Lhotse | 2007 W Face

A USA expedition to Lhotse in 2007 via W Face, led by Jamie Laidlaw. Summit reached on 24th May 2007. 1 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field Value
ID 5733
Imported 2026-03-06 18:04:49.359634
Expedition ID LHOT07106
Peak ID LHOT
Year 2007
Season 1
Host Country 1
Route 1 W Face
Route 2 -
Route 3 -
Route 4 -
Nationality USA
Leaders Jamie Laidlaw
Sponsor Mountain Madness Lhotse Expedition 2007
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 2007-04-07
Summit Date 2007-05-24
Summit Time -
Summit Days 47
Total Days 50
Termination Date 2007-05-27
Termination Reason 8
Termination Notes Abandoned at 8300m due to weather getting worse and oxygen mask broke
High Point (m) 8300
Traverse False
Ski True
Paraglide False
Camps 4
Fixed Rope (m) 0
Total Members 1
Summit Members 0
Member Deaths 0
Total Hired 0
Summit Hired 0
Hired Deaths 0
No Hired True
O2 Used True
O2 None False
O2 Climb True
O2 Descent False
O2 Sleep False
O2 Medical False
O2 Taken False
O2 Unknown False
Other Summits -
Campsites BC(07/04,5350m),C1(14/04,6100m),C2(19/04,6400m),C3(14/05,7200m),C4(23/05,7700m),xxx(24/05,8300m)
Route Notes C4 below couloir on West Face High point in couloir. Mountain Madness Nuptse/Lhotse led by Jamie Laidlaw - 29 May 2007 Laidlaw's first job was to guide a "sightseeing" group through the Icefall into the Western Cwm on a Nuptse permit; there was no intention to actually climb Nuptse. The group's members were: 1. Ms. Erin Cally, American - went to C2 at 6400m in the Cwm 2. John Inderdall, Norwegian - went to C2 3. Grant Musgrove, American - went to C1 at 6100m at the top of the Icefall 4. Henry William Querfurth, American - went to C2 5. Trond Stenevson, Norwegian - went to 5500m in the Icefall Cally, Inderdall and Musgrove left BC on 21 April; Stenevson, had left earlier. Laidlaw guided Querfurth to C2 on the 23rd, and Querfurth left BC on the 26th. After taking Querfurth to C2, Laidlaw got pulmonary edema and went down to Namche Bazar to recover. He returned to BC 1 May, moved up through the Mountain Madness Everest Expedition's C1, C2, C3 and alone went for Lhotse's summit. He pitched his C4 at 7700m and left it for the top at 11:00 pm on the 23rd. He reached 8300m in the couloir at 2:30 am on the 24th; now, when he changed oxygen bottles, his oxygen regulator broke, and he turned back. (He had been on oxygen from C3). He now had no oxygen and had just had pulmonary edema, so he decided "not to push things further" and was back in C4 at 4:00 am. He skied from 8300m to C4 in the dark without oxygen but with a headlamp to see by. Next day, the 25th, he descended on skis to C2 in the Cwm in just 30 minutes, was tired on arrival and slept in C2. Went down to BC on 26th.
Accidents -
Achievement 1st Lhotse couloir ski descent
Agency Mountain Madness
Commercial Route False
Standard Route True
Primary Route False
Primary Member False
Primary Reference False
Primary ID -
Checksum 2456972
Year 2007
Summit Success False
O2 Summary Used
Route (lowercase) w face

Members

1 recorded members.

Name Sex Year of Birth Citizenship Status Residence Occupation
James Scott (Jamie) Laidlaw M 1980 USA Leader McCall, Idaho Skiing and river guide Details Other expeditions

References

0 recorded references.