Lhotse | 2011 W Face

A Hungary expedition to Lhotse in 2011 via W Face, led by Laszlo Mecs. Summit reached on 21st May 2011. 5 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field Value
ID 7175
Imported 2026-03-06 18:04:49.359634
Expedition ID LHOT11109
Peak ID LHOT
Year 2011
Season 1
Host Country 1
Route 1 W Face
Route 2 -
Route 3 -
Route 4 -
Nationality Hungary
Leaders Laszlo Mecs
Sponsor Hungarian Lhotse Expedition 2011
Success 1 True
Success 2 False
Success 3 False
Success 4 False
Ascent 1 -
Ascent 2 -
Ascent 3 -
Ascent 4 -
Claimed False
Disputed False
Countries -
Approach Lukla->Namche->Tengboche->Pheriche->Lobuche->Gorakshep
Basecamp Date 2011-04-20
Summit Date 2011-05-21
Summit Time 1600
Summit Days 31
Total Days 34
Termination Date 2011-05-24
Termination Reason 1
Termination Notes -
High Point (m) 8516
Traverse False
Ski False
Paraglide False
Camps 3
Fixed Rope (m) 0
Total Members 5
Summit Members 2
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 23 April (all except Kollar)
Campsites BC(20/04,5300m),C2(28/04,6400m),C3(04/05,7100m),C4(20/05,7850m),Smt(21/05)
Route Notes The two Hungarian climbers started their summit push on 21 May from C4. Gal left at 3 am and Eross at 5 am. Gal got to the top at 4 pm, stayed on summit for about an hour and returned to C4 at 7 pm. Eross reached summit at 5 pm stayed on summit for 15 minutes then descended to C4 at 9 pm. Earlier Mecs too started from C4 at 4 am. When he got to 7900m around 4:30 am, he vomitted and could not drink water. So he turned around to C4 then continued to C2 with Horvath. The summit members Zsolt Eross and Laszlo Gal spent night at C4 and next day to BC. Lajos Kollar remained at BC. The summit day weather was nice, no wind, sunny but morning was cold.
Accidents Gal got frostbite all fingers of both hands on 22 May while descending (not very serious)
Achievement Eross 1st Hungarian to summit with prosthetic leg (right)
Agency Monterosa Treks
Commercial Route False
Standard Route True
Primary Route False
Primary Member False
Primary Reference False
Primary ID -
Checksum 2458479
Year 2011
Summit Success True
O2 Summary None
Route (lowercase) w face

Members

5 recorded members.

Name Sex Year of Birth Citizenship Status Residence Occupation
Zsolt Eross M 1968 Hungary Climber Mogyorod, Hungary Marketing manager for orthopedics company Details Other expeditions
Laszlo Gal M 1962 Hungary Climber Ajka, Hungary Electric company manager Details Other expeditions
Tibor Horvath M 1978 Hungary Climber Surd, Hungary Teacher Details Other expeditions
Lajos Kollar M 1951 Hungary Climber Mezoszemere, Hungary Stage manager Details Other expeditions
Laszlo Mecs M 1973 Hungary Leader Budapest, Hungary Alpine guide Details Other expeditions

References

0 recorded references.