Lhotse | 2000 W Face

A Spain expedition to Lhotse in 2000 via W Face, led by Jesus Martinez. Summit reached on 2nd October 2000. 1 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field Value
ID 3729
Imported 2026-03-06 18:04:49.359634
Expedition ID LHOT00301
Peak ID LHOT
Year 2000
Season 3
Host Country 1
Route 1 W Face
Route 2 -
Route 3 -
Route 4 -
Nationality Spain
Leaders Jesus Martinez
Sponsor Independent climber on South Korean permit (Yoon)
Success 1 True
Success 2 False
Success 3 False
Success 4 False
Ascent 1 58th
Ascent 2 -
Ascent 3 -
Ascent 4 -
Claimed False
Disputed False
Countries -
Approach By road to Jiri->helicopter to Lukla
Basecamp Date 2000-09-15
Summit Date 2000-10-02
Summit Time 1445
Summit Days 17
Total Days 21
Termination Date 2000-10-06
Termination Reason 1
Termination Notes -
High Point (m) 8516
Traverse False
Ski False
Paraglide False
Camps 2
Fixed Rope (m) 0
Total Members 1
Summit Members 1
Member Deaths 0
Total Hired 0
Summit Hired 0
Hired Deaths 0
No Hired True
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(15/09),C1(19/09,6523m),C2(25/09,7350m),Smt(02/10)
Route Notes Site of normal C2 in Western Cwm C2 on West Face of Lhotse. On top on 2 Oct at 2:45 pm alone. Martinez was independent climber on permit of South Korean expedition led by Yoon Hong-Keun.
Accidents -
Achievement -
Agency Lali Gurans
Commercial Route False
Standard Route True
Primary Route False
Primary Member False
Primary Reference False
Primary ID -
Checksum 2454495
Year 2000
Summit Success True
O2 Summary None
Route (lowercase) w face

Members

1 recorded members.

Name Sex Year of Birth Citizenship Status Residence Occupation
Jesus Martinez Novas M 1965 Spain Leader Mos, Pontevedra, Spain Professional alpinist Details Other expeditions

References

1 recorded references.

Expedition ID Journal Author Title Publisher Citation Yak 94
LHOT00301 HIGH - - - 226:60 (Sep 2001) -