Everest | 2018 S Col-SE Ridge

A UK expedition to Everest in 2018 via S Col-SE Ridge, led by Dani Fuller. Summit reached on 23rd May 2018. 10 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field Value
ID 9823
Imported 2026-03-06 18:04:49.359634
Expedition ID EVER18126
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 Dani Fuller
Sponsor SummitClimb 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 Canada, USA
Approach Lukla->Namche->Pangboche->Everest BC
Basecamp Date 2018-04-18
Summit Date 2018-05-23
Summit Time 0520
Summit Days 35
Total Days 39
Termination Date 2018-05-27
Termination Reason 1
Termination Notes -
High Point (m) 8849
Traverse False
Ski False
Paraglide False
Camps 4
Fixed Rope (m) 0
Total Members 6
Summit Members 5
Member Deaths 0
Total Hired 8
Summit Hired 4
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-181-06)
Campsites BC(18/04,5350m),C1(27/04,5900m),C2(29/04,6440m),C3(20/05,7000m),C4(21/05,7900m),Smt(23/05)
Route Notes BC 18/04 5350m C1 27/04 5900m C2 29/04 6440m C3 20/04 7000m C4 21/05 7900m Smt 23/05 by Fuller with Pemarinji, Guinchard with Pemba Sherpa, Kushwaha with Sange Sherpa at 5:30 am, Tomordy with Tenji Sherpa at 5:45 am, Ang Dawa at 9:50 am and Quillen at 10:00 am. Summit team left C4 between 7 pm and 9 pm. Straightforward climb. They spent between 10 and 30 minutes on the summit, then descended to C4, where they arrived between 9 am and 1 pm. They all stayed at C4 apart from Fuller and Knight. Knight reached C4 on 21/05. She developed an infection in her eye. She wears contact lenses. They thought it was snowblindness and was hoping that it was getting better so she could go for the summit. When the other teammates headed for the summit Knight's eye was not better and she stayed at C4 while the others went to the summit. On his descent, Fuller picked her up from C4 and they descended to C2. Knight was almost blind and it took them six hours to get down. On 24/05 Knight was heli-vaced from C2 to Lukla, stayed one night there and then was flown to Kathmandu on 25/05. Kushwaha was intending to summit Lhotse as well, but abandoned the idea after his Everest climb. 25/05 everybody down to BC. Team left BC on 27/05. Oxygen: Taken and used from C3 to top to C3 by members and Sherpas. Lhotse Summit: Lhotse Smt 22/05 by Matthew Williams and Lhakpa Tendu Sherpa at 9 am, Thomas Taylor and Pasang Nuri Sherpa at 3 pm. Summit team left C4 at 2 am. Straightforward climb. They stayed an average of about 10 minutes on the summit. Williams descended to C2, while Taylor, Lhakpa Tendu and Pasang Nuri stayed at C4. They descended to C2 on 23/05. On 24/05, Taylor walked over a snow bridge, which collapsed. He fell in but fortunately he was on a rope, but fractured his ankle (his crampon got caught in the ice and then a piece of ice hit his ankle and twisted it). He continued to BC and was helicoptered on 25/05. He went to CIWEC where they strapped it up. Helko Weiner reached to below the Yellow Band (7550m). He had problems with his feet. They were numb due to wrong-sized boots and he turned back. The others continued. Taylor had problems with his regulators and only used one bottle to the summit. He thinks the reason he was so slow was that he was not getting enough oxygen. Sherpas: Sange Sherpa, Diding-5, Makalu-Barun, 21/05/1971 Lhakpa Tendu (Lhakpa Kormu), Patle-4, Okhaldhunga, 28/03/1977 Pema Rinji, Patle Neal Kushwaha by email, 04/06/2018: Nothing of note took place on the day for me. However, on the 20th, John Quillen, Dawa Sherpa, Sange Sherpa, and I saved a man's [Chhering Dorje Sherpa] life at the base of the Lhotse Face. He was hit in the head by a falling rock. His head split open. Sange and I radioed for a heli and then walked him down to the end of C2. Here"s the story: http://www.bigclimbs.com/near-death-on-the-lhotse-face-everest-2018/
Accidents -
Achievement -
Agency Everest Parivar
Commercial Route True
Standard Route True
Primary Route False
Primary Member False
Primary Reference False
Primary ID -
Checksum 2461630
Year 2018
Summit Success True
O2 Summary Used
Route (lowercase) s col-se ridge

Members

10 recorded members.

Name Sex Year of Birth Citizenship Status Residence Occupation
Daniel Laurence Charles Fuller M 1973 UK Leader Alton, Hampshire, England Alpine guide/builder Details Other expeditions
Ricci Gene Guichinard M 1964 UK Climber Portsmouth, Hampshire, England Builder Details Other expeditions
Ciera Joanie Knight F 1993 Canada Climber Edson, Alberta Fitness trainer Details Other expeditions
Neal Sharad Kushwaha M 1974 Canada Climber Ottawa, Ontario Consultant Details Other expeditions
John Walton Quillen M 1966 USA Climber Knoxville, Tennessee Counselor Details Other expeditions
Michael Anthony Tomordy M 1970 UK Climber Hong Kong Security assessment specialist Details Other expeditions
Ang Dawa Sherpa M 1980 Nepal H-A Worker - - Details Other expeditions
Pema Rinji Sherpa M 1993 Nepal H-A Worker Patle-6, Okhaldhunga - Details Other expeditions
Sange Sherpa M 1971 Nepal H-A Worker Diding-5, Makalu-Barun - Details Other expeditions
Tenji/Tenzing Sherpa M 1982 Nepal H-A Worker Patle-6, Okhaldhunga - Details Other expeditions

References

2 recorded references.

Expedition ID Journal Author Title Publisher Citation Yak 94
EVER18126 - - http://www.bigclimbs.com/near-death-on-the-lhotse-face-everest-2018/ - - -
EVER18126 - - https://www.summitclimb.com/news/recent/everest-nepal-news/ - - -