Lhotse | 2013 W Face

A USA expedition to Lhotse in 2013 via W Face, led by Dan Mazur. Summit reached on 19th May 2013. 15 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field Value
ID 8113
Imported 2026-03-06 18:04:49.359634
Expedition ID LHOT13124
Peak ID LHOT
Year 2013
Season 1
Host Country 1
Route 1 W Face
Route 2 -
Route 3 -
Route 4 -
Nationality USA
Leaders Dan Mazur
Sponsor SummitClimb 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 Australia, Germany, Finland, Poland, Slovakia
Approach -
Basecamp Date 2013-04-17
Summit Date 2013-05-19
Summit Time 0600
Summit Days 32
Total Days 39
Termination Date 2013-05-26
Termination Reason 1
Termination Notes -
High Point (m) 8516
Traverse False
Ski False
Paraglide False
Camps 4
Fixed Rope (m) 0
Total Members 12
Summit Members 3
Member Deaths 0
Total Hired 4
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 Summited Everest (EVER-131-80)
Campsites BC(17/04,5300m),C1(23/04,6000m),C2(28/04,6400m),C3(02/05,7000m),C4(18/05,7800m),Smt(19,23/05)
Route Notes Although there were 12 members on the team, nine of them did not plan to climb above C3 (7000m); only three of them intended to go to the top. They were Fila, Hyrylainen and Pontinen, and all three succeeded. [The others were on the Lhotse permit to gain access to the Western Cwm for a training climb on the W Face of Lhotse.] C4 was established on 18 May at 7800m by Hyrylainen, Pontinen, Sherpas Lhakpa and Pasang. They left camp for the top at 1:00 am on the 19th. Hyrylainen and Lhakpa reached the summit at 6:00 am, while Pontinen and Pasang summited at 7:30 am. They descended to C2 at 3:30 pm. On the 22nd, Fila and Karma Gyalje left C4 at 1:00 am, were on the top at 6:45 am and went down to C2 at noon. The members used oxygen from C3 to the summit to C3; their Sherpas used it from Lhotse's C4 to the summit and back to Lhotse's C4. Sherpa summiters: Karma Gyalje Sherpa, 18/1/82 (5/10/2038), Patle, Okhaldhunga Lhakpa Sherpa, 24/1/64 (10/10/2020), Patle Pasang Sherpa, 1/10/85 (15/6/2042), Patle
Accidents -
Achievement -
Agency Everest Parivar
Commercial Route False
Standard Route True
Primary Route False
Primary Member False
Primary Reference True
Primary ID EVER13180
Checksum 2459210
Year 2013
Summit Success True
O2 Summary Used
Route (lowercase) w face

Members

15 recorded members.

Name Sex Year of Birth Citizenship Status Residence Occupation
James Edward Faulder M 1953 USA Climber Jamul, California Attorney Details Other expeditions
Keith Alan Faulder M 1958 USA Climber Ukiah, California Attorney Details Other expeditions
Slavomir Fila M 1978 Slovakia/USA Climber San Francisco, California Software product manager Details Other expeditions
John Robert Grehan M 1980 Australia Climber Gordonvale, QLD, Australia Engineer Details Other expeditions
Sandra Grosskinsky F 1982 Germany Climber Freising, Bavaria, Germany Divemaster Details Other expeditions
Mario Hasanakos M 1985 Australia Climber Hampton, Victoria, Australia Trader Details Other expeditions
Anne-Mari Hyrylainen F 1978 Finland Climber Dubai, United Arab Emirates Athlete Details Other expeditions
Donald Goodwin Lenz M 1953 USA Climber Stockton, California Business manager for his family's extensive farming property Details Other expeditions
Daniel Lee (Dan) Mazur M 1960 USA Leader Seattle, Washington Alpine organizer Details Other expeditions
Violetta Maria Pontinen F 1964 Poland Climber Espoo, Finland Housewife Details Other expeditions
Robert Stanley Whitehead M 1966 Australia Climber Perth, WA, Australia Coal miner Details Other expeditions
Karma Gyalje Sherpa M 1982 Nepal H-A Worker Patle-4, Okhaldhunga - Details Other expeditions
Lhakpa (Kongle) Sherpa M 1964 Nepal H-A Worker Patle-4, Okhaldhunga - Details Other expeditions
Pasang Sherpa M 1985 Nepal H-A Worker Patle-4, Okhaldhunga - Details Other expeditions
Mitchell Cadden M 1967 Australia Climber - - Details Other expeditions

References

1 recorded references.

Expedition ID Journal Author Title Publisher Citation Yak 94
LHOT13124 - - http://www.summitclimb.com/new/default.asp?linktype=r&nid=218 - - -