Lhotse | 2010 W Face

A USA expedition to Lhotse in 2010 via W Face, led by Cleo Weidlich. Summit reached on 24th May 2010. 2 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field Value
ID 6789
Imported 2026-03-06 18:04:49.359634
Expedition ID LHOT10106
Peak ID LHOT
Year 2010
Season 1
Host Country 1
Route 1 W Face
Route 2 -
Route 3 -
Route 4 -
Nationality USA
Leaders Cleo Weidlich
Sponsor Asian Trekking Eco-Everest Expedition 2006
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 2010-05-12
Summit Date 2010-05-24
Summit Time -
Summit Days 12
Total Days 15
Termination Date 2010-05-27
Termination Reason 5
Termination Notes Abandoned at 8218m due to bad snow conditions, no fixed rope
High Point (m) 8218
Traverse False
Ski False
Paraglide False
Camps 4
Fixed Rope (m) 75
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 True
O2 Unknown False
Other Summits Climbed Everest (EVER-101-16)
Campsites BC(12/05,5350m),C1(13/05,6100m),C2(14/05,6400m),C3(15/05,7400m),C4(23/05,7700m),xxx(24/05,8218m)
Route Notes After having climbed Everest on 17th May, Weidlich and Dawa Tshering descended to C2 on 18th May. They stayed there for four days. On 22nd May, Dawa Tshering and Wiedlich ascended to C3 and to C4 of Lhotse on 23rd of May. They left C4 at 5:10 am on 24th May. It was snowing and very warm. The snow conditions were not good and the ropes had not been fixed. When they got to their high point at 8218m at 8:15 am, they decided to turn back due to lack of rope and bad snow conditions. They descended to C4, took it down and then they carried on to C2, where they arrived at about 3:30 pm. On 25th May to BC. Oxygen: Not taken, not used. Sherpa: Dawa Tshering, Thami, Khumbu, 19/11/66, Everest X11
Accidents -
Achievement -
Agency Asian Trekking
Commercial Route False
Standard Route True
Primary Route False
Primary Member False
Primary Reference False
Primary ID EVER10116
Checksum 2458071
Year 2010
Summit Success False
O2 Summary None
Route (lowercase) w face

Members

2 recorded members.

Name Sex Year of Birth Citizenship Status Residence Occupation
Cleonice Pacheco (Cleo) Weidlich F 1964 USA/Brazil Leader Palo Alto, California Nuclear engineer Details Other expeditions
Dawa Tshering (Dawa Chhiri) Sherpa M 1966 Nepal H-A Worker Thami, Khumbu - Details Other expeditions

References

0 recorded references.