Lhotse | 2013 W Face

A China expedition to Lhotse in 2013 via W Face, led by Zhang Wei. Summit reached on 19th May 2013. 7 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field Value
ID 8100
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Expedition ID LHOT13108
Peak ID LHOT
Year 2013
Season 1
Host Country 1
Route 1 W Face
Route 2 -
Route 3 -
Route 4 -
Nationality China
Leaders Zhang Wei
Sponsor Yang's Explorer Lhotse 2013
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 Pangboche
Basecamp Date 2013-04-19
Summit Date 2013-05-19
Summit Time 0545
Summit Days 30
Total Days 32
Termination Date 2013-05-21
Termination Reason 1
Termination Notes -
High Point (m) 8516
Traverse False
Ski False
Paraglide False
Camps 4
Fixed Rope (m) 0
Total Members 5
Summit Members 2
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 Summited Everest (EVER-131-19)
Campsites BC(19/04,5350m),C1(26/04,6000m),C2(27/04,6400m),C3(17/05,7200m),C4(18/05,7750m),Smt(19/05)
Route Notes BC 19 Apr 5350m C1 26 Apr 6000m C2 27 Apr 6400m C3 17 May 7200m C4 18 May 7750m Smt 19 May by Zhang, Qiu, Ang Kami, Dorjee at 5:45 am. On 18 May Zhang helped to bring the sick Taiwanese climber Lee, who later died, a little bit further down to the lower tents. He helped move him for about 25 meters, which took about 2 hours. Summit team left C4 at 10:30 pm on 18 May. Good weather, no wind. Straightforward climb. They spent about 15 minutes on the summit and descended to C2, where they arrived at 5 pm. On 20 May they descended to BC. Bai reached C2 on 27 April and 15 May. He stayed there for two nights, but he knew he was too slow to go to the summit. He descended to BC on 17 May and left BC on 18 May. Oxygen: Taken and used from C4 to top to 7800m by Zhang and Sherpas Taken and used from C2 to top to C2 by Qiu Sherpas: Ang Kami, Makalu-9, Makalu-Barun, 27/5/1987 Dorjee, Makalu
Accidents -
Achievement -
Agency Seven Summit Treks
Commercial Route False
Standard Route True
Primary Route False
Primary Member False
Primary Reference True
Primary ID EVER13119
Checksum 2459210
Year 2013
Summit Success True
O2 Summary Used
Route (lowercase) w face

Members

7 recorded members.

Name Sex Year of Birth Citizenship Status Residence Occupation
Yi Bai M 1953 China Climber Redwood City, California Businessman Details Other expeditions
Xiao-Bin Qiu M 1969 China Climber Wuxi, Jiangsu, China Manager Details Other expeditions
Wei Zhang M 1975 China Leader Chengdu, Sichuan, China Manager Details Other expeditions
Ang Kami Sherpa M 1987 Nepal H-A Worker Makalu-9, Makalu-Barun - Details Other expeditions
Dorchi Sherpa M 1979 Nepal H-A Worker Walung, Makalu-9, Makalu-Barun - Details Other expeditions
An-Jie Wei M 1986 China Climber Shandong, China - Details Other expeditions
Zhen-Jia Li M 1965 China Climber - - Details Other expeditions

References

1 recorded references.

Expedition ID Journal Author Title Publisher Citation Yak 94
LHOT13108 - - http://www.punchng.com/news/world/chinese-climber-dies-ascending-lhotse-in-nepal/ - - -