Lhotse | 2013 S Col-W Face

A New Zealand expedition to Lhotse in 2013 via S Col-W Face, led by Mike Roberts. Summit reached on 20th May 2013. 2 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field Value
ID 8014
Imported 2026-03-06 18:04:49.359634
Expedition ID LHOT13118
Peak ID LHOT
Year 2013
Season 1
Host Country 1
Route 1 S Col-W Face
Route 2 -
Route 3 -
Route 4 -
Nationality New Zealand
Leaders Mike Roberts
Sponsor Adventure Consultants Lhotse Expedition 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->Island Peak
Basecamp Date 2013-04-14
Summit Date 2013-05-20
Summit Time 1245
Summit Days 36
Total Days 38
Termination Date 2013-05-22
Termination Reason 1
Termination Notes -
High Point (m) 8516
Traverse False
Ski False
Paraglide False
Camps 4
Fixed Rope (m) 0
Total Members 1
Summit Members 1
Member Deaths 0
Total Hired 1
Summit Hired 1
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-131-09)
Campsites BC(14/04,5350m),C1(24/04,6000m),C2(25/05,6400m),C3(16/05,7200m),C4(17/05,8000m),EVER.Smt(19/05),Smt(20/05)
Route Notes Roberts and Davila went to the bergschrund on 1st acclimatization rotation. They wanted to touch C3 on 28 April, but the rope fixing was stopped due to a fight between Ueli Steck and Simone Moro and Sherpas. Once back at BC, Davila had foot pain due to bad boots; in addition he had to go back to Venezuela for political reasons. He never went back up. Roberts decided to stay and climb Everest and Lhotse. Roberts and Tendi Sherpa had arrived at the South Cl on 17th May at around 12:30 pm, intending to summit on the 18th May. However, the winds were too high and they decided to wait for another night. On 18 May, they left at 7:30 pm with a lot of other people. They passed about 60 people in the first half hour. It was a calm night and a straightforward climb. The summited at 1:30 am and spent about half an hour on the summit trying to get a flash picture on the summit, but it did not work out. They descended to the South Col, where they arrived at 4:30 am and stayed there until 20th May at 6:30 am. During his time at the South Col, Mike Roberts was trying to help mobilise Sherpas for the rescue of Mr. Lee from Taiwan, who was at C4 on Lhotse. Roberts and Tendi left the South Col at 6:30 am on 20 May to get to C4 of Lhotse where they arrived at about 7:45 am. They joined Kenton Cool, who had been trying to save the life of the Taiwanese climber; however, when Tendi and Roberts arrived, he had just died. Roberts went back down to the junction, where he had left a duffle bag and sorted out some gear and left the junction at 8:30 am to go for the summit. He stopped at Cool's camp for a drink and left 5 minutes ahead of Cool. Lhotse summit: 20 May at 12:45 pm by Roberts and Tendi Sherpa. They spent about 10 minutes on the summit. It was very cloudy and they could not see much. They descended to the junction, where they repacked their duffle bag again and descended to C2, where they arrived at 6 pm. The following day BC. Oxygen: C3 to Everest summit to South Col to Lhotse Summit to C3 by Roberts and Tendi Sherpa Sherpa: Tendi Sherpa, 13/10/68, Sanam, Gudel, Solu
Accidents -
Achievement -
Agency Himalayan Guides
Commercial Route False
Standard Route True
Primary Route False
Primary Member False
Primary Reference True
Primary ID EVER13109
Checksum 2459211
Year 2013
Summit Success True
O2 Summary Used
Route (lowercase) s col-w face

Members

2 recorded members.

Name Sex Year of Birth Citizenship Status Residence Occupation
Michael John (Mike) Roberts M 1961 New Zealand Leader Wanaka, New Zealand Alpine guide Details Other expeditions
Tendi Sherpa M 1968 Nepal H-A Worker Sanam, Gudel-4, Solukhumbu - Details Other expeditions

References

1 recorded references.

Expedition ID Journal Author Title Publisher Citation Yak 94
LHOT13118 - - http://www.adventureconsultants.com/adventure/Lhotse_Dispatch2013/ - - -