Everest | 2021 S Col-SE Ridge
A India expedition to Everest in 2021 via S Col-SE Ridge, led by Umesh Zirpe. Summit reached on 11th May 2021. 61 members recorded.
Expedition Details
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| ID | 10587 |
| Imported | 2026-03-06 18:04:49.359634 |
| Expedition ID | EVER21125 |
| Peak ID | EVER |
| Year | 2021 |
| Season | 1 |
| Host Country | 1 |
| Route 1 | S Col-SE Ridge |
| Route 2 | - |
| Route 3 | - |
| Route 4 | - |
| Nationality | India |
| Leaders | Umesh Zirpe |
| Sponsor | Seven Summit Treks International 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 | Argentina,Austria,Germany,Hungary,Iran,Ireland,Israel,Japan,Latvia,Pakistan, Poland,Russia,S Africa,Spain,Switzerland,Tajikistan,UK,Ukraine,USA, Uzbekistan |
| Approach | Lukla->Namche->Lobuche->BC |
| Basecamp Date | - |
| Summit Date | 2021-05-11 |
| Summit Time | - |
| 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 | 37 |
| Summit Members | 22 |
| Member Deaths | 2 |
| Total Hired | 35 |
| Summit Hired | 24 |
| 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-211-21_ |
| Campsites | BC,C1,C2,C3,C4,Smt(11-12,21,23,31/05,01/06) |
| Route Notes | The Seven Summit Treks Everest expedition was a combination of several independent teams (1-4 climbers each). Seven Summit Treks 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: Felix Berg (Germany) Robert Westreicher (Austria) Camps: BC(29/05,5350m),C3(30/05,7100m),C4(31/05,7950m),Smt(01/06) Left: 03/06/21 Hired: 2 Term: Summited 01/06 at 6:10 am by Westreicher and Pasang [?] and by Berg and Rinji [?] at 8:20 am. Summit team left C4 on 31 May at 8 pm, summited at 6:10-8:20 am, stayed 20 minutes, then descended to C2. Good conditions, windy about 50 km/h, too early, not many people. Oxygen: Taken and used from C3 to summit to C2. Josette Valloton (Switzerland) Camps: BC(23/04,5350m),C1(25/04,6100m,C2(26/04,6440m),C3(30/05,7200m), C4(31/05,7800m),Smt(01/06) Left: 04/06/21 Hired: 2 Term: Summited 01/06 at 8 am by Valloton and Mingma Ongdi Sherpa On summit day team started from C4 at 11 pm on 31/05. They met Arnold Coster’s team who were coming down at the Hillary Step. Spent about 20 minutes on summit and descended to C2, where they stayed the night. On 2nd June BC. Oxygen: Taken and used from above the Yellow Band (7700m) to summit to C3. Amin Dehgan (Iran) Camps: BC(20/04,5350m),C1(26/04,5900m,C2(27/04,6450m),C3(10/05,7150m), C4(11/05,7950m),Smt(12/06) Left: 04/06/21 Hired: 1 Term: Summited 12/05 at 7:30 am by Dehghan and Mingma Nurbu Sherpa. David Goettler (Germany) Kilian Jornet (Spain) Camps: BC(22/04,5350m),C2(24/04,6500m),C3(09/05,7300m),C4(31/05,7950m),xxx Left: 03/06/21 (trekked to Pheriche) Hired: 0 Term: Abandoned due to climbers not feeling well. On 30/05 Goettler left BC at 5 am and reached C2 at 9 am. He rested at C2 for the day and continued from C2 at 6 pm and reached C3 at 8 pm the same day. He felt good. He reached C4 at 5:30 am on 31/05, pitched a tent and waited for Kilian Jornet who set out from BC on 30/05 at 4 pm and reached C4 at 6 am on 31/05. Jornet’s times and descent times for both Goettler and Jornet BC: 4 p, on 30/05 C2: 7:30 pm (+30’ rest, prepared water) C3: 11 pm C4: 6 am (then we stayed about 1h in C4) C2: 10 am (we went down very slowly, talking with people,then packed all the tents and gear in C2 for about 1h30 