Everest | 2018 S Col-SE Ridge

A Japan expedition to Everest in 2018 via S Col-SE Ridge, led by Kenji Kondo. Summit reached on 20th May 2018. 11 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field Value
ID 9858
Imported 2026-03-06 18:04:49.359634
Expedition ID EVER18161
Peak ID EVER
Year 2018
Season 1
Host Country 1
Route 1 S Col-SE Ridge
Route 2 -
Route 3 -
Route 4 -
Nationality Japan
Leaders Kenji Kondo
Sponsor Adventure Guides 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->Lobuche Peak->Everest BC
Basecamp Date 2018-04-26
Summit Date 2018-05-20
Summit Time 1015
Summit Days 24
Total Days 28
Termination Date 2018-05-24
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 6
Summit Hired 5
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-181-16)
Campsites BC(26/04,5350m),C1(01/05,6000m),C2(03/05,6400m),C3(18/05,7100m),C4(19/05,7950m),Smt(20/05)
Route Notes Plan: Group will try to climb Everest first and Lhotse immediately after. Their plan is to sleep 2 nights at South Col after Everest and traverse from South Col to the Lhotse couloir (Urubko route), joining the normal route eventually. Descent via normal route of Lhotse. Summit team left C4 between 10-11 pm, summited at 10:15 am, stayed 15 to 60 minutes, then descended to C4. It was very windy. Lhotse: Toyohara smt 21/05, Fukunaga to 8350m?
Accidents -
Achievement -
Agency Cosmo Treks
Commercial Route True
Standard Route True
Primary Route False
Primary Member False
Primary Reference False
Primary ID -
Checksum 2461672
Year 2018
Summit Success True
O2 Summary Used
Route (lowercase) s col-se ridge

Members

11 recorded members.

Name Sex Year of Birth Citizenship Status Residence Occupation
Kenji Kondo M 1962 Japan Leader Tokyo, Japan Alpine guide Details Other expeditions
Katsuya Fukunaga M 1980 Japan Climber Tokyo, Japan Attorney Details Other expeditions
Saori Matsushita F 1982 Japan Climber Yamato, Kanagawa, Japan Office clerk Details Other expeditions
Hideaki Munakata M 1949 Japan Climber Kawasaki, Kanagawa, Japan Retired Details Other expeditions
Masataka Tamura M 1971 Japan Climber Kakegawa, Shizuoka, Japan - Details Other expeditions
Hirotaka Toyohara M 1985 Japan Climber Toyama, Okinawa, Japan - Details Other expeditions
Dawa Jangbu Lama M 1987 Nepal H-A Worker Beni-3, Solukhumbu - Details Other expeditions
Chhepa Sherpa M 1983 Nepal H-A Worker Sotang-6, Solukhumbu - Details Other expeditions
Pasang Ngima Sherpa M 1980 Nepal H-A Worker Lokhim-4, Solukhumbu - Details Other expeditions
Phura Chhiri (Phurba Chhiri) Sherpa M 1969 Nepal Sirdar Sakpharma, Lokhim-9, Solukhumbu - Details Other expeditions
Kitap Sing Tamang M 1976 Nepal H-A Worker Deusa-6, Solukhumbu - Details Other expeditions

References

1 recorded references.

Expedition ID Journal Author Title Publisher Citation Yak 94
EVER18161 - - https://twitter.com/kenken8848 - - -