Lhotse | 2012 W Face

A Poland expedition to Lhotse in 2012 via W Face, led by Artur Hajzer. Summit reached on 16th October 2012. 9 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field Value
ID 7853
Imported 2026-03-06 18:04:49.359634
Expedition ID LHOT12301
Peak ID LHOT
Year 2012
Season 3
Host Country 1
Route 1 W Face
Route 2 -
Route 3 -
Route 4 -
Nationality Poland
Leaders Artur Hajzer
Sponsor Polish Alpine Association Lhotse Expedition 2012
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 2012-09-09
Summit Date 2012-10-16
Summit Time -
Summit Days 37
Total Days 43
Termination Date 2012-10-22
Termination Reason 4
Termination Notes Abandoned at 8250m due to high winds and Tenzing Sherpa's cold fingers
High Point (m) 8250
Traverse False
Ski False
Paraglide False
Camps 4
Fixed Rope (m) 700
Total Members 7
Summit Members 0
Member Deaths 0
Total Hired 2
Summit Hired 0
Hired Deaths 1
No Hired False
O2 Used True
O2 None False
O2 Climb True
O2 Descent False
O2 Sleep False
O2 Medical False
O2 Taken False
O2 Unknown False
Other Summits -
Campsites BC(09/09,5300m),C1(18/09,6000m),C2(25/09,6400m),C3(26/08,7100m),C4(30/09,7850m),xxx(16/10,8250m)
Route Notes The expedition shared the permit with Russian Alex Bolotov and Romanian Alex Gavan, but they were independent team. Our Polish team consisted of beginners on 8000m young people who should be able to fix ropes themselves and not use oxygen. He was national team organized by Polish Alpine Association. The monsoon stopped late on 19 Sept so all climbing progress was late. In October high winds did not allow a successful summit push. On 16th of October, the 3-man team led by Artur Hajzer with Temba and Tenzing climbed from C4 to 8250m. There Tenzing was beginning to contract frostbite, so Hajzer decided to retreat. On the way down that Temba fell from 7900m to 6700m to his death. The reason of the fall was due to exhaustion: the team spent too much time in the cold last camp waiting for a good weather window with Temba having certainly lost too much of his energy during that time. Sherpas, Temba Sherpa, (2029/8/9) 24/11/72, Sedua, Makalu-5 Tenzing Sherpa, 1/1/92, Tashigaon, Makalu
Accidents Temba Sherpa's fatal fall
Achievement -
Agency Seven Summit Treks
Commercial Route False
Standard Route True
Primary Route False
Primary Member False
Primary Reference False
Primary ID -
Checksum 2458994
Year 2012
Summit Success False
O2 Summary Used
Route (lowercase) w face

Members

9 recorded members.

Name Sex Year of Birth Citizenship Status Residence Occupation
Andrzej Leszek Bargiel M 1988 Poland Climber Zakopane, Poland Student Details Other expeditions
Agnieszka Bielecka F 1978 Poland Climber Wroclaw, Poland Photographer Details Other expeditions
Mateusz Marek Grobel M 1990 Poland Climber Tychy, Poland Student Details Other expeditions
Artur Henryk Hajzer M 1962 Poland Leader Mikolow, Poland Tailor Details Other expeditions
Artur Michal Malek M 1979 Poland Climber Tychy, Poland Alpine guide Details Other expeditions
Krzysztof Maciej Starek M 1973 Poland Climber Krakow, Poland Ski instructor Details Other expeditions
Mateusz Krzysztof Zablocki M 1987 Poland Climber Pruszkow, Poland Student Details Other expeditions
Temba Sherpa M 1972 Nepal H-A Worker Sedua, Makalu-Barun - Details Other expeditions
Tenzing Sherpa M 1992 Nepal H-A Worker Tashigaon, Makalu-Barun - Details Other expeditions

References

0 recorded references.