Everest | 2025 S Col-SE Ridge

A Austria expedition to Everest in 2025 via S Col-SE Ridge, led by Lukas Furtenbach. Summit reached on 18th May 2025. 69 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field Value
ID 11624
Imported 2026-03-06 18:04:49.359634
Expedition ID EVER25122
Peak ID EVER
Year 2025
Season 1
Host Country 1
Route 1 S Col-SE Ridge
Route 2 -
Route 3 -
Route 4 -
Nationality Austria
Leaders Lukas Furtenbach
Sponsor Furtenbach Adventures Everest South Expedition 2025
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, Australia, Azerbaijan, Canada, Ecuador, Germany, Nepal, New Zealand, Slovenia, Sweden, Switzerland, UK, USA
Approach Pangboche
Basecamp Date 2025-04-19
Summit Date 2025-05-18
Summit Time 0930
Summit Days 29
Total Days 36
Termination Date 2025-05-25
Termination Reason 1
Termination Notes -
High Point (m) 8849
Traverse False
Ski False
Paraglide False
Camps 4
Fixed Rope (m) 0
Total Members 36
Summit Members 22
Member Deaths 0
Total Hired 50
Summit Hired 31
Hired Deaths 0
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(19/04,5350m),C1(30/04,6000m),C2(01/05,6440m),C3(16/05,7100m),C4(17/05,7950m),Smt(18-19,21,24/05)
Route Notes Report from Lukas Furtenbach: Approach: Pangboche BC 19/04 5350m C1 30/04 6000m C2 01/05 6440m C3 16/05 7100m C4 17/05 Smt 18/05 by Chris Burt, Rupert Hauer, Kunga Sherpa, Mingma Sherpa, Tashi Sherpa, Paul Guerra, Rovshan Najav, Mingmar Tamang, Chhiring Sherpa, Pemba Nuri at 9:30 am Smt 19/05 by Lieber, Dixon, Robertson, Erroz, Sosa Gonzalez, Day, Klint, Haar, Ran, Nima Tendi, Nima Sherpa, Dawa Jangbu, Jeevan Tamang, Chepal Sherpa, Lhakpa Dawa, Da Rinji Sherpa, Nima Tashi, Karma Gyalzen, Rinji Sherpa, Pemba Gelu, Ram Bahadur, Subasang Tamang, Pemba Nuru, Sip Bahatur Tamang, Lhakpa Sonam between 5:15 am and 6:15 am. Members who did not summit: Brian Trapnell reached C1 on 16/05; abandoned due to respiratory problems. Aljosa Hribar reached C4 on 18/05; abandoned due to health issues. Michael Baier reached C4 on 18/05; abandoned as he did not feel strong enough. Trevor Thomas reached below C1 (30/04) and Neil Greenwood reached C2 (01/05); abandoned due to bad coughs. Jakob Muehlbacher stayed at BC as expedition doctor. Everest 7-Day Expedition (Xenon team): Left London on 16/05. BC 17/05 C2 18/05 C3 19/05 C4 20/05 Smt 21/05 by Miller, Stazicker, Godlington, Carns, Sandro Gromen-Hayes, Pasang Tendi, Pemba Rinji, Gelu, Nima Nuru, Phu Dorji at 7:15 am. Xenon team arrived at BC by helicopter at 12:30 pm. They rested, had medical check, had lunch and left BC for C2 at midnight the same day and arrived at C2 at 9:30 am. On 19/05, they left C2 at 6 am and reached C3 at 11 am. On 20/05, they left C3 at 6:30 am and reached C4 at 1 pm. They rested till 11 pm and started their summit push. Summited at 7:15 am. Spent about half an hour on the summit and descended to C2 where they arrived at 4:40 pm. On 22/05, they left C2 at 2am and arrived at BC at 7 am. Helicopter back to Kathmandu at 8:30 am. Spent day in Kathmandu and left for London at 6 pm. Arrived in London at 6:05 am on 23/05. The entire expedition was done in 6 days and 13 hours. Lhotse: Summit on 20/05 by Long, Dorjee Sherpa at 12noon (Lhotse only) Summit team left Lhotse C4 at 5 am but turned back just below the couloirs due to high winds. But then they started again at 7:30 am and summited. Lhotse summit from Everest: Summit on 20/05 by Klint, Haar, Ran, Lieber, Karma Gyalzen, Pemba Nuru, Da Rinji, Nima Sherpa at 12 noon. After Everest summit team descended to C4 Everest. They started their Lhotse push at 4:30 am and went directly to Lhotse. Sherpas above BC: 51 Oxygen: Taken and used from C2 to top to C2 by members