Everest | 2018 S Col-SE Ridge

A Australia expedition to Everest in 2018 via S Col-SE Ridge, led by Samantha McMahon. Summit reached on 16th May 2018. 20 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field Value
ID 9826
Imported 2026-03-06 18:04:49.359634
Expedition ID EVER18129
Peak ID EVER
Year 2018
Season 1
Host Country 1
Route 1 S Col-SE Ridge
Route 2 -
Route 3 -
Route 4 -
Nationality Australia
Leaders Samantha McMahon
Sponsor Pioneer Adventure International 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 China, India, Malaysia, Mongolia, Nepal, Poland, Switzerland
Approach Lukla->Namche->Pangboche->Everest BC
Basecamp Date 2018-04-13
Summit Date 2018-05-16
Summit Time 0710
Summit Days 33
Total Days 40
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 11
Summit Members 10
Member Deaths 0
Total Hired 9
Summit Hired 9
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(13/04,5350m),C1(5900m),C2(6440m),C3(7000m),C4(7900m),Smt(16-19/05)
Route Notes The Pioneer Adventure Everest expedition was a combination of several independent teams (1-2 climbers each). Pioneer Adventure provided transportation, base camp facilities and various levels of high altitude support (oxygen, high-altitude porters, tents, etc) as required and contracted for by each team. The individual accounts for each team are given below: Szczepan Brzeski (Poland) Camps: BC(18/04,5350m),C1(11/05,6100m),C2(13/05,6400m),C3(15/05,7200m), C4(16/05,7900m),Smt(20/05) Left: 21/05/2018 by heli Hired: 1 Term: Success (9 am) Brzeski and Dorje left C4 at 8 pm on 16 May and reached summit at 9 am on 17 May. They stayed on summit for 50 minutes, then descended to C4 at 4 pm, continued to C3 where they arrived at 3 am of 18 May. Then to BC. The summit day weather was very good. Oxygen: Brzeski from C3-summit-C3, Sherpa from C4-summit-C4 Bhagwan Chawale (India) Prajit Rasiklal Pardeshi (India) Camps: BC(17/04,5350m),C1(5900m),C2(6400m),C3(15/05,7000m),C4(16/05,7900m), Smt(17/05) Left: 20/05/2018 by heli Hired: 2 Term: Success (6:40 am) Summit team of Chawale, Pardeshi, Dorchi [and Pasang Dawa] left C4 at 7:30 pm. Straightforward climb. They summited at 6:40 am, stayed 30 minutes on the summit and descended to C4 where they arrived at 1:30 pm. They stayed the night at C4. On 18/05 they descended to C2, arrived there at 12:30 pm, had lunch and continued to BC, where they arrived at 7:30 pm. Oxygen: Taken and used from C3 to top to C3. Samantha McMahon (Australia) Camps: BC(20/04,5350m),C1(5900m),C2(27/04,6400m),C3(13/05,7200m), Lhotse.C4(14/05,7700m),C4(15/05,7900m),Smt(16/05) Left: 18/05/2018 by heli Hired: 1 Term: Success (10 am) McMahon and Gesman left C4 at 8:30 pm on 15/05. It was very slow moving due to too many people on the route. McMahon felt her feet getting cold, but she did not worry about it too much. They spent about 15 minutes on the summit and descended to C4, where they arrived at about 4 pm. When she took her boots off in the tent she found out that she had frostbite on her left foot. She took Ibuprofen and kept the foot warm. On 17/05 they descended to C2. She was still on O2 and slept on O2. On 18/05 she was picked up by helicopter and flown back to Kathmandu. Oxygen: Taken and used from C3 to top to C2 by McMahon From C4 to summit to C4 by Gesman Tamang. Tanya Rollier (Switzerland) Camps: BC(14/04,5350m),C1(23/04,5900m),C2(24/04,6440m),C3(15/05,7000m), C4(16/05,7900m),Smt(18/05) Left: 18/05/2018 by heli Hired: 1 Term: Success (7:45 am) When Rollier and Pemba started their summit push from C3 on 16/05, they left C3 only at 9am, which was too late. When she reached C4 at 6 pm on 16/05 she felt too tired to continue, so she stayed one extra night at C4. Team left C4 at 8:30 pm on 17/05. It was very windy. Straightforward climb. They spent about 10 minutes on the summit and descended to C3, where they arrived at 7 pm. On 19/05 back to C2, on 20/05 to BC. Oxygen: Taken and used from about 7000m to top to 7000m by Rollier, but slept in C3 without O2. From C3 to top to C3 by Pemba. Sangeeta Sindhi Bahl (India) Camps: BC(13/04,5350m),C1(20/04,6100m),C2(22/04,6400m),C3(16/05,7200m), Lhotse.C4(17/05,7800m),C4(18/05,7900m),Smt(19/05) Left: 23/05/2018 Hired: 2 Term: Success (7:45 am) Sindhi, Lakpa Nurbu and Nga Tenji started their summit push from Lhotse C4 at 1 pm on 18 May, they reached C4 at 4 pm. From C4 they started at 6:50 pm and got to the top at 7:10 am on 19 May (tenp -30?) and stayed on top for 15 minutes, then descended to C4 at 1 pm and spent the night there. Next day on 20 May went down to C2 where they arrived at 7 pm. They rested at C3 for 2 to 3 hours. Following day, 21 May arrived to BC. Summit day weather, wind started picking up 70km/ph from South Summit all the way up. There were 7 to 8 climbers ahead of Sindhi team and behind them at least 10-12 climbers. Oxygen: Sindhi from C2 crampon point to summit to C3, Sherpas from C3 to summit to C3. Sindhi and Sherpas used for sleeping also. Pioneer Adventure Press Release: Mount Everest (8848m) south face expedition organized by Pioneer Adventure successfully made summit on 16th May, 17th May, 18th May, 19th May and 22nd May in five groups comprising the following climbers (both national and international). The name list of first group of Everest Summiteers made summit on 16th May is as follows: 1. Mongolian climber Byambasuren (Bambi) (with Lakpa Thendu) 2. Australian woman climber Samantha McMahon (with Gesman Tamang) 3. Chinese climber Chang-Juan He (with Mingma Dorchi) 4. Nepali climber Prakash Raj Pandey (Chhiring Lama) 5. Nepali climber Chhoki Sherpa (with Pemba Dorje) Lakpa Thendu Sherpa, Gesman Tamang, Mingma Dorji Sherpa, Tsering Bhote and Pemba Dorji Sherpa accompanied the above expedition members to the summit point. The name list of Second group of Everest Summiteers made summit on 17th May is as follows: 1. Poland climber Szczepan Janusz Brzeski (with Ngima Dorchi Tamang) 2. Poland climber Magdalena Katarzyna Gorzkowska (with Raj Kumar Tamang) 3. Nepali climber Phunjo Jangmu Lama (with Pasang Tenji Sherpa) 4. Indian climber Bhagwan Bhikoba Chawale (with Dorchi Sherpa) 5. Indian climber Prajit Rasiklal Pardeshi (with [Pasang] Dawa Sherpa) 6. Nepali climber Dikki Sherpa (with Kami Dorchi Sherpa) Ngima Dorchi Sherpa, Raj Kumar Tamang, Pasang Tenji Sherpa, Dorchi Sherpa, Dawa Sherpa and Kami Sherpa accompanied the above expedition members to the summit point. The name list of third group of Everest Summiteers made summit on 18th May is as follows: 1. Switzerland climber Tanya Roller (with Pemba Sherpa) 2. Nepali climber Narbin Magar (youngest climber) (with Dawa Sherpa) Pemba Sherpa and Dawa Sherpa accompanied the above expedition members to the summit point. The name list of fourth group of Everest Summiteers made summit on 19th May is as follows: 1. Indian climber Sangeeta Sindhi Bahl (oldest Indian climber) Nga Tenji Sherpa and Lakpa Nurbu Sherpa accompanied the above expedition members to the summit point. The name list of fifth group of Everest Summiteers made summit on 22nd May is as follows: 1. Doma Sherpa (Sherpa female journalist) Pasang Sherpa and Changba Sherpa accompanied the above expedition members to the summit point.
Accidents -
Achievement -
Agency Pioneer Adventure
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

