Lhotse | 2012 W Face

A China expedition to Lhotse in 2012 via W Face, led by Yang Chun-Feng. Summit reached on 19th May 2012. 5 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field	Value
ID	7685
Imported	2026-03-06 18:04:49.359634
Expedition ID	LHOT12126
Peak ID	LHOT
Year	2012
Season	1
Host Country	1
Route 1	W Face
Route 2	-
Route 3	-
Route 4	-
Nationality	China
Leaders	Yang Chun-Feng
Sponsor	Chinese Lhotse Expedition
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	-
Basecamp Date	2012-04-27
Summit Date	2012-05-19
Summit Time	0800
Summit Days	22
Total Days	24
Termination Date	2012-05-21
Termination Reason	1
Termination Notes	-
High Point (m)	8516
Traverse	False
Ski	False
Paraglide	False
Camps	0
Fixed Rope (m)	0
Total Members	2
Summit Members	2
Member Deaths	0
Total Hired	3
Summit Hired	3
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	-
Campsites	BC(27/04,5350m),C2(15/05,6500m),C3(17/05,7200m),C4(18/05,7800m),Smt(19/05)
Route Notes	Oxygen: Up: from C3 begin to use oxygen for climbing and for sleeping; Down: used oxygen until reached C2 Yang, Rao, Sange and Mingma left C4 at 10 pm on 18 May. Yang and Sange reached summit at 8 am on 19 May. Rao and Mingma reached to the top at 9 am. All climbers stayed on summit for about 10 minutes. Yang and Mingma returned C4 at 10 am, they had rest for a while and went down to C2. Rao and Mingma came down to C2 about 3 hours later. They waited for other Chinese team coming down from Everest. One member of the Everest team died while descending. All of them went down to BC and same day to Kathmandu by helicopter. The summit day was windy.
Accidents	-
Achievement	-
Agency	Seven Summit Treks
Commercial Route	False
Standard Route	True
Primary Route	False
Primary Member	False
Primary Reference	False
Primary ID	-
Checksum	2458844
Year	2012
Summit Success	True
O2 Summary	Used
Route (lowercase)	w face

Members

Field	Value
ID	56679
Imported	2026-03-06 18:06:05.675609
Expedition ID	LHOT12126
Member ID	01
Peak ID	LHOT
Year	2012
Season	1
First Name	Chun-Feng
Last Name	Yang
Sex	M
Age	0
Birth Date	-
Year of Birth	1968
Calculated Age	43
Citizenship	China
Status	Leader
Residence	Chengdu, Sichuan, China
Occupation	Alpine guide
Leader	True
Deputy	False
Basecamp Only	False
Not to BC	False
Support	False
Disabled	False
Hired	False
Sherpa	False
Tibetan	False
Summit Success	True
Claimed	False
Disputed	False
Solo	False
Traverse	False
Ski	False
Paraglide	False
Speed	False
High Point (m)	True
Personal High Point (m)	8516
Summit Date 1	2012-05-19
Summit Date 2	-
Summit Date 3	-
Summit Time 1	0800
Summit Time 2	-
Summit Time 3	-
Route 1	1
Route 2	0
Route 3	0
Ascent 1	0
Ascent 2	0
Ascent 3	0
O2 Used	True
O2 None	False
O2 Climb	True
O2 Descent	False
O2 Sleep	True
O2 Medical	False
O2 Notes	From C3 to smt to C3
Death	False
Death Date	-
Death Time	-
Death Type	0
Death Height (m)	0
Death Class	0
AMS	False
Weather	False
Injury	False
Injury Date	-
Injury Time	-
Injury Type	0
Injury Height (m)	0
Death Notes	-
Member Notes	-
Necrology	(1968-2013) Died 23 June 2013 at Nanga Parbat base camp from terrorist attack
Summit Bid	5
Summit Term	1
HCN	0
Checksum	2438138
Summit Note 1	-
Summit Note 2	-
Summit Note 3	-
Death Route	-
Name (lowercase)	chun-feng yang
Year of Birth	1968
Year	2012
Age at Expedition	44
Role	Leader

