Everest | 2019 S Col-SE Ridge

A USA expedition to Everest in 2019 via S Col-SE Ridge, led by Thomas Becker. Summit reached on 23rd May 2019. 7 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field Value
ID 10202
Imported 2026-03-06 18:04:49.359634
Expedition ID EVER19134
Peak ID EVER
Year 2019
Season 1
Host Country 1
Route 1 S Col-SE Ridge
Route 2 -
Route 3 -
Route 4 -
Nationality USA
Leaders Thomas Becker
Sponsor American Everest Expedition 2019
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->Pangboche->Everest BC
Basecamp Date 2019-04-20
Summit Date 2019-05-23
Summit Time 1020
Summit Days 33
Total Days 37
Termination Date 2019-05-27
Termination Reason 1
Termination Notes -
High Point (m) 8849
Traverse False
Ski False
Paraglide False
Camps 4
Fixed Rope (m) 0
Total Members 3
Summit Members 2
Member Deaths 0
Total Hired 4
Summit Hired 1
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(20/04,5300m),C1(01/05,6100m),C2(08/05,6500m),C3(21/95,7200m),C4(22/05,790m),Smt(23/05)
Route Notes BC 20/04 5300m C1 05/01 6100m C2 08/05 6500m C3 21/05 7200m C4 05/22 7900m Smt 23/05 by Becker, Wehrly and NC Sherpa at 10:20 am. Summit day: Oxygen stolen at C4, so only 3 of them were able to go up (not enough for all 4 members + hired). Would have to deal with a smaller quantity of oxygen than usual (NC and Dawa Hillary had put 16 bottles at C4). Wehrly and Becker carried 1 bottle from C2, starting using it from C3. May 22: “slept” at C4, starting at 9 pm for summit push. May 23: summit at 10:20 am, back to C4 between 5 and 6 pm, where they slept with their Sherpas. May 24: from C4 to C3. On descent, group met one of their Sherpas going up to them (called Dawa Hillary Sherpa, because had got to Hillary Step previously). Karma was Ok, but NC was exhausted and had snowblindness. Karma and NC slept at C3, when Wehrly went down to C2 with Dawa Hillary. Becker had snowblindness, so got heli-rescued from C3 to Lukla on that day, then next morning to KTM (Ciwec). May 25: Wehrly C2 to BC. Dawa Hillary to C4 and back to C2. May 26: Wehrly stayed BC. Dawa Hillary stayed at C2. May 27: Wehrly left BC by helicopter to KTM. NC and Karma went back to C2 in the morning and were supposed to come back in the afternoon. However Dawa Hillary fell in a crevasse (a 100-ft fall) after a ladder had broken in the icefall on his descent. Dawa Hillary got heli-rescued with help of his colleagues and other Sherpas, so could be evacuated straight to KTM at the Norwic hospital on that day. Bleeker high-point little after C3 with frosbite on May 22nd. Back to C2 on the same day, then heli-rescued from C2 to Lukla. Night then to KTM at CIWEC for basic cares. Bad enough for a rescue. She had to turn around or she would have lost her fingers according to Sherpas. Hired: Karma Sherpa (with Wehrly) to South Col/C4 max (oxygen not used) NC Sherpa (facebook) (with Becker) to summit with both Wehrly and Becker. First without them, then waiting for them at South Summit and finishing all together. Oxygen taken from C4 to smt to C4 Dawa Sherpa (with Bleeker): HPt stopped at little above C3 (owner of the company) (oxygen not used) Dawa "Hillary" Sherpa: High-point at South Col this time. Wasn't meant to climb to the top, or to climb as a "personal" Sherpa (oxygen not used). Team left BC on May 27. Oxygen: taken from C3 to SMT back to somwhere above C4. Ran out of oxygen on descent (below the Balcony for Wehrly).
Accidents Slight frostbite for Becker (extreme little fingers of hands); frostbite for Bleeker; snowblindess for NC Sherpa and Becker
Achievement -
Agency Himalayan Traverse Adventure (Ever Quest pmt)
Commercial Route True
Standard Route True
Primary Route False
Primary Member False
Primary Reference False
Primary ID -
Checksum 2461501
Year 2019
Summit Success True
O2 Summary Used
Route (lowercase) s col-se ridge

Members

7 recorded members.

Name Sex Year of Birth Citizenship Status Residence Occupation
Thomas Bain Becker M 1978 USA Leader Kansas City, Missouri Human rights attorney & professor Details Other expeditions
Elizabeth Anne (Elsa) Bleeker F 1966 USA Climber Kansas City, Missouri Climbing gym owner & manager Details Other expeditions
Daniel Marcus Wehrly M 1992 USA Climber Kansas City, Missouri US Air Force mechanic Details Other expeditions
Dawa Sherpa M 1969 Nepal H-A Worker Loding Tamakhani-9, Solukhumbu Owner of Himalayan Traverse Adventure Details Other expeditions
Dawa Sherpa M 1969 Nepal H-A Worker - - Details Other expeditions
Karma Gelgen (Karma Gyalzen) Sherpa M 1978 Nepal H-A Worker Taksindu-7, Solukhumbu - Details Other expeditions
Ngawang Chheten Sherpa M 1996 Nepal H-A Worker - - Details Other expeditions

References

1 recorded references.

Expedition ID Journal Author Title Publisher Citation Yak 94
EVER19134 - - https://www.kansascity.com/sports/spt-columns-blogs/vahe-gregorian/article231341833.html - - -