Lhotse | 2014 W Face

A USA expedition to Lhotse in 2014 via W Face, led by Dan Mazur. Summit reached on 18th April 2014. 11 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field Value
ID 8428
Imported 2026-03-06 18:04:49.359634
Expedition ID LHOT14101
Peak ID LHOT
Year 2014
Season 1
Host Country 1
Route 1 W Face
Route 2 -
Route 3 -
Route 4 -
Nationality USA
Leaders Dan Mazur
Sponsor SummitClimb Lhotse Expedition 2014
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 Australia, Brazil, Canada, Czech Republic, Sri Lanka, UK
Approach -
Basecamp Date 2014-04-18
Summit Date 2014-04-18
Summit Time -
Summit Days 0
Total Days 19
Termination Date 2014-05-07
Termination Reason 14
Termination Notes Abandoned at 5400m due to Sherpa strike
High Point (m) 5400
Traverse False
Ski False
Paraglide False
Camps 0
Fixed Rope (m) 0
Total Members 11
Summit Members 0
Member Deaths 0
Total Hired 0
Summit Hired 0
Hired Deaths 0
No Hired True
O2 Used True
O2 None False
O2 Climb False
O2 Descent False
O2 Sleep False
O2 Medical True
O2 Taken False
O2 Unknown False
Other Summits -
Campsites BC(18/04,5350m),xxx(5400m)
Route Notes The Everest and Lhotse teams arrived at BC on 18 April, the day the fatal avalanche struck Sherpas in the Khumbu Icefall. No higher camps were estabished, no Sherpas carried loads for camps above the Icefall. The time between 18 April and the final decision to cancel the climbs was filled by the members by brief treks in the area and trips a short distance above BC, but below the start of the Icefall. Mazur said he and various members moved up to an altitude of 5410m. He said he went there "every day," but he finally modified this claim by saying that a total of ten members from the two teams went to this turn-around point. Not a single Sherpa from the pool of 18 Sherpas for the two teams moved past BC. They were told that their arms and legs would be broken and their villages homes would be burned down if they went to work. Who told them this? "The Bhotes" (one of the identified enforcers was Pasang Bhote from Makalu). At a meeting held at BC on 21 April about what next for the teams, "the Bhotes" spoke forcefuly, and Sumit Joshi, the manager of a trekking agency called Himalayan Ascent, spoke at length in favor of stopping all climbs. Russell Brice spoke against it, but his view did not prevail. Mazur waited a few days to see what would happen, and when no climbing resumed, he decided on 27 April to cancel is Everest and Lhotse climbs. A few of his members had already left BC, and on the 28th they left in great numbers. Mazur himself left on 7 May. One member had left earlier: Zaitchick, a 70-year old Lhotse member, had seemed very strong, but on the 18th of May he became weak, visited the health clinic at BC, was advised to leave and flew out to Kathmandu in a helicopter on the 20th. While in the clinic, he used two bottles of the teams oxygen supply.
Accidents -
Achievement -
Agency Everest Parivar
Commercial Route False
Standard Route True
Primary Route False
Primary Member False
Primary Reference False
Primary ID -
Checksum 2459545
Year 2014
Summit Success False
O2 Summary Used
Route (lowercase) w face

Members

11 recorded members.

Name Sex Year of Birth Citizenship Status Residence Occupation
Pradip Elmo Francis M 1976 Sri Lanka Climber Mount Lavinia, Sri Lanka Manager for training, development and MR transformation Details Other expeditions
William James Hilton M 1987 UK Climber Pinner, Middlesex, England HGV driver Details Other expeditions
Sophie Mary Kay F 1983 UK Climber Watford, Hertford, England Dental nurse Details Other expeditions
Neal Sharad Kushwaha M 1974 Canada Climber Nepean, Ontario Project manager Details Other expeditions
David William Maidment M 1970 Australia Climber Perth, WA, Australia Principal geologist Details Other expeditions
Karel Masek M 1964 Czech Republic Climber Sestajovice, Czech Republic Businessman Details Other expeditions
Gary Sydney Murray M 1968 UK Climber Dubai, United Arab Emirates Underwater engineer Details Other expeditions
Carlos Alexandre Soares Da Silva M 1969 Brazil Climber Sao Paulo, Brazil Administrator Details Other expeditions
Michael Anthony Tomordy M 1970 UK Climber Hong Kong Engineer Details Other expeditions
Howard Wayne Zaitchick M 1944 USA Climber Colorado Springs, Colorado Retired Details Other expeditions
Daniel Lee (Dan) Mazur M 1960 USA Leader Longbranch, Washington Expedition organizer & leader Details Other expeditions

References

0 recorded references.