20 recorded members.

Name Sex Year of Birth Citizenship Status Residence Occupation
Samantha Gail McMahon F 1986 Australia Leader Bendigo, Victoria, Australia Social worker (children's out-of-home care) Details Other expeditions
Szczepan Janusz Brzeski M 1979 Poland Climber Krakow, Poland Business consultant Details Other expeditions
Bhagwan Bhikoba Chawale M 1982 India Climber Pune, Maharasthra, India Life Insurance Cooperation (insurer for government) Details Other expeditions
Magdelena Katarzyna Gorzkowska F 1992 Poland Climber Chorzow, Poland - Details Other expeditions
Chang-Juan He F 1989 China Climber Yunnan, China - Details Other expeditions
Byambasuren (Bambi) Jagdal M 1966 Mongolia Climber - - Details Other expeditions
Chong Meng James Lee M 1948 Malaysia Climber Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia Engineer Details Other expeditions
Prajit Rasiklal Pardeshi M 1987 India Climber Pune, Maharashtra, India Furniture business owner & BJP District OBC general secretary Details Other expeditions
Tanya Katrine Rollier F 1964 Switzerland Climber Presilly, France Nurse Details Other expeditions
Dawa Finchok Sherpa M 1982 Nepal Climber Lamabagar-3, Dolakha - Details Other expeditions
Sangeeta Sindhi Bahl F 1965 India Climber Gurgaon, Haryana, India Image consultant Details Other expeditions
Dorchi Sherpa M 1979 Nepal H-A Worker Walung, Makalu-9, Makalu-Barun - Details Other expeditions
Lakpa Thendu/Thinkuk Sherpa M 1976 Nepal H-A Worker Makalu-9, Makalu-Barun - Details Other expeditions
Lhakpa Nurbu Sherpa M 1983 Nepal H-A Worker Tashigaon, Makalu-Barun - Details Other expeditions
Mingma Dorchi Sherpa M 1987 Nepal H-A Worker Tashigaon, Makalu-Barun - Details Other expeditions
Nga Tenji Sherpa M 1980 Nepal H-A Worker Nurbugaon, Makalu-Barun - Details Other expeditions
Ngima Dorje Sherpa M 1994 Nepal H-A Worker Chheskam-2, Solukhumbu - Details Other expeditions
Pemba Sherpa M 1989 Nepal H-A Worker Makalu-4, Makalu-Barun - Details Other expeditions
Gesman Tamang M 1988 Nepal H-A Worker Kerung-5, Solukhumbu - Details Other expeditions
Raj Kumar Tamang M 2000 Nepal H-A Worker Kerung-5, Solukhumbu - Details Other expeditions

References

2 recorded references.