Everest | 1952 S Col-SE Ridge
A Switzerland expedition to Everest in 1952 via S Col-SE Ridge, led by Gabriel Chevalley. Summit reached on 20th November 1952. 21 members recorded.
Expedition Details
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| ID | 2749 |
| Imported | 2026-03-06 18:04:49.359634 |
| Expedition ID | EVER52301 |
| Peak ID | EVER |
| Year | 1952 |
| Season | 3 |
| Host Country | 1 |
| Route 1 | S Col-SE Ridge |
| Route 2 | - |
| Route 3 | - |
| Route 4 | - |
| Nationality | Switzerland |
| Leaders | Gabriel Chevalley |
| Sponsor | - |
| Success 1 | False |
| Success 2 | False |
| Success 3 | False |
| Success 4 | False |
| Ascent 1 | - |
| Ascent 2 | - |
| Ascent 3 | - |
| Ascent 4 | - |
| Claimed | False |
| Disputed | False |
| Countries | - |
| Approach | Khumbu Valley |
| Basecamp Date | 1952-10-07 |
| Summit Date | 1952-11-20 |
| Summit Time | - |
| Summit Days | 44 |
| Total Days | 51 |
| Termination Date | 1952-11-27 |
| Termination Reason | 4 |
| Termination Notes | - |
| High Point (m) | 8100 |
| Traverse | False |
| Ski | False |
| Paraglide | False |
| Camps | 7 |
| Fixed Rope (m) | 0 |
| Total Members | 7 |
| Summit Members | 0 |
| Member Deaths | 0 |
| Total Hired | 23 |
| Summit Hired | 0 |
| Hired Deaths | 1 |
| 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(07/10,5050m),C1(08/10,5250m),C2(10/10,5600m),C3(6000m),C4(6450m),C5(26/10,6900m),C6(04/11,7100m),C7(14/11,7500m),C8(19/11,7880m),xxx(20/11,8100m) |
| Route Notes | - |
| Accidents | 1 Sherpa killed by ice avalanche, 2 porters died on approach march |
| Achievement | - |
| Agency | - |
| Commercial Route | True |
| Standard Route | True |
| Primary Route | False |
| Primary Member | False |
| Primary Reference | - |
| Primary ID | - |
| Checksum | 2436379 |
| Year | 1952 |
| Summit Success | False |
| O2 Summary | Used |
| Route (lowercase) | s col-se ridge |
Members
21 recorded members.
| Name | Sex | Year of Birth | Citizenship | Status | Residence | Occupation | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gabriel Chevalley | M | 1918 | Switzerland | Leader | - | - | Details Other expeditions |
| Jean Buzio | M | 1913 | Switzerland | Climber | - | - | Details Other expeditions |
| Norman Guenter Dyhrenfurth | M | 1918 | Switzerland | Climber | - | - | Details Other expeditions |
| Gustave Gross | M | - | Switzerland | Climber | - | - | Details Other expeditions |
| Raymond Lambert | M | 1914 | Switzerland | Climber | Geneva, Switzerland | Alpine guide | Details Other expeditions |
| Ernst Reiss | M | 1920 | Switzerland | Climber | Brienz, Bern, Switzerland | - | Details Other expeditions |
| Arthur Spoehel | M | 1917 | Switzerland | Climber | - | - | Details Other expeditions |
| Tenzing Norgay | M | 1914 | India | Sirdar | Darjeeling, India | - | Details Other expeditions |
| Mingma Dorje Sherpa | M | - | Nepal | H-A Worker | - | - | Details Other expeditions |
| Da Namgyal Sherpa | M | 1925 | Nepal | H-A Worker | Darjeeling, India (from Solukhumbu) | - | Details Other expeditions |
| Ang Temba Sherpa | M | 1925 | Nepal | H-A Worker | Darjeeling, India (born in Thami, Khumbu) | - | Details Other expeditions |
| Dawa Thondup (Da Thondup) Sherpa | M | 1907 | Nepal | H-A Worker | - | - | Details Other expeditions |
| Da Norbu Sherpa | M | - | Nepal | H-A Worker | - | - | Details Other expeditions |
| Mingma Sitar Sherpa | M | - | Nepal | H-A Worker | - | - | Details Other expeditions |
| Ang Nima Sherpa | M | - | Nepal | H-A Worker | - | - | Details Other expeditions |
| Ajiba (Ajeeba) Sherpa | M | 1911 | Nepal | H-A Worker | Thami, Khumbu | - | Details Other expeditions |
| Pemba Sunder Sherpa | M | - | Nepal | H-A Worker | - | - | Details Other expeditions |
| Gunden Sherpa | M | - | Nepal | H-A Worker | - | - | Details Other expeditions |
| Topke Sherpa | M | - | Nepal | H-A Worker | - | - | Details Other expeditions |
| Ang Namgyal Sherpa | M | - | Nepal | H-A Worker | - | - | Details Other expeditions |
| Pemba Sherpa | M | - | Nepal | H-A Worker | - | - | Details Other expeditions |
References
10 recorded references.
| Expedition ID | Journal | Author | Title | Publisher | Citation | Yak 94 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EVER52301 | - | Dittert, Rene & Chevalley, Gabriel | Forerunners to Everest | Harper & Bros, New York | - | C178 |
| EVER52301 | - | Swiss Foundation for Alpine Research | Everest | Hodder & Stoughton, London | - | S242 |
| EVER52301 | AAJ | Dyhrenfurth, Norman G. | Everest, 1952 | - | 27:397-409 (1953) | - |
| EVER52301 | MW | Chevalley, Gabriel & Lambert, Raymond | Forerunners to Everest | - | 9-18 (1954) | - |
| EVER52301 | - | Oelz, Oswald | Everest-Lhotse | AS Verlag, Zurich | - | - |
| EVER52301 | - | Chevalley, Gabriel | Avant-Premieres a l'Everest | Arthaud, Paris | - | C178 |
| EVER52301 | - | Reiss, Ernst | Mein Weg Als Bergsteiger | Huber, Frauenfeld | - | R167 |
| EVER52301 | - | Lambert, Raymond | A l'Assaut des 'Quatre Mille' | Jeheber, Geneva | - | L49 |
| EVER52301 | - | Nickel, Andreas | Himalaya, Norman Dyhrenfurth | AS Verlag, Zurich | - | - |
| EVER52301 | - | - | http://publications.americanalpineclub.org/articles/12195339700/Mount-Everest-1952 | - | - | - |