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.