BC: 3 pm Both Göttler and Jornet were not feeling well and they seemed to be suffering from the same thing. Goettler thought it could have been a light sun stroke. Due to their physical condition, they both decided to descend to BC and abandon the expedition. Had they felt better they would have given it a go even though the winds were still quite high. On 01/06 they trekked to Pheriche and took a helicopter to Kathmandu on 02/06. BC set up: Goettler spent most of his time in Dingboche and Pheriche and only stayed 10 nights at the actual Everest BC. Jornet arrived in Dingboche on 27/04. He had been pre-acclimatising in a hypoxic tent and joined Goettler. Oxygen: Not taken, not used Noel Hanna (Ireland) Molly De Jager (S Africa) Camps: BC(13/04,5400m),C1(27/04,6000m),C2(28/04,6400m),C3(10/05,7200m), C4(11/05,7900m),Smt(12/05) Left: 15/05/21 Hired: 2 Term: Summited 12/05 at 8:30 am by Hanna, De Jager, Tshering Sherpa, Nima Sherpa. Summit team started from C4 at 9 pm on 11/05, summited at 8:30 am, stayed 10 minutes, then descended to C4 at 2 pm. Windy approaching summit and back to C4. Oxygen: Used from C3 to summit to C3. Mykyta Bababanov (Ukraine) Sergejs Belovs (Lativa) Vitaly Khinenzon (Tajikistan) Natalia Vladykina (Ukraine) Sergey Denisenko (Uzbekistan) Jurii Solodukhin (Russia) Camps: BC(21/04,5300m),C1(29/04,6100m),C2(30/04,6470m),C3(29/05,7100m), C4(30/05,7900m),Smt(31/05,01/06) Left: 03/06/21 Hired: 5 Term: Summited 31/05 at 6:30 am by Soludukhin and Dawa Rinji. Term: Summited 01/06 at 6:30-9:00 am by Balabanov, Vladykina, Denisenko, Khinenzon, Belovs, Nga Tashi [?], Pemba Thinduk, Ngima [?] and Mingma Dorchi [?]. First summit team started from C4 at 9 pm on 30/05, summited at 6:30 am. Very windy. Second summit team started from C4 at 8 pm on 31/05, summited at 6:30-9:00 am, then descended to C4. Clear sky, but a lot of wind. Oxygen: Used from C3 to summit to C3 by members, from 7800m by Sherpas. Vassily Vorobiev (Switzerland) Mikhail Vorobiev (Switzerland) Camps: BC(19/04,5300m),C1(23/04,6000m),C2(24/04,6400m),C3(21/05,7100m), C4(22/05,7900m),Smt(23/05) Left: 26/05/21 Hired: 2 Term: Summited 12/05 at 9 am by Vassily & Mikhail Vorobiev, Fursang Sherpa. Summit team started from C4 at 9 pm on 22/05, summited at 9 am, stayed 30 minutes, then descended to C4 at 8 pm. Strong wind at night, around 50 km/h. Then when the sun rose, the wind stopped and amazing weather with no clouds. Oxygen: Used from C3 to summit to C3. Alex Chicon (Txikon) (Spain) Camps: BC(29/04,5350m),C1(07/05,6100m),C2(08/05,6440m),xxx Left: 10/05/21 Hired: 0 Term: Abandoned at 6440m due to illness. Txikon felt bad at C2 and he suspected that he had contracted COVID-19 so he descended to BC on 09/05, where he was tested and the test came out negative. As he did not feel better, he took a helicopter back to Kathmandu on 10/05 where he tested positive a few days later. Txikon has a suspicion that the tests at BC are meant to come out negative. Oxygen: Not taken, not used. |
| Accidents | - |
| Achievement | - |
| Agency | Seven Summit Treks |
| Commercial Route | True |
| Standard Route | True |
| Primary Route | False |
| Primary Member | False |
| Primary Reference | False |
| Primary ID | - |
| Checksum | 2464607 |
| Year | 2021 |
| Summit Success | True |
| O2 Summary | Used |
| Route (lowercase) | s col-se ridge |
Members
61 recorded members.
