Lhotse | 2009 W Face

A Sweden expedition to Lhotse in 2009 via W Face, led by Lars Svens. Summit reached on 20th May 2009. 2 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field Value
ID 6462
Imported 2026-03-06 18:04:49.359634
Expedition ID LHOT09101
Peak ID LHOT
Year 2009
Season 1
Host Country 1
Route 1 W Face
Route 2 -
Route 3 -
Route 4 -
Nationality Sweden
Leaders Lars Svens
Sponsor Swedes on Lhotse
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 Pangboche
Basecamp Date 2009-04-04
Summit Date 2009-05-20
Summit Time -
Summit Days 46
Total Days 50
Termination Date 2009-05-24
Termination Reason 9
Termination Notes Abandoned at 7350m due to team was too slow
High Point (m) 7350
Traverse False
Ski False
Paraglide False
Camps 3
Fixed Rope (m) 0
Total Members 2
Summit Members 0
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(04/04,5350m),C1(12/04,5950m),C2(20/04,6400m),C3(19/05,7150m),xxx(20/05,7350m)
Route Notes Team left C3 at 7 am on 20 May. Weather was clear and calm. When team arrived at the Yellow Band at 10 am, they noticed that they would be too late for summit. They returned to C3, where they arrived at 2 pm. The following day they descended to C1, the next day to BC. They did not consider another summit push due to too little time.
Accidents -
Achievement -
Agency Arun Treks
Commercial Route False
Standard Route True
Primary Route False
Primary Member False
Primary Reference False
Primary ID -
Checksum 2457701
Year 2009
Summit Success False
O2 Summary None
Route (lowercase) w face

Members

2 recorded members.

Name Sex Year of Birth Citizenship Status Residence Occupation
Laila Elisabet Ojefelt F 1968 Sweden Climber Borlange, Sweden Computer engineer Details Other expeditions
Lars Erik Svens M 1960 Sweden Leader Djura, Sweden Carpenter Details Other expeditions

References

0 recorded references.