Field	Value
ID	56680
Imported	2026-03-06 18:06:05.675609
Expedition ID	LHOT12126
Member ID	02
Peak ID	LHOT
Year	2012
Season	1
First Name	Jian-Feng
Last Name	Rao
Sex	M
Age	0
Birth Date	-
Year of Birth	1964
Calculated Age	48
Citizenship	China
Status	Climber
Residence	Shenzhen, Guangdong, China
Occupation	Construction company manager
Leader	False
Deputy	False
Basecamp Only	False
Not to BC	False
Support	False
Disabled	False
Hired	False
Sherpa	False
Tibetan	False
Summit Success	True
Claimed	False
Disputed	False
Solo	False
Traverse	False
Ski	False
Paraglide	False
Speed	False
High Point (m)	True
Personal High Point (m)	8516
Summit Date 1	2012-05-19
Summit Date 2	-
Summit Date 3	-
Summit Time 1	0900
Summit Time 2	-
Summit Time 3	-
Route 1	1
Route 2	0
Route 3	0
Ascent 1	0
Ascent 2	0
Ascent 3	0
O2 Used	True
O2 None	False
O2 Climb	True
O2 Descent	False
O2 Sleep	True
O2 Medical	False
O2 Notes	From C3 to smt to C3
Death	False
Death Date	-
Death Time	-
Death Type	0
Death Height (m)	0
Death Class	0
AMS	False
Weather	False
Injury	False
Injury Date	-
Injury Time	-
Injury Type	0
Injury Height (m)	0
Death Notes	-
Member Notes	-
Necrology	(1964-2013) Died 23 June 2013 at Nanga Parbat base camp from terrorist attack
Summit Bid	5
Summit Term	1
HCN	0
Checksum	2436483
Summit Note 1	-
Summit Note 2	-
Summit Note 3	-
Death Route	-
Name (lowercase)	jian-feng rao
Year of Birth	1964
Year	2012
Age at Expedition	48
Role	Member

Field	Value
ID	56681
Imported	2026-03-06 18:06:05.675609
Expedition ID	LHOT12126
Member ID	05
Peak ID	LHOT
Year	2012
Season	1
First Name	Sangay Phuri (Sangay Furi)
Last Name	Sherpa
Sex	M
Age	0
Birth Date	-
Year of Birth	1970
Calculated Age	41
Citizenship	Nepal
Status	H-A Worker
Residence	Makalu-9, Makalu-Barun
Occupation	-
Leader	False
Deputy	False
Basecamp Only	False
Not to BC	False
Support	False
Disabled	False
Hired	True
Sherpa	True
Tibetan	False
Summit Success	True
Claimed	False
Disputed	False
Solo	False
Traverse	False
Ski	False
Paraglide	False
Speed	False
High Point (m)	True
Personal High Point (m)	8516
Summit Date 1	2012-05-19
Summit Date 2	-
Summit Date 3	-
Summit Time 1	0800
Summit Time 2	-
Summit Time 3	-
Route 1	1
Route 2	0
Route 3	0
Ascent 1	0
Ascent 2	0
Ascent 3	0
O2 Used	True
O2 None	False
O2 Climb	True
O2 Descent	False
O2 Sleep	False
O2 Medical	False
O2 Notes	From C4 to smt to C4
Death	False
Death Date	-
Death Time	-
Death Type	0
Death Height (m)	0
Death Class	0
AMS	False
Weather	False
Injury	False
Injury Date	-
Injury Time	-
Injury Type	0
Injury Height (m)	0
Death Notes	-
Member Notes	-
Necrology	-
Summit Bid	5
Summit Term	1
HCN	0
Checksum	2438903
Summit Note 1	-
Summit Note 2	-
Summit Note 3	-
Death Route	-
Name (lowercase)	sangay phuri (sangay furi) sherpa
Year of Birth	1970
Year	2012
Age at Expedition	42
Role	Hired

