
Pasang Kami (PK) Sherpa M 1979 Nepal H-A Worker Phortse, Khumbu - Details Other expeditions
Pasang Nima Sherpa M 1992 Nepal H-A Worker Phortse, Khumbu - Details Other expeditions
Pemba Gyalzen Sherpa M 1974 Nepal H-A Worker Phortse, Khumbu - Details Other expeditions
Phinjo Dorje (Finjo Dorje) Sherpa M 1986 Nepal H-A Worker Pangboche, Khumbu - Details Other expeditions
Phinzo/Phinjo Sherpa M 1971 Nepal H-A Worker Phortse, Khumbu - Details Other expeditions
Sonam Dorje Sherpa M 1988 Nepal H-A Worker Phortse, Khumbu - Details Other expeditions
Sonam Tashi Sherpa M 1990 Nepal H-A Worker Phortse, Khumbu - Details Other expeditions
Temba Sherpa M 1984 Nepal H-A Worker Bala-3, Makalu-Barun - Details Other expeditions
Tshering Samduk Sherpa M 1997 Nepal H-A Worker Namche, Khumbu - Details Other expeditions
Namgel Dorje Tamang M 1997 Nepal H-A Worker Pangboche, Khumbu - Details Other expeditions

References

1 recorded references.

Expedition ID Journal Author Title Publisher Citation Yak 94
EVER18125 - - http://www.mountainguides.com/everest-south18.shtml - - -