| Name | Sex | Year of Birth | Citizenship | Status | Residence | Occupation | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elena Ivanova | F | 1986 | Israel | Climber | - | - | Details Other expeditions |
| Umesh Mallikarjun Zirpe | M | 1965 | India | Leader | Pune, Maharashtra, India | Tax consultant | Details Other expeditions |
| Luciano Joaquin Ancia | M | 1970 | Argentina | Climber | Necochea, Argentina | Agricultural administrator | Details Other expeditions |
| Nikita (Mykyta) Balabanov | M | 1989 | Ukraine | Climber | Kiev, Ukraine | Aspirant alpine guide | Details Other expeditions |
| Sergejs Belovs | M | 1971 | Latvia | Climber | Riga, Latvia | Businessman | Details Other expeditions |
| Felix Alexander Berg | M | 1980 | Germany | Climber | Interlaken, Bern, Switzerland | Managing director of a travel company | Details Other expeditions |
| Oliver William Stuart Browne | M | 1982 | UK | Climber | London, England | Real estate & private equity | Details Other expeditions |
| Jon Alexander (Alex) Chicon Navarez | M | 1981 | Spain | Climber | Lemona, Vizcaya, Spain | Alpinist | Details Other expeditions |
| Varga Csaba | M | 1982 | Hungary | Climber | Nagyvarad, Transylvania, Romania | Architect | Details Other expeditions |
| Rumpa Das | F | 1981 | India | Climber | Kalyani, West Bengal, India | - | Details Other expeditions |
| Martha Aletta (Molly) De Jager | F | 1979 | S Africa | Climber | Johannesburg, S Africa | Alpinist and motivational speaker; mgr of franchising beauty industry | Details Other expeditions |
| Amin Dehghan | M | 1979 | Iran | Climber | Esfahan, Iran | Photographer & alpinist | Details Other expeditions |
| Sergey Denisenko | M | 1983 | Uzbekistan | Climber | Tashkent, Uzbekistan | Marketing manager | Details Other expeditions |
| Jitendra Ramadas Gavare | M | 1977 | India | Climber | Pune, Maharashtra, India | - | Details Other expeditions |
| David Johannes Goettler | M | 1978 | Germany | Climber | Munich, Bavaria, Germany | Alpine guide | Details Other expeditions |
| Noel Richmond Hanna | M | 1967 | Ireland | Climber | Dromara, Down, Ireland | Close protection officer | Details Other expeditions |
| Kilian Jornet Burgada | M | 1987 | Spain | Climber | Hovden, Norway | Runner & skier | Details Other expeditions |
| Shehroze Kashif | M | 2002 | Pakistan | Climber | Lahore, Pakistan | - | Details Other expeditions |
| Vitaly Khinenzon | M | 1960 | Tajikistan | Climber | Dujanbe, Tajikistan | Businessman | Details Other expeditions |
| Puwei Liu | M | 1966 | USA | Climber | San Marcos, California | Research chemist | Details Other expeditions |
| Martin Miguel Migueles | M | 1969 | Argentina | Climber | Necochea, Argentina | Attorney | Details Other expeditions |
| Khrystyna Mokhnatska | F | 1989 | Ukraine | Climber | Ivano-Frankivsk, Ukraine | Teacher of geography at university | Details Other expeditions |
| Hideki Nakazono | M | 1978 | Japan | Climber | - | Physician | Details Other expeditions |
| Pablo Andres Pilotta | M | 1973 | Argentina | Climber | Mar del Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina | Alpine guide | Details Other expeditions |
| Dorota Lidia Rasinska-Samocko | F | 1973 | Poland | Climber | Warsaw, Poland | - | Details Other expeditions |
| Kia Noosh Ravafar | M | 1984 | USA | Climber | - | - | Details Other expeditions |
| Jurii Solodukhin | M | 1982 | Russia | Climber | - | - | Details Other expeditions |
| Abraham Tagit Sorang | M | 1996 | India | Climber | Kra-Daadi, Arunachal Pradesh, India | - | Details Other expeditions |
| Jamie E. Taerbaum | M | 1969 | USA | Climber | Chicago, Illnois | Business owner | Details Other expeditions |
