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.