Lhotse | 2012 W Face
A Netherlands expedition to Lhotse in 2012 via W Face, led by Arnold Coster. Summit reached on 20th May 2012. 12 members recorded.
Expedition Details
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| ID | 7589 |
| Imported | 2026-03-06 18:04:49.359634 |
| Expedition ID | LHOT12116 |
| Peak ID | LHOT |
| Year | 2012 |
| Season | 1 |
| Host Country | 1 |
| Route 1 | W Face |
| Route 2 | - |
| Route 3 | - |
| Route 4 | - |
| Nationality | Netherlands |
| Leaders | Arnold Coster |
| Sponsor | SummitClimb Lhotse Expedition 2012 |
| 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 | Australia, Canada, Finland, Romania, UK, USA |
| Approach | - |
| Basecamp Date | 2012-04-17 |
| Summit Date | 2012-05-20 |
| Summit Time | 0900 |
| Summit Days | 33 |
| Total Days | 36 |
| Termination Date | 2012-05-23 |
| Termination Reason | 1 |
| Termination Notes | - |
| High Point (m) | 8516 |
| Traverse | False |
| Ski | False |
| Paraglide | False |
| Camps | 4 |
| Fixed Rope (m) | 300 |
| Total Members | 10 |
| Summit Members | 3 |
| Member Deaths | 0 |
| Total Hired | 2 |
| Summit Hired | 2 |
| 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-121-65 |
| Campsites | BC(17/04,5300m),C1(24/04,6000m),C2(29/04,6400m),C3(04/05,7100m),C4(19/05,7800m),Smt(20/05) |
| Route Notes | C4 below couloir at the Turtle on West Face. The small team of intended summiters put all three of its members with two Sherpas on the top. Coster, Graeffe and McDonald along with Ang Dorje and Nawang Nuri, left C4 at midnight of 19/20 May and were on the summit at 9:00 am of the 20th. In their descent, Graeffe and McDonald went down to C2, where they arrived at 4:30 pm on summit day and were in BC the next day. Coster, however, stopped in C3 to help a member of his Everest expedition, Richard Maybank, whose crampons had been taken from outside his tent, making it difficult for him to descend without them. All members and Sherpa summiters used oxygen from C3 to the summit to C2. Also on the mountain were seven members of a training group. They had no permission to go to the summit and did not do so. One trainee, Ms. Maryana Plesh, did not go above BC and left two days after they had arrived. The others got to various altitudes above C2's 6400m. Sherpas: Ang Dorje, 8/9/85, Patle, Okhaldhunga, Lhotse X1 Nawang Nuri, 15/5/79 (1/2/2036), Patle, Okhaldhunga, no 8000ers |
| Accidents | - |
| Achievement | - |
| Agency | Everest Parivar |
| Commercial Route | False |
| Standard Route | True |
| Primary Route | False |
| Primary Member | False |
| Primary Reference | False |
| Primary ID | - |
| Checksum | 2458845 |
| Year | 2012 |
| Summit Success | True |
| O2 Summary | Used |
| Route (lowercase) | w face |
Members
12 recorded members.
| Name | Sex | Year of Birth | Citizenship | Status | Residence | Occupation | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arnold Coster | M | 1976 | Netherlands | Leader | Capelle a/d Ijssel, Netherlands | Mechanical engineer & expedition leader | Details Other expeditions |
| Mia Martina Graeffe | F | 1967 | Finland | Climber | Espoo, Finland | Airline purser | Details Other expeditions |
| Grace Katherine McDonald | F | 1977 | Canada | Climber | Barrie, Ontario | Attorney | Details Other expeditions |
| Robert William Bradley | M | 1979 | UK | Climber (Trainee) | Plymouth, Devon, England | Teacher | Details Other expeditions |
| Adam Russell Jones | M | 1973 | USA | Climber (Trainee) | Denver, Colorado | IT/CAD technician | Details Other expeditions |
| Dorje (Ang Dorje) Sherpa | M | 1985 | Nepal | H-A Worker | Patle-5, Okhaldhunga | - | Details Other expeditions |
| Nawang Nuri (Nganga Nuri) Sherpa | M | 1979 | Nepal | H-A Worker | Dhaurkarkha, Patle-4, Okhaldhunga | - | Details Other expeditions |
| David Joseph O'Brien | M | 1966 | UK | Climber (Trainee) | London, England | Sales manager | Details Other expeditions |
| Simon Ainsley Pacione | M | 1987 | Australia | Climber (Trainee) | Syndey, NSW, Australia | Engineer | Details Other expeditions |
| Maryana Ana Plesh | F | 1967 | Romania/USA | Climber (Trainee) | Santa Rosa, California | Hair stylist | Details Other expeditions |
| Eveline Catharine Hermanna Helena Wessels | F | 1980 | Netherlands | Climber (Trainee) | Arnhem, Gelderland, Netherlands | Scientist | Details Other expeditions |
| Eric Noel West | M | 1969 | USA | Climber (Trainee) | Miami, Florida | Boat captain | Details Other expeditions |
References
0 recorded references.