Lhotse | 2017 W Face

A USA expedition to Lhotse in 2017 via W Face, led by Dan Mazur. Summit reached on 19th May 2017. 16 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field Value
ID 9504
Imported 2026-03-06 18:04:49.359634
Expedition ID LHOT17101
Peak ID LHOT
Year 2017
Season 1
Host Country 1
Route 1 W Face
Route 2 -
Route 3 -
Route 4 -
Nationality USA
Leaders Dan Mazur
Sponsor SummitClimb Everest-Lhotse Expedition 2017
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, Belgium, Germany, Poland, Sweden, UK
Approach Lukla->Namche->Pangboche->Everest BC
Basecamp Date 2017-04-16
Summit Date 2017-05-19
Summit Time 0855
Summit Days 33
Total Days 42
Termination Date 2017-05-28
Termination Reason 1
Termination Notes -
High Point (m) 8516
Traverse False
Ski False
Paraglide False
Camps 4
Fixed Rope (m) 0
Total Members 13
Summit Members 4
Member Deaths 0
Total Hired 5
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-171-20)
Campsites BC(16/04,5350m),C1(23/04,6100m),C2(26/04,6500m),C3(29/04,7050m),C4(18/05,7800m),Smt(19/05)
Route Notes BC 16/04 5350m C1 23/04 6100m C2 26/04 6500m C3 29/04 7050m C4 18/05 7800m Smt 19/05 by Wolput, Karma Gyalze and Nyberg at 8:55 am; Zajaczkowski, Bojan, Mingmar, Ridar Bhote at noon. Summit team left C4 at around midnight. It was very windy, but not cloudy. Straightforward climb. They spent about 20 minutes on the summit and descended to C4. Wolput, Karma Gyalze and Nyberg descended to C2; the two Polish with Mingmar and Ridar descended to C4. Oxygen: C3 to summit to C3 by members; C4 to summit to C4 by Sherpas. MacPherson reached C2. He left the expedition for personal reasons. The remaining members were on the Lhotse permit for alpine-training purposes only: Steiner reached C2. He felt sick and ran out of time and left expedition early. Sorrell reached BC and suffered from pneumonia. Left early. Tomorday reached C3 om 29 April. He never intended to summit. Maidment was very sick and did not eat; reached C2 but was too weak to continue. Harvell reached C3 on 29 April. He never intended to summit. Hepburn reached C3 on 29 April. He never intended to summit
Accidents -
Achievement -
Agency Everest Parivar
Commercial Route False
Standard Route True
Primary Route False
Primary Member False
Primary Reference True
Primary ID EVER17120
Checksum 2460720
Year 2017
Summit Success True
O2 Summary Used
Route (lowercase) w face

Members

16 recorded members.

Name Sex Year of Birth Citizenship Status Residence Occupation
Andrew Forbes McPherson M 1966 UK Climber - - Details Other expeditions
Robert Charlie Nyberg M 1986 Sweden Climber Kalmar, Sweden Engineer Details Other expeditions
Stefan Frans Jozef Wolput M 1967 Belgium Climber Kampenhout, Belgium Military officer in air force Details Other expeditions
Jakub Izydor Bojan M 1984 Poland Climber - - Details Other expeditions
Michal Piotr Zajaczkowski M 1979 Poland Climber - - Details Other expeditions
Paul Sinclair Harvell M 1960 Australia Climber (C3 only) - - Details Other expeditions
David William Maidment M 1970 Australia Climber (C3 only) Perth, WA, Australia Geologist Details Other expeditions
Michael Anthony Tomordy M 1970 UK Climber (C3 only) Hong Kong Engineer Details Other expeditions
Dennis Robert Mildenberger M 1977 Germany Climber Hahnenbach, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany Architect Details Other expeditions
Jeffrey Scott Sorrell M 1961 USA Climber (C3 only) - - Details Other expeditions
Todd MacGregor Hepburn M 1966 Australia Climber (C3 only) - - Details Other expeditions
Hagen Steiner M 1973 Germany Climber (C3 only) - - Details Other expeditions
Karma Gyalje Sherpa M 1982 Nepal H-A Worker Patle-4, Okhaldhunga - Details Other expeditions
Mingmar Sherpa M 1969 Nepal H-A Worker Patle-4, Okhaldhunga - Details Other expeditions
Ridar Bhote M - Nepal H-A Worker - - Details Other expeditions
Daniel Lee (Dan) Mazur M 1960 USA Leader Longbranch, Washington Expedition organizer & leader Details Other expeditions

References

0 recorded references.