Lhotse | 2009 W Face

A Germany expedition to Lhotse in 2009 via W Face, led by Ralf Dujmovits. Summit reached on 20th May 2009. 4 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field Value
ID 6467
Imported 2026-03-06 18:04:49.359634
Expedition ID LHOT09106
Peak ID LHOT
Year 2009
Season 1
Host Country 1
Route 1 W Face
Route 2 -
Route 3 -
Route 4 -
Nationality Germany
Leaders Ralf Dujmovits
Sponsor Lhotse Expedition 2009
Success 1 True
Success 2 False
Success 3 False
Success 4 False
Ascent 1 135
Ascent 2 -
Ascent 3 -
Ascent 4 -
Claimed False
Disputed False
Countries Austria, Japan
Approach -
Basecamp Date 2009-04-23
Summit Date 2009-05-20
Summit Time 1200
Summit Days 27
Total Days 30
Termination Date 2009-05-23
Termination Reason 1
Termination Notes -
High Point (m) 8516
Traverse False
Ski False
Paraglide False
Camps 4
Fixed Rope (m) 0
Total Members 4
Summit Members 4
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 Climbed Island Peak on 19 April and 2 nights on top
Campsites BC(23/04,5300m),Biv1(26/04,6150m),Biv2(27/04,6450m),Biv3(29/04,7300m),Biv4(18/05,7800m),Smt(20/05)
Route Notes Dujmovits and Kaltenbrunner are married and often climb together and with Takeuchi, not so often with Goettler. On this climb, the four always climbed together, made all bivouacs together and summited on the same day although at different times. The team had no fixed camps above BC. They began their climb on 26 April. They left BC at 5:00 pm and bivouacked at 6150m, at 8:00 pm. On the 27th they moved up the Western Cwm to 6450m and stayed there two nights. On the 29th they climbed onto the West Face of Lhotse and bivouacked at 7300m. On 1 May they took their two bivvy tents from 7300m back down to 6450m, entrusted them to the C2 cook of IMG's American Everest expedition (led by Eric Simonson), and descended to their own BC tents. From 1 to 15 May they waited in BC for the very strong winds to die, and for temperature warmer than -30 to -35 C. at 8500m. Finally, on the 17th, they moved up again and got to C2. On the 18th they picked up their bivvy tents and bivouacked again at 7800m at the rock formation known as the Turtle below the bottom of the couloir. On 20 May they left the bivouac at 4:15 am and climbed to the summit. Kaltenbrunner climbed to 30m below the summit at 11:00 am and waited there for her husband, Dujmovits, for 50 minutes; the temperature was -25 degrees C. and the wind wind was blowing at 30 km/hr. Dujmovits joined her and together they summited at 12:00 noon (they met a New Zealander and a Sherpa at the top). Goettler arrived on the summit at 1:00 pm, and Takeuchi with the Spaniard Xavi Arias were there about one hour later. They all descended to their bivouac at 7800m for the night. Kaltenbrunner, Dujmovits and Goettler got there at 3:00 pm and Takeuchi, still with Arias, joined them at 6:00 pm. They all continued down to 7300m at 9:00 pm, and all were in BC on the 21st.
Accidents -
Achievement -
Agency Thamserku Trekking
Commercial Route False
Standard Route True
Primary Route False
Primary Member False
Primary Reference False
Primary ID -
Checksum 2457701
Year 2009
Summit Success True
O2 Summary None
Route (lowercase) w face

Members

4 recorded members.

Name Sex Year of Birth Citizenship Status Residence Occupation
Ralf Dujmovits M 1961 Germany Leader Buehl, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany Alpine guide Details Other expeditions
David Johannes Goettler M 1978 Germany Climber Munich, Bavaria, Germany Alpine guide Details Other expeditions
Gerlinde Kaltenbrunner F 1970 Austria Climber Buehl, Baden Wuerttemberg, Germany Professional alpinist & nurse Details Other expeditions
Hirotaka Takeuchi M 1971 Japan Climber Tokyo, Japan Professional alpinist Details Other expeditions

References

0 recorded references.