Lhotse | 2016 W Face

A Iran expedition to Lhotse in 2016 via W Face, led by Mehdi Gholipour. Summit reached on 19th May 2016. 6 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field Value
ID 9169
Imported 2026-03-06 18:04:49.359634
Expedition ID LHOT16111
Peak ID LHOT
Year 2016
Season 1
Host Country 1
Route 1 W Face
Route 2 -
Route 3 -
Route 4 -
Nationality Iran
Leaders Mehdi Gholipour
Sponsor Seven Summit Treks Lhotse Expedition 2016 (Gholipour)
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 Brazil, China, Japan
Approach -
Basecamp Date 2016-04-19
Summit Date 2016-05-19
Summit Time -
Summit Days 30
Total Days 35
Termination Date 2016-05-24
Termination Reason 6
Termination Notes Abandoned at 8460m due to death of Ang Phurba
High Point (m) 8460
Traverse False
Ski False
Paraglide False
Camps 3
Fixed Rope (m) 0
Total Members 6
Summit Members 0
Member Deaths 0
Total Hired 0
Summit Hired 0
Hired Deaths 0
No Hired True
O2 Used False
O2 None True
O2 Climb False
O2 Descent False
O2 Sleep False
O2 Medical False
O2 Taken False
O2 Unknown False
Other Summits -
Campsites BC(19/04,5350m),C2(26/04,6400m),C3(10/05,7100m),C4(18/05,7800m),xxx(19/05,8460m)
Route Notes On 16 May Mehdi went directly from BC to C3 (took him 8 hours), then rested there for 3 hours and continued to C4, where he arrived at 4 am on 17 May. As the weather was bad up there, he went back to C3, where he met Sattar Forough, who had come up from C2. On 19 May they left C4 at 3 am. Windy, but clear. Couloir was snowy. Good climbing conditions. They reached 8460m when Ang Phurba fell down at about 12:07 and everyone who was climbing on the mountain went down. They actually wanted to continue but the Sherpas forced them to go down. They went to C4, packed their stuff and descended to C3, where they spent the night. On 20 May they descended to BC. They were told that Lhotse climbing was finished, so they decided to abandon their summit attempt. Carlos Santalena was an Himalayan Ascent client on the SST permit.
Accidents -
Achievement -
Agency Seven Summit Treks
Commercial Route False
Standard Route True
Primary Route False
Primary Member False
Primary Reference -
Primary ID -
Checksum 2460354
Year 2016
Summit Success False
O2 Summary None
Route (lowercase) w face

Members

6 recorded members.

Name Sex Year of Birth Citizenship Status Residence Occupation
Medhi Gholipour M 1982 Iran Leader Tabriz, Iran Alpinist Details Other expeditions
Azim Gheichisaz M 1981 Iran Climber Tabriz, Iran University student & alpinist Details Other expeditions
Jing Luo F 1975 China Climber Beijing, China Quality control programmer Details Other expeditions
Carlos Eduardo Santalena M 1986 Brazil Climber Campinas, Sao Paulo, Brazil Tourist guide Details Other expeditions
Seyed Hadi Sattar Forough M 1982 Iran Climber Tabriz, Iran Alpinist Details Other expeditions
Yachiyo Suzuki F 1964 Japan Climber Tokyo, Japan Tour leader Details Other expeditions

References

0 recorded references.