Everest | 1999 S Col-SE Ridge

A Spain expedition to Everest in 1999 via S Col-SE Ridge, led by Isidoro Rodriguez. Summit reached on 28th September 1999. 12 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field Value
ID 3444
Imported 2026-03-06 18:04:49.359634
Expedition ID EVER99301
Peak ID EVER
Year 1999
Season 3
Host Country 1
Route 1 S Col-SE Ridge
Route 2 -
Route 3 -
Route 4 -
Nationality Spain
Leaders Isidoro Rodriguez
Sponsor Samuel Rubio Expedition from Castille & Leon to Everest
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 -
Basecamp Date 1999-09-07
Summit Date 1999-09-28
Summit Time -
Summit Days 21
Total Days 35
Termination Date 1999-10-12
Termination Reason 5
Termination Notes Abandoned at 7500m due to deep snow and avalanching on Lhotse Face
High Point (m) 7500
Traverse False
Ski False
Paraglide False
Camps 3
Fixed Rope (m) 2000
Total Members 9
Summit Members 0
Member Deaths 0
Total Hired 7
Summit Hired 0
Hired Deaths 0
No Hired False
O2 Used False
O2 None True
O2 Climb False
O2 Descent False
O2 Sleep False
O2 Medical False
O2 Taken False
O2 Unknown False
Other Summits -
Campsites BC(07/09),C1(13/09,6100m),C2(20/09,6400m),C3(24/09,7300m),xxx(28/09,7500m)
Route Notes C1 at top of Icefall C3 pitched but not slept in High point at yellow band on Lhotse West Face. Put 30 ladders in Icefall. 23-24th one part of icefall collapsed, but no one hurt. 28th reached yellow band at 7500m from C2 and hoped to go higher, but weather changed for the worst and started snowing; more than one meter snow and too dangerous to reach C3. 28th slept in C2. Returned to BC 29th with sick Sherpa and after 29th continuous snowfall for 6 days. Sherpas tried on 5th to go up to see conditions and found took two days to reach C3 and abandoned attempt to reach C3 about half way because of avalanching and climb finished.
Accidents 1 Sherpa ulcer
Achievement -
Agency Sherpa Alpine Trekking
Commercial Route True
Standard Route True
Primary Route False
Primary Member False
Primary Reference -
Primary ID -
Checksum 2453719
Year 1999
Summit Success False
O2 Summary None
Route (lowercase) s col-se ridge

Members

12 recorded members.

Name Sex Year of Birth Citizenship Status Residence Occupation
Adelino Campos Nino M 1956 Spain Climber Leon City, Leon, Spain Teacher Details Other expeditions
Ignacio Garcia Pinacho M 1967 Spain Exp Doctor Valladolid, Spain Pharmaceutical company marketing manager Details Other expeditions
Emilio Vicente (Tente) Lagunilla Alonso M 1961 Spain Climber Palencia City, Palencia, Spain Firefighter Details Other expeditions
Fernando Marne Caballero M 1953 Spain Climber Leon City, Leon, Spain Ski instructor Details Other expeditions
Juan Carlos Martinez Lopez M 1958 Spain Climber Leon City, Leon, Spain Lithographer Details Other expeditions
Miguel Angel Perez Alvarez M 1968 Spain Climber Quintana del Castillo, Leon, Spain Attorney Details Other expeditions
Isidoro Rodriguez Cubillas M 1951 Spain Leader Leon City, Leon, Spain Secondary school teacher Details Other expeditions
Pedro Rodriguez Sanchez M 1966 Spain Climber Arenas de San Pedro, Avila, Spain Teacher Details Other expeditions
Angel Villan Polo M 1961 Spain Climber Villamuriel de Cerrato, Palencia, Spain Firefighter Details Other expeditions
Phura Dorje Sherpa M - Nepal H-A Worker - - Details Other expeditions
Wangchu Sherpa M - Nepal H-A Worker - - Details Other expeditions
Nima Dawa Sherpa M - Nepal H-A Worker - - Details Other expeditions

References

5 recorded references.

Expedition ID Journal Author Title Publisher Citation Yak 94
EVER99301 HIGH - - - 212:63 (Jul 2000) -
EVER99301 - Perez Alvarez, Miguel Angel Dos Escaladas al Everest Junto de Castilla y Leon, Leon, Spain - -
EVER99301 - - http://tentelagunilla.es/everest/expedicion.php - - -
EVER99301 - - http://www.arasdelcielo.com/everest/componentes.php - - -
EVER99301 - - http://www.arasdelcielo.com/everest/diario99.php - - -