Lhotse | 2011 W Face

A UK expedition to Lhotse in 2011 via W Face, led by Adrian Ballinger. Summit reached on 19th May 2011. 14 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field Value
ID 7195
Imported 2026-03-06 18:04:49.359634
Expedition ID LHOT11112
Peak ID LHOT
Year 2011
Season 1
Host Country 1
Route 1 W Face
Route 2 -
Route 3 -
Route 4 -
Nationality UK
Leaders Adrian Ballinger
Sponsor Himalayan Experience (Himex) 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 China, Germany, Ireland, New Zealand, Norway, USA
Approach -
Basecamp Date 2011-04-30
Summit Date 2011-05-19
Summit Time 1415
Summit Days 19
Total Days 28
Termination Date 2011-05-28
Termination Reason 1
Termination Notes -
High Point (m) 8516
Traverse False
Ski False
Paraglide False
Camps 4
Fixed Rope (m) 1800
Total Members 9
Summit Members 5
Member Deaths 0
Total Hired 6
Summit Hired 5
Hired Deaths 0
No Hired False
O2 Used True
O2 None False
O2 Climb True
O2 Descent False
O2 Sleep True
O2 Medical False
O2 Taken False
O2 Unknown False
Other Summits Climbed Everest (EVER-111-40)
Campsites BC(30/04,5350m),C1(14/05,6100m),C2(14/05,6400m),C3(24/05,7300m),C4(25/05,7550m),Smt(19,26/05)
Route Notes C1 was used by this Lhotse team only when the weather was too hot for them to go all the way to C2 on the same day. Two members, Jones and Smaller, had already left the expedition when the summit party set out from from their C4 to go to the top on 26 May at 1:00 am. Ballinger, Bierling, McKinley, Wang and Zhang with Sherpas Lhakpa Nuru, Phurba Tashi and Tashi Tshering summited at 4:45 am and descended to C2 at 9 am. They were back in BC on the 27th. This was Tashi Tshering's second ascent this month after having fixed rope to the top. Three Sherpas of the team's had already summited Lhotse on 19 May between 2:12 and 2:28 pm. They were Nima Tshering, Rita Dorje and Tashi Tshering, who went in advance to fix rope to the top with one Sherpa from the IMG Lhotse team and then descended to BC. Non-summiting members: Jones left team on 14 May; he had no more motivation to climb the mountain. Smaller left on 15 May; she also had no more motivation to scale the mountain. Tait summited Everest and made no attempt to reach the summit of Lhotse. Oxygen was used by summit party members from C3 to the top to C2 and by their Sherpas from C2 to the summit to C2. Sherpas: Lhakpa Nuru, 18/8/80, Phortse Nima Tshering/Nigma Chhiri, 22/4/72, Phortse, Everest X4, Manaslu X1 Phurba Tashi, 24/5/71, Everest X17, Cho Oyu X5 Rita Dorje, 24/10/77, Phortse, Everest X7, Manaslu X1 Tashi Tshering, 26/4/77, Khumjung, Everest X2 Billi Bierling - 14 Nov 2011 (email) Chris Jones did not get higher than base camp. He went on the acclimatization trip to Lobuche East and then quit. Sissel Smaller got to the bottom of the Lhotse Face, so I guess around 6500m. Brian Warren's highest point was C3. During our summit push he quit at the bottom of the Lhotse Face due to problems with his eye. He had had problems with his eye for a few days and he thinks it was from one very windy day, when it got infected.
Accidents -
Achievement -
Agency Mountain Experience
Commercial Route False
Standard Route True
Primary Route False
Primary Member False
Primary Reference False
Primary ID -
Checksum 2458477
Year 2011
Summit Success True
O2 Summary Used
Route (lowercase) w face

Members

14 recorded members.

Name Sex Year of Birth Citizenship Status Residence Occupation
Adrian John Ballinger M 1976 UK Leader Aspen, Colorado Alpine guide Details Other expeditions
Barbara Susanne (Billi) Bierling F 1967 Germany Climber Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Bavaria, Germany Journalist Details Other expeditions
Christopher Stephen Jones M 1963 Ireland Climber Mara, Galaway, Ireland Company director Details Other expeditions
David McKinley M 1968 New Zealand Deputy Leader Twizel, New Zealand Alpine guide Details Other expeditions
Sissel Sannas Smaller F 1960 Norway Climber London, England Nurse Details Other expeditions
David Simon John (Dave) Tait M 1962 UK Climber Cobham, Surrey, England Portfolio manager Details Other expeditions
Brian David Warren M 1981 USA Deputy Leader Jackson, Wyoming Alpine guide Details Other expeditions
Liang Zhang M 1964 China Climber Shenzhen, Guangdong, China Banker Details Other expeditions
Lhakpa Nuru Sherpa M 1980 Nepal H-A Worker Phortse, Khumbu - Details Other expeditions
Phurba Tashi Sherpa M 1971 Nepal H-A Worker Khumjung, Khumbu - Details Other expeditions
Rita Dorje (Ang Rita Dorje) Sherpa M 1977 Nepal H-A Worker Phortse, Khumbu - Details Other expeditions
Nima Tshering (Ngima Chhiri) Sherpa M 1972 Nepal H-A Worker Phortse, Khumbu - Details Other expeditions
Tashi Tshering Sherpa M 1977 Nepal H-A Worker Khumjung, Khumbu - Details Other expeditions
Jing Wang F 1975 China Climber Beijing, China Products instructor Details Other expeditions

References

0 recorded references.