Field	Value
ID	56682
Imported	2026-03-06 18:06:05.675609
Expedition ID	LHOT12126
Member ID	04
Peak ID	LHOT
Year	2012
Season	1
First Name	Mingma Dorchi
Last Name	Sherpa
Sex	M
Age	0
Birth Date	-
Year of Birth	1987
Calculated Age	24
Citizenship	Nepal
Status	H-A Worker
Residence	Tashigaon, Makalu-Barun
Occupation	-
Leader	False
Deputy	False
Basecamp Only	False
Not to BC	False
Support	False
Disabled	False
Hired	True
Sherpa	True
Tibetan	False
Summit Success	True
Claimed	False
Disputed	False
Solo	False
Traverse	False
Ski	False
Paraglide	False
Speed	False
High Point (m)	True
Personal High Point (m)	8516
Summit Date 1	2012-05-19
Summit Date 2	-
Summit Date 3	-
Summit Time 1	0900
Summit Time 2	-
Summit Time 3	-
Route 1	1
Route 2	0
Route 3	0
Ascent 1	0
Ascent 2	0
Ascent 3	0
O2 Used	True
O2 None	False
O2 Climb	True
O2 Descent	False
O2 Sleep	False
O2 Medical	False
O2 Notes	From C4 to smt to C4
Death	False
Death Date	-
Death Time	-
Death Type	0
Death Height (m)	0
Death Class	0
AMS	False
Weather	False
Injury	False
Injury Date	-
Injury Time	-
Injury Type	0
Injury Height (m)	0
Death Notes	-
Member Notes	-
Necrology	-
Summit Bid	5
Summit Term	1
HCN	0
Checksum	2444997
Summit Note 1	-
Summit Note 2	-
Summit Note 3	-
Death Route	-
Name (lowercase)	mingma dorchi sherpa
Year of Birth	1987
Year	2012
Age at Expedition	25
Role	Hired

Field	Value
ID	56683
Imported	2026-03-06 18:06:05.675609
Expedition ID	LHOT12126
Member ID	03
Peak ID	LHOT
Year	2012
Season	1
First Name	Dorchi
Last Name	Sherpa
Sex	M
Age	0
Birth Date	-
Year of Birth	1979
Calculated Age	32
Citizenship	Nepal
Status	H-A Worker
Residence	Walung, Makalu-9, Makalu-Barun
Occupation	-
Leader	False
Deputy	False
Basecamp Only	False
Not to BC	False
Support	False
Disabled	False
Hired	True
Sherpa	True
Tibetan	False
Summit Success	True
Claimed	False
Disputed	False
Solo	False
Traverse	False
Ski	False
Paraglide	False
Speed	False
High Point (m)	True
Personal High Point (m)	8516
Summit Date 1	2012-05-19
Summit Date 2	-
Summit Date 3	-
Summit Time 1	0800
Summit Time 2	-
Summit Time 3	-
Route 1	1
Route 2	0
Route 3	0
Ascent 1	0
Ascent 2	0
Ascent 3	0
O2 Used	True
O2 None	False
O2 Climb	True
O2 Descent	False
O2 Sleep	False
O2 Medical	False
O2 Notes	From C4 to smt to C4
Death	False
Death Date	-
Death Time	-
Death Type	0
Death Height (m)	0
Death Class	0
AMS	False
Weather	False
Injury	False
Injury Date	-
Injury Time	-
Injury Type	0
Injury Height (m)	0
Death Notes	-
Member Notes	2nd ascent of Lhotse
Necrology	-
Summit Bid	5
Summit Term	1
HCN	0
Checksum	2442188
Summit Note 1	-
Summit Note 2	-
Summit Note 3	-
Death Route	-
Name (lowercase)	dorchi sherpa
Year of Birth	1979
Year	2012
Age at Expedition	33
Role	Hired

5 recorded members.

Name	Sex	Year of Birth	Citizenship	Status	Residence	Occupation
Chun-Feng Yang	M	1968	China	Leader	Chengdu, Sichuan, China	Alpine guide	Details Other expeditions
Jian-Feng Rao	M	1964	China	Climber	Shenzhen, Guangdong, China	Construction company manager	Details Other expeditions
Sangay Phuri (Sangay Furi) Sherpa	M	1970	Nepal	H-A Worker	Makalu-9, Makalu-Barun	-	Details Other expeditions
Mingma Dorchi Sherpa	M	1987	Nepal	H-A Worker	Tashigaon, Makalu-Barun	-	Details Other expeditions
Dorchi Sherpa	M	1979	Nepal	H-A Worker	Walung, Makalu-9, Makalu-Barun	-	Details Other expeditions

References

0 recorded references.