Lhotse | 2010 W Face

A Czech Republic expedition to Lhotse in 2010 via W Face, led by Leopold Sulovsky. Summit reached on 9th October 2010. 5 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field Value
ID 6969
Imported 2026-03-06 18:04:49.359634
Expedition ID LHOT10301
Peak ID LHOT
Year 2010
Season 3
Host Country 1
Route 1 W Face
Route 2 -
Route 3 -
Route 4 -
Nationality Czech Republic
Leaders Leopold Sulovsky
Sponsor Czech 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 2010-09-12
Summit Date 2010-10-09
Summit Time -
Summit Days 27
Total Days 30
Termination Date 2010-10-12
Termination Reason 4
Termination Notes Abandoned at 8100m due to bad weather, slow progress and lack of time
High Point (m) 8100
Traverse False
Ski False
Paraglide False
Camps 4
Fixed Rope (m) 0
Total Members 5
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(12/09,5350m),C1(18/09,6000m),C2(25/09,6400m),C3(27/09,7200m),C4(08/10,7600m),xxx(09/10,8100m)
Route Notes BC at normal site C1 at top of Icefall C2 in Western Cwm C3 on West Face C4 at Yellow Band, where Everest & Lhotse routes diverge High point on West Face. The team struggled to get to C1 because of bad weather. On 17 September, when they were trying to go up from BC to establish C1 at the top of the Khumbu Icefall, they entered the Icefall but soon could see nothing more than five or ten meters away from them. They couldn't see the fixed ropes. They couldn't move forward, couldn't retreat. They were stuck at 5800m, 200 meters below the top, and had to spend the night there. The next day they got to C1, and on the following day they returned to BC. They started up again after a period of bad weather. On 6 October, they moved from BC to C2. The next day they made temporary C4 at 7400m because they couldn't reach the normal C4 site with the heavy loads they were carrying (they had no Sherpas with them). They got there on the 8th and made C4 at 7600m at the Yellow Band where the climbing route to Lhotse's summit diverges from the route for the Everest. The five Czechs made their bid for the summit at midnight of the 8th/9th. But by 1:30 am on the 9th, they had gained only 100 meters towards the top. They now decided to retreat to C1, where they arrived at 4:30 pm that evening. They were back in BC on the 10th. They had little time left for the climb; they abandoned their attempt to scale Lhotse.
Accidents -
Achievement -
Agency Langtang Ri Trekking
Commercial Route False
Standard Route True
Primary Route False
Primary Member False
Primary Reference False
Primary ID -
Checksum 2458209
Year 2010
Summit Success False
O2 Summary None
Route (lowercase) w face

Members

5 recorded members.

Name Sex Year of Birth Citizenship Status Residence Occupation
Kamil Bortel M 1964 Czech Republic Climber Stitna, Czech Republic Electrician Details Other expeditions
Pavol Luptak M 1970 Czech Republic Climber Ostrava, Czech Republic Shop manager Details Other expeditions
Radovan Marek M 1961 Czech Republic Climber Ostrava, Czech Republic Chimney demolition man Details Other expeditions
Milan Sedlacek M 1961 Czech Republic Climber Ostrava, Czech Republic Builder Details Other expeditions
Leopold Sulovsky M 1954 Czech Republic Leader Ostrava, Czech Republic Shop manager Details Other expeditions

References

0 recorded references.