and Sherpas. Kangchenjunga: After Everest Rebecca Long and Benjamin Lieber together with Sange, Tashi and Pasang went to Kangchenjunga: May 23 Lukla to KBC by heli. May 24 KBC to C2 direct May 25 C2 to C3 May 26 C3 to C4 May 26 8 pm departure from C4 for summit May 27 C4 to KBC They turned around at 7800m due to dangerous wind loading at the entrance of the couloir. Waist-deep with a wind slab on top. During the previous days it had snowed more than a foot and wind drifts were even deeper. They broke our own trail both up and down the mountain, digging up the ropes as we went. 7800m high point at 10:00 pm reached by: Sange Sherpa Tashi Sherpa Pasang Sherpa Rebecca Long Benjamin Lieber Departure from KBC to Kathmandu on morning of May 28. Oxygen used from C2. Report from Kenton Cool: Cool guided private client Richard Williams. BC on 24/04. Summit by Kenton Cool, Williams, Dorje Gyalzen Sherpa (Kenton’s regular climbing partner), Pemba Nuri Sherpa (Okladhunga) and Pasang Sherpa (Taksindu) at 9:30 am on 18 May. Team left C4 at 1:3 0am. Lots of crowds and long waiting times. Spent about 20 min on summit and descended to C2 where they arrived at 9 pm. Back to BC on 19/05. Left BC on 20/05 by helicopter. Oxygen: Williams from C2 to summit to C2 C3 to summit to C3 by Cool C4 to summit to C4 by Sherpas Report from Karl Egloff: Attempt to make fastest known time for ascent of Everest without O2. Approach: Mera Peak BC 30/04 5350m C1 -- 6000m C2 04/05 6440m C3 7100m HPt 06/05 7800m For pre-training, Egloff climbed Mera Peak 10 times from Khare. First rotation, C2 on 04/05 and then to 7800m on 06/05 to touch, back to C2 and back to BC on 07/05. He stayed at BC for 7 days. From BC to 6700m and back to BC in 11 hours on 14/05. On 17/05, Egloff took the helicopter to Lukla and stayed there until 21/05. Summit Push: On 23/05 at 6 pm, Egloff left BC and turned around at 1 am at 6900m. He did not feel that it was the right time to climb the mopuntain without O2 and it was too windy. He also had a radio call from Eric Roepke, the cameraman, who was in trouble at C2. So he quickly descended to C2 where he arrived at 2:15 am. Roepke had already administered himself with DEX and Egloff took him down to BC. They went through the icefall and arrived at BC at 7:15 am. Roepke was then taken to CIWEC where he was treated for pneumonia. Summiting Sherpas on 24/05 at around noon (with Egloff's team) Wangda Sherpa (A) Furba Gelje Sherpa Phur Gelje Sherpa Tendu Sherpa Wangda Sherpa(B) Left BC 25/05 Oxygen: Not taken, not used (Egloff) Other members (film crew for Tyler Andrews and Karl Egloff’s speed ascent): Dean Staples reached C3 on 23/05. He was managing the camera team and did not intend to summit. Eric Roepke reached C4 on 23/05 to film Egloff and Andrews. He did not feel well and descended to C2 where he was eventually rescued by Egloff. Pablo Durana and Scott Rogers reached C3 on 24/05. They were filming Egloff and Andrews and did not intend to go higher. Mark Fisher reached the balcony (8400m) with Suman Gurung to film Tyler Andrews on 24/05. Manish Tamang reached 7740m on 24/05. He was supposed to go a bit higher, however, there was no oxygen so he turned back. Film crew used oxygen from C2 to high point C2. Suman Gurung, Laprak, Gorkha, DOB 7/09/1985 Cameraman, climber Manish Tamang, Solududhkunda-8, Solukhumbu, DOB 02/06/1993 Cameraman, climber
Accidents -
Achievement -
Agency Iceland Trekking
Commercial Route True
Standard Route True
Primary Route False
Primary Member False
Primary Reference False
Primary ID -
Checksum 2464009
Year 2025
Summit Success True
O2 Summary Used
Route (lowercase) s col-se ridge

Members

69 recorded members.

