Lhotse | 2006 W Face

A Chile expedition to Lhotse in 2006 via W Face, led by Rodrigo Jordan Fuchs. Summit reached on 11th May 2006. 16 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field Value
ID 5325
Imported 2026-03-06 18:04:49.359634
Expedition ID LHOT06110
Peak ID LHOT
Year 2006
Season 1
Host Country 1
Route 1 W Face
Route 2 -
Route 3 -
Route 4 -
Nationality Chile
Leaders Rodrigo Jordan Fuchs
Sponsor Chilean Lhotse Expedition 2006
Success 1 True
Success 2 False
Success 3 False
Success 4 False
Ascent 1 97th,99th
Ascent 2 -
Ascent 3 -
Ascent 4 -
Claimed False
Disputed False
Countries -
Approach -
Basecamp Date 2006-04-02
Summit Date 2006-05-11
Summit Time 1330
Summit Days 39
Total Days 45
Termination Date 2006-05-17
Termination Reason 1
Termination Notes -
High Point (m) 8516
Traverse False
Ski False
Paraglide False
Camps 4
Fixed Rope (m) 2000
Total Members 12
Summit Members 11
Member Deaths 0
Total Hired 6
Summit Hired 4
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(02/04),C1(21/04,6100m),C2(23/04,6500m),C3(09/05,7300m),C4(10/05,7800m),Smt(11-12/05)
Route Notes C1 at top of icefall C2 in Western Cwm C3 on West Face C4 on "turtle" at Yellow Band and bottom of couloir. 11th May summiters left C4 3:00 am and on top 1:30 pm; Alvial, Jordan and Scott Ibanez slept in C4, Nicolas Ibanez and Meza in C3, and Lhakpa Rita and Phu Tash in C2. 11 May 7:00 pm summit party for 12 May arrived in C4 and this the reason 2 members and Sherpas went to lower camps. 12 May summiters left C4 at 1:00 am, Becker and Varela on top at 8:00 am, Guzman and Alvial arrived 9:30 am, Ibarra and Irarrazaval at 12:00 with 2 Sherpas Palden Namgyal and Chewang Lendu. Oxygen: all members in C4 to top to C4 except Alvial and Olivares used none at all and "Scott" Ibanez in C3 to top to and in C3; Sherpas in C4 to top to C4. Lucero went to C2, then decided he had climbed enough and made no attempt to go higher. Sherpa summiters: Chewang Lendu, Phortse, 19/4/80 Lhakpa Rita, Phortse, 4/9/71, Everest X3, etc Palden Namgye, Phortse, 22/9/72, Everest X2, etc Phu Tashi, Phortse, 18/5/73
Accidents -
Achievement -
Agency Asian Trekking
Commercial Route False
Standard Route True
Primary Route False
Primary Member False
Primary Reference False
Primary ID -
Checksum 2456593
Year 2006
Summit Success True
O2 Summary Used
Route (lowercase) w face

Members

16 recorded members.

Name Sex Year of Birth Citizenship Status Residence Occupation
Elias Misael Alvial Cid M 1962 Chile Climber Santiago, Chile Alpine guide Details Other expeditions
Gabriel Andres Becker Mardones M 1979 Chile Climber Santiago, Chile Airplane pilot & alpine guide Details Other expeditions
Eugenio Luis Guzman Letelier M 1976 Chile Climber Santiago, Chile Agricultural engineer Details Other expeditions
Nicolas Ibanez Scott Sr. M 1956 Chile Climber Santiago, Chile Grocer Details Other expeditions
Nicolas Ibanez Varela M 1983 Chile Climber Santiago, Chile Student Details Other expeditions
Maria Paz (Pacha) Ibarra Letelier F 1978 Chile Climber Santiago, Chile Student Details Other expeditions
Sebastian Irarrazaval Dominguez M 1978 Chile Climber Santiago, Chile Physician Details Other expeditions
Rodrigo Hernan Jordan Fuchs M 1959 Chile Leader Santiago, Chile Professor of chemical engineering Details Other expeditions
Claudio Lucero Martinez M 1933 Chile Climber Santiago, Chile Alpine instructor Details Other expeditions
Maximiliano (Max) Meza Edwards M 1979 Chile Climber Santiago, Chile Administrator of chain of climbing gear stores in Chile Details Other expeditions
Ernesto Olivares Miranda M 1964 Chile Climber Santiago, Chile Teacher Details Other expeditions
Sebastian Ignacio (Pollo) Varela Contador M 1976 Chile Climber Santiago, Chile Forestry engineer Details Other expeditions
Phu Tashi Sherpa M 1973 Nepal H-A Worker Phortse, Khumbu - Details Other expeditions
Lhakpa Rita Sherpa M 1971 Nepal H-A Worker Phortse, Khumbu - Details Other expeditions
Palden Namgye/Namgyal Sherpa M 1972 Nepal H-A Worker Phortse, Khumbu - Details Other expeditions
Chhewang Lendu (Tsewang Lendu) Sherpa M 1980 Nepal H-A Worker Phortse, Khumbu - Details Other expeditions

References

1 recorded references.

Expedition ID Journal Author Title Publisher Citation Yak 94
LHOT06110 - Jordan, Rodrigo Lhotse, La Montana Olvidada By author, Santiago, Chile - -