Everest | 2025 S Col-SE Ridge

A China expedition to Everest in 2025 via S Col-SE Ridge, led by Jing Zhang. Summit reached on 11th May 2025. 23 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field Value
ID 11608
Imported 2026-03-06 18:04:49.359634
Expedition ID EVER25106
Peak ID EVER
Year 2025
Season 1
Host Country 1
Route 1 S Col-SE Ridge
Route 2 -
Route 3 -
Route 4 -
Nationality China
Leaders Jing Zhang
Sponsor Seven Summit Treks (SST) Everest Expedition 2025 (Team 1)
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 Australia, Canada, Ecuador, Estonia, Germany, Japan, Russia, Sweden, UK, USA
Approach -
Basecamp Date -
Summit Date 2025-05-11
Summit Time 0720
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 14
Summit Members 8
Member Deaths 0
Total Hired 24
Summit Hired 8
Hired Deaths 1
No Hired False
O2 Used True
O2 None False
O2 Climb True
O2 Descent False
O2 Sleep False
O2 Medical False
O2 Taken False
O2 Unknown False
Other Summits -
Campsites BC,C1,C2,C3,C4,Smt(11,14,18-19/05)
Route Notes Report from Valerie Babanov Approach: Pangboche BC 16/04 5350m C1 19/04 6000m C2 20/04 6440m C3 27/04 7100m C4 07/05 7900m (on 3rd rotation, it took him 7 hrs from C3 to C4) Smt 19/05 by Babanov, Pasang Dukpa at 5:40 am. After his third rotation, during which he slept at the South Col, Babanov did not feel very well and he went to Namche Bazaar on 09/05 to recover. After four days at a lower elevation, he helicoptered back to BC on 13/05 and started his summit rotation. However, he felt very slow. The first time him and Mingtemba went through the icefall to C1, it took them about 3:20 hrs, during his summit rotation, it took him almost 7 hours. On the summit push, Babanov and Mingtemba Sherpa reached C2 on 15/05. They both felt very bad as they had a bad cough. Mingtemba decided to go down to BC and Babanov stayed at C2. He stayed at C2 and tried to find another Sherpa. He eventually found Pasang Dukpa Sherpa, who already climbed Everest on 14/05. On 17/05, Pasang Dukpa and Babanov climbed to C3 without O2. Babanov intended to climb without O2, but his cough did not improve and on his way to C4 he started to use O2 at 7300m. On 18/05, summit team left C4 at 8 pm. It was not as crowded as the day before. No waiting but it was very windy. Changeable weather. Good conditions. When they reached the summit, the met many people who came up from the north side. They spent about 10 minutes on the summit and descended to C2 where they rested for a while and then they went to C2 where they arrived at 12:30 pm. On 20/05 BC and then heli from BC to Kathmandu. Oxygen: Babanov intended to climb without O2, however, he started to take it from 7300m to summit to C3. Pasang from C3 to summit to C3. Report frm Jing Zhang Approach: Pangboche BC 5350m C1 6000m C2 6440m C2 7100m C4 7900m EVER summit 14/05 by Zhang at 8.03 am LHOT summit 19/05 by Zhang at 9:45 am. I carried my skis all the way from BC up to 8250m by myself. On May 14th at 8:03 am, I successfully summited Everest, then returned to 8250m in the afternoon to attempt skiing - where I suffered a fall and the ski-descent failed. On the 15th, I went back up from C4 to 8200m (this time with my skis carried by Sherpas) and successfully skied 2.09 km down to C4. On the 15th, we descended from Everest to C2 due to deteriorating weather conditions. Then at 9:15 am on the 18th, we set out from C2 and successfully summited Lhotse the following morning (19th) (I'll verify the exact summit time tomorrow by checking my camera metadata). Then on May 19th at 9:45 am, I reached the summit of Lhotse. The following day (May 20th), I skied 4 km from C2 to C1, this section was completely safe and absolutely enjoyable.
Accidents -
Achievement -
Agency Seven Summit Treks
Commercial Route True
Standard Route True
Primary Route False
Primary Member False
Primary Reference False
Primary ID -
Checksum 2464002
Year 2025
Summit Success True
O2 Summary Used
Route (lowercase) s col-se ridge

Members

23 recorded members.

Name Sex Year of Birth Citizenship Status Residence Occupation
Jing Zhang M 1993 China Leader Shangdong, China - Details Other expeditions
Bianca Jane Adler F 2008 Australia Climber Brighton, Victoria, Australia Student Details Other expeditions
Paul John Adler M 1975 Australia Climber Brighton, Victoria, Australia IT consultant Details Other expeditions
Mukesh Akiyana Pandey M 2008 Japan Climber - - Details Other expeditions
Valeri Babanov M 1964 Canada/Russia Climber Chamonix, Haute-Savoie, France Alpine guide Details Other expeditions
Andrei Borisov M 1990 Russia Climber - - Details Other expeditions
Daria Borisova F 1990 Russia Clmber - - Details Other expeditions
Alex Robert Clarke M 1986 USA Climber - - Details Other expeditions
David Cuester M 1993 Germany Climber - - Details Other expeditions
Mitchell Leonard Dacre Hutchcraft M 1993 UK Climber Huntingdon, Cambridge, England - Details Other expeditions
Paer Mikael Linden M 1981 Sweden Climber Fryksande, Sweden - Details Other expeditions
Brian James O'Malley M 1964 USA Climber - - Details Other expeditions
Triin Seli F 1990 Estonia Climber - - Details Other expeditions
Jan Tomislav Topic Feraud M 1983 Ecuador Climber - - Details Other expeditions
Ang Dawa Sherpa M 1979 Nepal H-A Worker Patle-3, Okhaldhunga - Details Other expeditions
Gelbu Sherpa M 1992 Nepal H-A Worker Khijiphatale-6, Okhaldhunga - Details Other expeditions
Gyalje (Gelje) Sherpa M 1992 Nepal H-A Worker Tapting-3, Solukhumbu - Details Other expeditions
Ngima Dorji Sherpa M - Nepal BC Support - - Details Other expeditions
Pas Dukpa Sherpa M 1987 Nepal H-A Worker Makalu-5, Makalu-Barun - Details Other expeditions
Pem Nurbu Sherpa M 1994 Nepal H-A Worker Makalu-3, Makalu-Barun - Details Other expeditions
Pemba Thinduk Sherpa M 1989 Nepal H-A Worker Makalu-5, Makalu-Barun - Details Other expeditions
Phuri Sherpa M 1998 Nepal H-A Worker Kerung-3, Solukhumbu - Details Other expeditions
Tenji/Tenzing Sherpa M 1982 Nepal H-A Worker Patle-6, Okhaldhunga - Details Other expeditions

References

3 recorded references.