Name Sex Year of Birth Citizenship Status Residence Occupation
Lukas Furtenbach M 1977 Austria Leader Innsbruck, Tirol, Austria Managing director of Furtenbach Adventures Details Other expeditions
Michael Rudolf Baier M 1965 Germany Climber - Senior Vice President Details Other expeditions
Christopher Charles Burt M 1981 UK Climber Bournemouth, Dorset, England Trader Details Other expeditions
Alistair Scott Carns M 1980 UK Climber (Xenon) Aberdeen, Scotland UK Parliament (MP) Details Other expeditions
Kenton Edward Cool M 1973 UK Climbing Guide Bilbury, Gloucester, England Alpine guide Details Other expeditions
Anthony Howard Day M 1965 UK Climber Ashtead, Surrey, England Attorney Details Other expeditions
Steven Patrick Dixon M 1962 UK Climber - Retired Details Other expeditions
Pablo Durana M 1983 USA Cameraman - - Details Other expeditions
Karl Heinz Egloff M 1981 Switzerland Climber Quito, Ecuador Professional athlete Details Other expeditions
Matias Santiago (Matocco) Erroz M 1977 Argentina Climbing Guide Sierra de los Padres, Mar del Plata, Argentina Alpine guide Details Other expeditions
Mark Jonathan Fisher M 1976 USA Cameraman Victor, Idaho Photographer/filmmaker Details Other expeditions
Wangda Sherpa M 1987 Nepal H-A Worker - - Details Other expeditions
Kevin Francis Godlington M 1975 UK Climber (Xenon) Blackpool, Lancashire, England Business owner Details Other expeditions
Neil William Greenwood M 1970 UK Climber - Managing director Details Other expeditions
Aleksandr Yul (Sandro) Gromen-Hayes M 1990 UK/Germany Cameraman - Film-maker Details Other expeditions
Paul Alberto Guerra Rodriguez M 1981 Ecuador Climber Pasaje Santa Martha, Ecuador Alpine guide Details Other expeditions
Marcel Haar M 1985 Austria Climber Vienna, Austria Employee Details Other expeditions
Rupert Arnold Hauer M 1969 Austria Climbing Guide Mauterndorf, Salzburg, Austria Alpine guide Details Other expeditions
Aljosa Hribar M 1966 Slovenia Climber Celje, Slovenia Business owner Details Other expeditions
Jan David Klint M 1976 Sweden Climber Stockholm, Sweden President of event agency Details Other expeditions
Benjamin Edward Lieber M 1994 USA Climbing Guide Anchorage, Alaska Alpine guide Details Other expeditions
Garth Neal Miller M 1974 Australia Climber (Xenon) Henley-on-Thames, Oxford, England Airline pilot Details Other expeditions
Luis Nicolas Miranda Rodriquez M 1977 Ecuador Cameraman Quito, Ecuador Alpine guide Details Other expeditions
Jakob Muehlbacher M 1979 Austria Exp Doctor Vienna, Austria Physician Details Other expeditions
Rovshan Najaf M 1982 Azerbaijan Climber - Government Details Other expeditions
Jack Ran M 1996 Canada Climber - Student Details Other expeditions
Stuart David Robertson M 1971 UK Climbing Guide Renton, Washington Alpine guide Details Other expeditions
Erich Armstrong Roepke M 1993 USA Cameraman Enterprise, Oregon Photographer Details Other expeditions
Scott Allen Rogers M 1962 USA Cameraman - Photographer Details Other expeditions
Ivan Javier Sosa Gonzalez M 1971 USA Climber Puerto Rico Physician Details Other expeditions
Dean Douglas Staples M 1964 New Zealand Cameraman Hawea, New Zealand Alpine guide Details Other expeditions
