Everest | 2021 S Col-SE Ridge

A USA expedition to Everest in 2021 via S Col-SE Ridge, led by Khai Van Nguyen. Summit reached on 23rd May 2021. 26 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field Value
ID 10581
Imported 2026-03-06 18:04:49.359634
Expedition ID EVER21119
Peak ID EVER
Year 2021
Season 1
Host Country 1
Route 1 S Col-SE Ridge
Route 2 -
Route 3 -
Route 4 -
Nationality USA
Leaders Khai Van Nguyen
Sponsor Pioneer Adventure Everest Expedition 2021
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 Austria, Germany, India, Italy, Kuwait, Lithuania, Morocco, Nepal, Poland, Romania, UK
Approach -
Basecamp Date -
Summit Date 2021-05-23
Summit Time 0630
Summit Days 0
Total Days 0
Termination Date -
Termination Reason 1
Termination Notes -
High Point (m) 8849
Traverse False
Ski False
Paraglide False
Camps 4
Fixed Rope (m) 0
Total Members 16
Summit Members 10
Member Deaths 0
Total Hired 16
Summit Hired 10
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,C1,C2,C3,C4,Smt(23,31/05)
Route Notes Report from Anja Blacha (transferred from Furtenbach teams to Pioneer): Regarding summit times: 5:55 am - Pasang Sherpa and Chakra Rai 6:00 am - Delia Zanoschi, Ming Dorchi Sherpa and Pemba Tashi Sherpa 6:10 am - Iulia Zanoschi, Lakpa Gyaljen Sherpa and Lakpa Thinduk Sherpa 6:20 am - Moritz Werner and Chhiring Namgel Sherpa 11:20 am - Anja Blacha and Dawa Sherpa Manuel Villani who also moved from Furtenbach to Pioneer reached C2 on the summit rotation. He felt insecure about the whole move to Pioneer and was mentally not prepared for it. When the weather turned and it got windy he decided to go down after one night at C2. Oxygen: Blacha was intending to go without supplemental O2, but with the high winds she started using oxygen at the Balcony to the summit and back to somewhere between Balcony and C4. Werner from 8300m to C4 Delia Zanoschi from C2 to summit to C3 Iulia Zanoschi C2 to just before BC Sherpas from C3 to summit to C4 Report from Sambhaji Gurav: BC(19/04,5340m),C1(23/04,6000m),C2(03/05,6400m),C3(21/05,7200m), C4(22/05,7900m),Smt(23/05) Team (Gurav, Kumar and Taibi) summited at 6:30 am, stayed 20 minutes, then descended to C2 at 7 pm. Oxygen: Members from C3 to summit to C3, Sherpas from C4 to smt to C4 Khai Van Nguyen report: BC(18/04,5364m),C1(04/05,5900m),C2(05/05,6400m),C3(21/05,7162m), C4(22/05,7906m),Smt(23/05) Van Nguyen and Chhiring Namgyal left C4 at 12:20 am, summited at 7 pm, stayed 15 minutes, then descended to C4 at 11:40 pm. "When I started out at South Col, the wind had died down significantly from the night before (when most climbers, including from Pioneer started their summit push). However, after about 3 hours, we reached to the balcony when the wind picked up again. Because we started our summit push at "odd" hour, there were only 4 people (2 climbers, that is myself and Markus and two Sherpas) going up. Other climbers were descending and surprised to see us going up. Near the yellow band rock with the steep slope, there was virtually no wind that I was warm in my down suit. Markus started out from South Col earlier than me, probably around 12:00 pm and climbed quite fast. He summited before me. I met Markus and his Sherpa near South Summit on their way down. While my Sherpa and I marched on to the summit, we experienced the beautiful sunset and by the time I reached to the top, the sun disappeared from the horizon." Additional Notes: Leo Namen was a client of Makalu Extreme on the Pioneer Adventures permit. Dorchi Sherpa is husband of Oxana Morneva (Makalu Extreme owner) and summited on 11/05 to take videos.
Accidents -
Achievement -
Agency Pioneer Adventure
Commercial Route True
Standard Route True
Primary Route False
Primary Member False
Primary Reference False
Primary ID -
Checksum 2464619
Year 2021
Summit Success True
O2 Summary Used
Route (lowercase) s col-se ridge

Members

26 recorded members.

Name Sex Year of Birth Citizenship Status Residence Occupation
Khai Van Nguyen M 1972 USA/Canada Leader Union City, California Software engineer Details Other expeditions
Hedayet Ali M 1971 USA Climber Fremont, California Software engineer Details Other expeditions
Markus Allesch M 1979 Austria Climber (Xfr) Seewalchen am Attersee, Upper Austria, Austria Project manager Details Other expeditions
Abdulaziz H. M. A. H. Almutawa M 1995 Kuwait Climber Hateen, Kuwait Graduate student Details Other expeditions
Anja Karen Blacha F 1990 Germany Climber (Xfr) Bielefeld, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany Self-employed Details Other expeditions
Jonas Gilys M 1987 Lithuania Climber - - Details Other expeditions
Sambhaji Narayan Gurav M 1985 India Climber Sainagar, Panvel, Maharashtra, India Police officer Details Other expeditions
Deepak Kumar M 1993 India Climber - - Details Other expeditions
Benjamin David Nicholson M 1962 UK Climber - - Details Other expeditions
Chatur Man (Chakra) Rai M 1979 Nepal Climber Makalu-Barun - Details Other expeditions
Maciej Konrad Rys M 1992 Poland Climber Krakow, Poland Researcher Details Other expeditions
Adel Taibi M 1981 Morocco Climber - - Details Other expeditions
Manuel Villani M 1982 Italy Climber (Xfr) Padova, Padua, Italy Public employee (retired) Details Other expeditions
Moritz Maximillian Johann Werner M 1981 Germany Climber (Xfr) Munich, Bavaria, Germany Management Details Other expeditions
Delia Zanoschi F 1988 Romania Climber (Xfr) San Francisco, California Consultant Details Other expeditions
Iulia Zanoschi F 1988 Romania Climber (Xfr) Hornbrook, California Consultant Details Other expeditions
Chhiring Namgyal/Namgel Sherpa M 1991 Nepal H-A Worker Pangboche, Khumbu - Details Other expeditions
Danuru Sherpa M 1978 Nepal H-A Worker Dobhane-9, Bhojpur - Details Other expeditions
Lakpa Gyaljen Sherpa M 1996 Nepal H-A Worker Makalu-Barun - Details Other expeditions
Lhakpa Thinduk/Thendu Sherpa M 1999 Nepal H-A Worker Makalu-2, Makalu-Barun - Details Other expeditions
Migma Dorchi Sherpa M 1999 Nepal H-A Worker Makalu-2, Makalu-Barun - Details Other expeditions
Nima Tashi Sherpa M 2000 Nepal H-A Worker Makalu-2, Makalu-Barun - Details Other expeditions
Pasang Gyaljen Sherpa M 1996 Nepal Sirdar Makalu-2, Makalu-Barun - Details Other expeditions
Pemba Tashi Sherpa M 1997 Nepal H-A Worker Makalu-4, Makalu-Barun - Details Other expeditions
Tashi Changba Sherpa M 1996 Nepal H-A Worker Makalu-5, Makalu-Barun - Details Other expeditions
Urken Sherpa M 1999 Nepal H-A Worker Makalu-Barun - Details Other expeditions

References

2 recorded references.

Expedition ID Journal Author Title Publisher Citation Yak 94
EVER21119 - - https://maciej-rys.medium.com/?p=84016eb25f12 - - -
EVER21119 - - https://www.facebook.com/leonardo.namen - - -