Lhotse | 2001 W Face

A UK expedition to Lhotse in 2001 via W Face, led by Peta Watts. Summit reached on 23rd May 2001. 8 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field Value
ID 3832
Imported 2026-03-06 18:04:49.359634
Expedition ID LHOT01103
Peak ID LHOT
Year 2001
Season 1
Host Country 1
Route 1 W Face
Route 2 -
Route 3 -
Route 4 -
Nationality UK
Leaders Peta Watts
Sponsor Himalayan Guides Lhotse Expedition
Success 1 True
Success 2 False
Success 3 False
Success 4 False
Ascent 1 66th
Ascent 2 -
Ascent 3 -
Ascent 4 -
Claimed False
Disputed False
Countries Canada, Mexico, Spain, USA
Approach -
Basecamp Date 2001-04-10
Summit Date 2001-05-23
Summit Time 1000
Summit Days 43
Total Days 47
Termination Date 2001-05-27
Termination Reason 1
Termination Notes -
High Point (m) 8516
Traverse False
Ski False
Paraglide False
Camps 4
Fixed Rope (m) 0
Total Members 7
Summit Members 3
Member Deaths 0
Total Hired 1
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 -
Campsites BC(10/04),C1(14/04,6100m),C2(21/04,6500m),C3((02/05,7200m),C4(22/05,7900m),Smt(23/05)
Route Notes C1 at top of Icefall C2 in Western Cwm C3 on West Face of Lhotse (low C3) C4 on West Face. 27 May 3 am, left C3 for top: Contreras, Ogwgn, Watts and Pasang Dawa Sherpa. On top at 10:00 am and down C4 only Watts, while other 3 summiters to C2 (too dangerous for Watts to stay in C3 and not she would not get to C2, but be tempted to stop in C3). Simone Moro's Kazakh member summited at same time as this party; Spanish afterwards. Chang stopped climbing after Babu Chiri's death. Cowen left expedition in April: found this effort too soon after Everest in 2000. Markey left BC 17 May because he had no time to stay after 20 May. Inaki Ochoa of Ben Webster's Everest South (Canada) climbed to C3 with this expedition and then attended to Webster's small team. When he saw there obviously no time for summiting both Lhotse and Everest because of weather, he chose to summmit Everest and did so with Webster's team.
Accidents -
Achievement -
Agency Himalayan Guides
Commercial Route -
Standard Route True
Primary Route False
Primary Member False
Primary Reference -
Primary ID -
Checksum 2454729
Year 2001
Summit Success True
O2 Summary Used
Route (lowercase) w face

Members

8 recorded members.

Name Sex Year of Birth Citizenship Status Residence Occupation
Jen-Tseh Chang M 1957 USA Climber Stillwater, Oklahoma Mathematics teacher Details Other expeditions
Yuri Contreras Cedi M 1963 Mexico Climber Leon, Guanajuato, Mexico Orthopedic surgeon Details Other expeditions
Timothy Alan (Tim) Cowen M 1962 USA Climber Golden, Colorado Surveyor Details Other expeditions
Scott Thomas Markey M 1966 Canada Climber Georgetown, Ontario Physician Details Other expeditions
Joby David Ogwyn M 1974 USA Climber Shreveport, Louisiana Real estate developer Details Other expeditions
Peta Watts F 1955 UK Leader Edinburgh, Scotland Lecturer in outdoor education and first aid Details Other expeditions
Pasang Dawa (Pa Dawa, Pando) Sherpa M 1977 Nepal H-A Worker Pangboche, Khumbu - Details Other expeditions
Ignacio (Inaki) Ochoa de Olza Seguin M 1967 Spain Climber Pamplona, Navarra, Spain Alpine guide & instructor Details Other expeditions

References

1 recorded references.

Expedition ID Journal Author Title Publisher Citation Yak 94
LHOT01103 HIGH - - - 231:72 (Feb 2002) -