| Josette Valloton | F | 1964 | Switzerland | Climber | Arolla, Valais, Switzerland | Alpine guide | Details Other expeditions |
| Anmish Nagendra Sarat Varma Bhupathitraju | M | 1992 | India | Climber | Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, India | - | Details Other expeditions |
| Natalia Vladykina | F | 1974 | Ukraine | Climber | Kiev, Ukraine | Physician | Details Other expeditions |
| Mikhail Vorobiev | M | 1992 | Switzerland | Climber | Chene-Bougeries, Generva, Switzerland | IT engineer | Details Other expeditions |
| Vassily Vorobiev | M | 1990 | Switzerland | Climber | Chene-Bougeries, Generva, Switzerland | Pharmicist | Details Other expeditions |
| Abdul Waheed Waraich | M | 1980 | Switzerland | Climber | - | - | Details Other expeditions |
| Robert Westreicher | M | 1971 | Austria | Climber | Serfaus, Tirol, Austria | Hotel general manager | Details Other expeditions |
| Tashi Yangjom | F | 1993 | India | Climber | Lubrang, Arunachal Pradesh, India | - | Details Other expeditions |
| Datuk Bhote | M | 1988 | Nepal | H-A Worker | Chepuwa-4, Makalu-Barun | - | Details Other expeditions |
| Namja/Namgya Bhote | M | 1997 | Nepal | H-A Worker | Hatiya-3, Makalu-Barun | - | Details Other expeditions |
| Ridar Lama Bhote | M | 1994 | Nepal | H-A Worker | Hatiya-4, Makalu-Barun | - | Details Other expeditions |
| Temba Bhote | M | 1982 | Nepal | H-A Worker | Pawakhola-7, Makalu-Barun | - | Details Other expeditions |
| Ang Sumba Sherpa | M | 1998 | Nepal | H-A Worker | Makalu-8, Makalu-Barun | - | Details Other expeditions |
| Da Rinje Sherpa | M | 1972 | Nepal | H-A Worker | - | - | Details Other expeditions |
| Dawa Lama Sherpa | M | 1997 | Nepal | H-A Worker | Makalu-Barun | - | Details Other expeditions |
| Dendi Sherpa | M | 1994 | Nepal | H-A Worker | - | - | Details Other expeditions |
| Fursang (Phursang) Sherpa | M | 1987 | Nepal | H-A Worker | Waku-4, Solukhumbu | - | Details Other expeditions |
| Kaji Sherpa | M | 1993 | Nepal | H-A Worker | Makalu-5, Makalu-Barun | - | Details Other expeditions |
| Lakpa Rinjin Sherpa | M | 1987 | Nepal | H-A Worker | Makalu-3, Makalu-Barun | - | Details Other expeditions |
| Mingma Nurbu Sherpa | M | 1986 | Nepal | H-A Worker | Makalu-6, Makalu-Barun | - | Details Other expeditions |
| Mingma Ongdi Sherpa | M | 1983 | Nepal | H-A Worker | Makalu-9, Makalu-Barun | - | Details Other expeditions |
| Mingma Thinduk Sherpa | M | 1987 | Nepal | H-A Worker | Makalu-5, Makalu-Barun | - | Details Other expeditions |
| Ngima Dorchi Sherpa | M | 1993 | Nepal | H-A Worker | Makalu-5, Makalu-Barun | - | Details Other expeditions |
| Ngima Dorje Sherpa | M | 1994 | Nepal | H-A Worker | Chheskam-2, Solukhumbu | - | Details Other expeditions |
| Nima Dorje (Ngima Dorchi) Sherpa | M | 1983 | Nepal | H-A Worker | Makalu-9, Makalu-Barun | - | Details Other expeditions |
| Nyima Gyalu Sherpa | M | 1993 | Nepal | H-A Worker | Bung-9, Solukhumbu | - | Details Other expeditions |
| Pasang Sherpa | M | 1974 | Nepal | H-A Worker | Zarok, Khumbu | - | Details Other expeditions |
| Pasang Dawa Sherpa | M | 1986 | Nepal | H-A Worker | Chaurikharka-7, Khumbu | - | Details Other expeditions |
| Pasang Dukpa Sherpa | M | 1984 | Nepal | H-A Worker | Makalu-9, Makalu-Barun | - | Details Other expeditions |
| Pemba Thinduk Sherpa | M | 1982 | Nepal | H-A Worker | Makalu-9, Makalu-Barun | - | Details Other expeditions |
| Sher Jangbu Sherpa | M | 2000 | Nepal | H-A Worker | Makalu-2, Makalu-Barun | - | Details Other expeditions |
| Tshering Lama Sherpa | M | 1992 | Nepal | H-A Worker | Olanchungola-5, Taplejung | - | Details Other expeditions |
References
8 recorded references.