Everest | 2018 S Col-SE Ridge

A USA expedition to Everest in 2018 via S Col-SE Ridge, led by Ryan Waters. Summit reached on 21st May 2018. 9 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field Value
ID 9837
Imported 2026-03-06 18:04:49.359634
Expedition ID EVER18140
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 Ryan Waters
Sponsor Mountain Professionals 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, Norway, Turkey
Approach Lukla->Namche->Pangboche->Everest BC
Basecamp Date 2018-04-12
Summit Date 2018-05-21
Summit Time 1230
Summit Days 39
Total Days 43
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 5
Summit Members 4
Member Deaths 0
Total Hired 5
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 -
Campsites BC(12/04m5350m),C1(19/04,5900m),C2(28/04,6440m),C3(19/05,7100m),C4(20/05,7900m),Smt(21/05)
Route Notes BC 12/04 5350m C1 19/04 5900m C2 28/04 6440m C3 19/05 7100m C4 20/05 7900m Smt 21/05 by Harz and Tashi Sherpa at 12:35 pm, Tumbat, Thoen, Waters, Mingma, Dawa, Ngima Ongchhu at 1:45 pm. Summit team left at 12:30 am. Straightforward climb. They spend about 30 minutes on the summit and descended to C4, where they arrived at between 6 pm and 7:30 pm. Ness reached 8006m on 21/05. He reached C4 on 20/05 and was very tired and did not feel strong enough to go up on 21/05, but could stay for another night. However, the team had NINE oxygen bottles stolen at C4, so there was not enough oxygen for him to stay another day and night and then go to the summit. He stayed at C4 on 21/05 and walked up to 8006m to break the 8000m mark. On 22/05 everyone down to BC and left BC on 25/05 by heli. Oxygen: Taken and used C3 to top C3 by members, from C4 by Sherpas. Sherpas: Riten Jangbu (Tashi), Sindulpalchowk 18/05/1983 Mingma Chhiri Sherpa, Chaurikharka, 04/01/90 Ngima Ongchhu, Chaurikharka, 28/03/1985 Dawa Sherpa (worked for Himalayan Guides) [Da Chhettar]
Accidents -
Achievement 1st Turkish woman to summit Everest from south side
Agency Himalayan Trailblazer
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

9 recorded members.

Name Sex Year of Birth Citizenship Status Residence Occupation
Ryan Powers Waters M 1973 USA Leader Boulder, Colorado Alpine guide Details Other expeditions
Arthur Alexander (Alex) Harz M 1973 USA Climber Denver, Colorado Filmmaker & radio host Details Other expeditions
Erlend Ness M 1963 Norway Climber Trondheim, Norway Salesman Details Other expeditions
Gilberto Leandro Thoen M 1962 Brazil Climber Puerto Alegre, Brazil Skateboard importer Details Other expeditions
Gulnur Tumbat F 1975 Turkey Climber Emeryville, California Professor of marketing (San Francisco State University) Details Other expeditions
Dachhetar Sherpa M 1993 Nepal H-A Worker Chheskam-2, Solukhumbu - Details Other expeditions
Mingma Chhiri Sherpa M 1990 Nepal H-A Worker Chaurikharka-8, Khumbu - Details Other expeditions
Ngima Ongchhu Sherpa M 1985 Nepal H-A Worker Chaurikharka-8, Khumbu - Details Other expeditions
Riten Jangbu (Tashi) Sherpa M 1983 Nepal H-A Worker Ghorthali-2, Sindhupalchok - Details Other expeditions

References

0 recorded references.