Lhotse | 2008 W Face

A Netherlands expedition to Lhotse in 2008 via W Face, led by Arnold Coster. Summit reached on 19th May 2008. 5 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field Value
ID 6040
Imported 2026-03-06 18:04:49.359634
Expedition ID LHOT08109
Peak ID LHOT
Year 2008
Season 1
Host Country 1
Route 1 W Face
Route 2 -
Route 3 -
Route 4 -
Nationality Netherlands
Leaders Arnold Coster
Sponsor SummitClimb Everest & Lhotse Expedition 2008
Success 1 True
Success 2 False
Success 3 False
Success 4 False
Ascent 1 116
Ascent 2 -
Ascent 3 -
Ascent 4 -
Claimed False
Disputed False
Countries Greece, Nepal
Approach -
Basecamp Date 2008-04-08
Summit Date 2008-05-19
Summit Time 0900
Summit Days 41
Total Days 45
Termination Date 2008-05-23
Termination Reason 1
Termination Notes -
High Point (m) 8516
Traverse False
Ski False
Paraglide False
Camps 4
Fixed Rope (m) 600
Total Members 3
Summit Members 1
Member Deaths 0
Total Hired 2
Summit Hired 1
Hired Deaths 0
No Hired False
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 Attempted Everest (EVER-081-51)
Campsites BC(08/04,5350m),C1(14/04,5950m),C2(19/04,6300m),C3(12/05,7300m),C4(18/05,7800m),Smt(19/05)
Route Notes Two clients and leader Coster had made a bid for Lhotse's summit. Costner, Kiriakakis and Coster's wife Maya Sherpa, plus two Sherpas, Jangbu and Lhakpa Gelu, left their Lhotse C4 at 12:30 am on 19 May (just past midnight of the 18/19th). Coster and his wife turned back at 8400m at 7:00 am because they thought it was too windy to go much higher, and they descended to C2 that day. Kiriakakis and Lhakpa Gelu, however, went on up and summited at 9:00 am. Lhakpa Gelu got mild frostbite on one of his little fingers and a big toe. The two summiters went down to C4 for the night. The members used oxygen from 7300m to their high points to C2 while their Sherpas used it from 7300m to high points to C4.
Accidents -
Achievement -
Agency Everest Parivar
Commercial Route False
Standard Route True
Primary Route False
Primary Member False
Primary Reference False
Primary ID EVER08151
Checksum 2457334
Year 2008
Summit Success True
O2 Summary Used
Route (lowercase) w face

Members

5 recorded members.

Name Sex Year of Birth Citizenship Status Residence Occupation
Arnold Coster M 1976 Netherlands Leader Capelle a/d Ijssel, Netherlands Mechanical engineer Details Other expeditions
Zaharias Kiriakakis M 1965 Greece Climber Marousi, Greece Physician Details Other expeditions
Lhakpa Gelu (Lhakpa Gelbu) Sherpa M 1977 Nepal H-A Worker Thumduk, Beni, Solukhumbu - Details Other expeditions
Maya Sherpa F 1978 Nepal Climber Patle-5, Okhaldhunga Alpinist & volunteer worker Details Other expeditions
Jangbu Sherpa M 1980 Nepal H-A Worker Kharikhola, Solukhumbu - Details Other expeditions

References

1 recorded references.

Expedition ID Journal Author Title Publisher Citation Yak 94
LHOT08109 - - http://www.summitclimbnews.com - - -