Everest | 1953 S Col-SE Ridge

A UK expedition to Everest in 1953 via S Col-SE Ridge, led by John Hunt. Summit reached on 29th May 1953. 23 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field Value
ID 2751
Imported 2026-03-06 18:04:49.359634
Expedition ID EVER53101
Peak ID EVER
Year 1953
Season 1
Host Country 1
Route 1 S Col-SE Ridge
Route 2 -
Route 3 -
Route 4 -
Nationality UK
Leaders John Hunt
Sponsor British Expedition to Mt. Everest
Success 1 True
Success 2 False
Success 3 False
Success 4 False
Ascent 1 1st
Ascent 2 -
Ascent 3 -
Ascent 4 -
Claimed False
Disputed False
Countries New Zealand
Approach Khumbu Valley
Basecamp Date 1953-04-12
Summit Date 1953-05-29
Summit Time 1130
Summit Days 47
Total Days 52
Termination Date 1953-06-03
Termination Reason 1
Termination Notes -
High Point (m) 8849
Traverse False
Ski False
Paraglide False
Camps 9
Fixed Rope (m) 0
Total Members 13
Summit Members 1
Member Deaths 0
Total Hired 20
Summit Hired 1
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 Climbed Ambu Gyabjan (AMBG-531-01), Imjatse (IMJA-531-01), Kangchung Nup (KCHN-531-01), Pointed Peak (POIN-531-01), Pokalde (POKA-531-01) and Chhukung Tse (CHUK-531-01)
Campsites BC(12/04,5450m),C2(15/04,5900m),C3(22/04,6150m),C4.ABC(01/05,6460m),C5(03/05,6700m),C6(04/05),C7(17/05,7315m),C8(22/05,7950m),C9(28/05,8500m),Smt(29/05)
Route Notes -
Accidents -
Achievement -
Agency -
Commercial Route True
Standard Route True
Primary Route False
Primary Member False
Primary Reference -
Primary ID -
Checksum 2436570
Year 1953
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
Topke Sherpa M - Nepal H-A Worker - - Details Other expeditions
Henry Cecil John Hunt M 1910 UK Leader - - Details Other expeditions
Edmund Percival Hillary M 1919 New Zealand Climber Auckland, New Zealand Apiarist & alpinist Details Other expeditions
Thomas Duncan (Tom) Bourdillon M 1924 UK Climber Aylesbury, Buckingham, England - Details Other expeditions
Cuthbert Wilfrid Frank (Wilf) Noyce M 1917 UK Climber - - Details Other expeditions
Michael Phelps Ward M 1925 UK Climber Petworth, W Sussex, England Surgeon Details Other expeditions
Charles Geoffrey Wylie M 1919 UK Climber Liphook, Hampshire, England - Details Other expeditions
Alfred John (Alf) Gregory M 1913 UK Climber Blackpool, Lancashire, England - Details Other expeditions
Tenzing Norgay M 1914 India Sirdar Darjeeling, India - Details Other expeditions
Robert Charles Evans M 1918 UK Climber Liverpool, Merseyside, England Physician (surgeon) Details Other expeditions
George Christopher Band M 1929 UK Climber - - Details Other expeditions
Wallace George Lowe M 1924 New Zealand Climber - - Details Other expeditions
Lewis Griffith Cresswell Evans Pugh M 1909 UK Exp Doctor - Physiologist Details Other expeditions
Thomas Ralph (Tom) Stobart M 1914 UK Cameraman - - Details Other expeditions
Michael Horatio Westmacott M 1925 UK Climber Kendal, Cumbria, England - Details Other expeditions
Pasang Phutar Sherpa M 1927 Nepal H-A Worker Namche Bazar, Khumbu - Details Other expeditions
Da Namgyal Sherpa M 1925 Nepal H-A Worker Darjeeling, India (from Solukhumbu) - Details Other expeditions
Ang Nyima Sherpa M 1931 Nepal H-A Worker Darjeeling, India (born in 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
Annulu Sherpa M - Nepal H-A Worker Khumjung, Khumbu - Details Other expeditions
Ang Norbu Sherpa M - Nepal H-A Worker - - Details Other expeditions
Dawa Tenzing (Da Tenzing) Sherpa M 1907 Nepal H-A Worker Khumjung, Khumbu - Details Other expeditions

References

22 recorded references.

Expedition ID Journal Author Title Publisher Citation Yak 94
EVER53101 - Hunt, John The Ascent of Everest Hodder & Stoughton, London - H470
EVER53101 - Hillary, Edmund High Adventure Hodder & Stoughton, London - H316
EVER53101 - Hunt, John Our Everest Adventure Brockhampton Press, Leicester, England - H472
EVER53101 - Gregory, Alfred The Picture of Everest Hodder & Stoughton, London - G261
EVER53101 - Noyce, Wilfrid South Col Heinemann, London - N172
EVER53101 - Ullman, James Ramsey Man of Everest George G. Harrap, London - U24
EVER53101 AJ Hunt, John Everest, 1953 - 59:103-172 (Nov 1953) -
EVER53101 AJ Hillary, Edmund Everest, 1953 - 59:235-263 (May 1954) -
EVER53101 HJ Wylie, Charles, et al Everest, 1953 - 18:7-68 (1954) -
EVER53101 MW Noyce, Wilfrid Everest 1953 - 21-62 (1954) -
EVER53101 NZAJ Hillary, E. P. Everest, 1953 - 15:363-381 (1954) -
EVER53101 NZAJ Lowe, W. G. Notes on Snow Conditions on Mount Everest - 15:381-382 (1954) -
EVER53101 NZAJ Odell, N. E. Reflections on Everest - 15:382-392 (1954) -
EVER53101 - - https://www.himalayanclub.org/hj/18/1/everest-1953-1/ - - -
EVER53101 - - https://www.alpinejournal.org.uk/Contents/Contents_1954_files/AJ59%201954%20235-238%20Hillary%20Everest%20(4).pdf - - -
EVER53101 - - https://www.alpinejournal.org.uk/Contents/Contents_1953_files/AJ59%201953%20102-106%20Graham%20Brown%20Everest.pdf - - -
EVER53101 - - https://www.alpinejournal.org.uk/Contents/Contents_1953_files/AJ59%201953%20107-122%20Hunt%20&%20Westmacott%20(1)%20Everest%20Narrative.pdf - - -
EVER53101 NGA Shnayerson, Michael Back on Earth National Geographic Adventure 56-62+ (May 2003) -
EVER53101 ALP Isserman, Maurice What's Past is Prologue: Tom Hornbein's Winding Path to Chomolungma - 73:56-73 (Spring 2021) -
EVER53101 ROCK Osius, Alison High Ground, Everest W Ridge 1963 - 211:58-67 (July 2013) -
EVER53101 OUTS Schaffer, Grayson Lost of Everest - 64-76 (May 2013) -
EVER53101 NGS Hunt, John & Hillary, Edmund Triumph on Everest - 106-1:1-63 (July 1954) -