Anthony James Stazicker M 1984 UK Climber (Xenon) - Business owner Details Other expeditions
Shubharaj Tamang M 2000 Nepal Climber Khijidemwa-9, Okhaldhunga - Details Other expeditions
Sip Bahadur Tamang M 2000 Nepal Climber Kispang-4, Bagmati - Details Other expeditions
Trevor Lee Thomas M 1992 USA Climber - Consultant Details Other expeditions
Brian Frederick Trapnell M 1966 USA Climber Springville, Utah Physician Details Other expeditions
Richard John Williams M 1971 UK Climber Leeds, York, England Accountant Details Other expeditions
Suman Gurung M 1985 Nepal Cameraman Laprak-7, Gorkha - Details Other expeditions
Dawa Jangbu Lama M 1987 Nepal H-A Worker Beni-3, Solukhumbu - Details Other expeditions
Ram Bahadur Magar M 1995 Nepal H-A Worker Okhaldhunga - Details Other expeditions
Ang Phurba Sherpa M 1998 Nepal H-A Worker - - Details Other expeditions
Chhiring Sherpa M 1995 Nepal H-A Worker - - Details Other expeditions
Da Rinji Sherpa M 1995 Nepal H-A Worker - - Details Other expeditions
Dorje Gyalzen Sherpa M 1982 Nepal H-A Worker Pangboche, Khumbu - Details Other expeditions
Furba Gelzen Sherpa M 2003 Nepal H-A Worker - - Details Other expeditions
Gelu Sherpa M 1996 Nepal H-A Worker Khijidemba, Okhaldhunga - Details Other expeditions
Karma Gelje Sherpa M 1996 Nepal H-A Worker - - Details Other expeditions
Kunga Sherpa M 1992 Nepal H-A Worker Khijiphalate-9, Okhaldhunga - Details Other expeditions
Lhakpa Dawa Sherpa M 1997 Nepal H-A Worker - - Details Other expeditions
Lhakpa Sonam Sherpa M 1995 Nepal H-A Worker - - Details Other expeditions
Ngima Sherpa M 1994 Nepal H-A Worker - - Details Other expeditions
Ngima Tasi Sherpa M 2001 Nepal H-A Worker - - Details Other expeditions
Ngima Tendi Sherpa M 1989 Nepal H-A Worker Kharikhola, Solukhumbu - Details Other expeditions
Nima Nuru Sherpa M 1998 Nepal H-A Worker Solukhumbu - Details Other expeditions
Pasang Sherpa M 1991 Nepal H-A Worker Taksindu, Solukhumbu - Details Other expeditions
Pasang Tendi Sherpa M 1988 Nepal H-A Worker Kharikhola, Solukhumbu - Details Other expeditions
Pemba Gelu Sherpa M 1997 Nepal H-A Worker Dudhkunda-2, Solukhumbu - Details Other expeditions
Pemba Nuri Sherpa M 1995 Nepal H-A Worker - - Details Other expeditions
Pemba Nuri Sherpa M 1979 Nepal H-A Worker Khijidemba-8, Okhaldhunga - Details Other expeditions
Pemba Rinzi/Rinji Sherpa M 1976 Nepal H-A Worker Bishinga-7, Okhaldhunga - Details Other expeditions
Phu Dorchi Sherpa M 1992 Nepal H-A Worker Makalu-Barun - Details Other expeditions
Phuree Gyaljen Sherpa M 1988 Nepal H-A Worker - - Details Other expeditions
Rinji Sherpa M 1977 Nepal H-A Worker Okhaldhunga - Details Other expeditions
Tashi Sherpa M 2000 Nepal H-A Worker - - Details Other expeditions
Tendu Sherpa M 1994 Nepal H-A Worker Okhaldhunga - Details Other expeditions
Wangda Sherpa M 1987 Nepal H-A Worker Patle, Okhaldhunga - Details Other expeditions
Jeevan Tamang M 1993 Nepal H-A Worker Patle-5, Okhaldhunga - Details Other expeditions
Manish Tamang M 1993 Nepal Cameraman Kerung-5, Solukhumbu - Details Other expeditions
Mingmar Tamang M 1988 Nepal H-A Worker Salleri, Solukhumbu - Details Other expeditions

References

9 recorded references.