Lhotse | 2009 W Face-S Col

A Italy expedition to Lhotse in 2009 via W Face-S Col, led by Silvio Mondinelli. Summit reached on 17th May 2009. 2 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field Value
ID 6470
Imported 2026-03-06 18:04:49.359634
Expedition ID LHOT09109
Peak ID LHOT
Year 2009
Season 1
Host Country 1
Route 1 W Face-S Col
Route 2 -
Route 3 -
Route 4 -
Nationality Italy
Leaders Silvio Mondinelli
Sponsor Ev-Lo CNR Lhotse Expedition
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 2009-05-04
Summit Date 2009-05-17
Summit Time -
Summit Days 13
Total Days 7
Termination Date 2009-05-11
Termination Reason 12
Termination Notes -
High Point (m) 7900
Traverse False
Ski False
Paraglide False
Camps 1
Fixed Rope (m) 7900
Total Members 1
Summit Members 0
Member Deaths 0
Total Hired 1
Summit Hired 0
Hired Deaths 0
No Hired False
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(04/05,5350m),C2(05/05,6400m),xxx(17/05,7900m)
Route Notes High point at South Col of Everest. Mondinelli's mission was to repair instruments installed on the South Col of Everest such as wind and humidity sensors for the research project being carried out at the research pyramid at Lobuche over the past years. These instruments had stopped functioning, and he had to fix or replace them. He said on his arrival in Kathmandu that after he accomplished their work, he would like to climb to the summit of Lhotse with the Austrian, Mrs. Gerlinde Kaltenbrunner. He is a very strong climber who has summited all 8000ers (including Cho Oyu twice). He arrived at the Lhotse-Everest base camp on 5 May and soon afterwards climbed up to C2 and C3 to acclimatize and returned to BC. On 16 May he went from to C2 and the 17th to C3 and the South Col to do his repair work. He found that two batteries were not functioning and two solar panels had been damaged by small rocks that the winds had tossed against them. Mondinelli descended from the Col to C2 on the same day, the 17th, and to BC on the 18th while the defunct batteries and solar panels were carried down to the pyramid. On the 20th, he went back up with replacements batteries to C2 and to the Col on the 21st, in four hours he had finished his work there, and he was able to leave BC on 22 May to return to Kathmandu. He made no attempt to scale Lhotse. Mondinelli had one climbing Sherpa with him: Ngima/Nima Sherpa, 2/12/72, Sikli, Jubing-9, Solu, Everest X2, Cho Oyu X4
Accidents -
Achievement -
Agency Cho Oyu Trekking
Commercial Route False
Standard Route False
Primary Route False
Primary Member False
Primary Reference False
Primary ID -
Checksum 2457698
Year 2009
Summit Success False
O2 Summary None
Route (lowercase) w face-s col

Members

2 recorded members.

Name Sex Year of Birth Citizenship Status Residence Occupation
Silvio Mondinelli M 1958 Italy Leader Alagna Valsesia, Vercelli, Italy Alpine guide Details Other expeditions
Nima (Ngima, Maila) Sherpa M 1972 Nepal H-A Worker Sikli, Jubing, Solukhumbu - Details Other expeditions

References

0 recorded references.