Lhotse | 2017 S Col-W Face

A USA expedition to Lhotse in 2017 via S Col-W Face, led by Ben Jones. Summit reached on 28th May 2017. 4 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field Value
ID 9505
Imported 2026-03-06 18:04:49.359634
Expedition ID LHOT17102
Peak ID LHOT
Year 2017
Season 1
Host Country 1
Route 1 S Col-W Face
Route 2 -
Route 3 -
Route 4 -
Nationality USA
Leaders Ben Jones
Sponsor Alpine Ascents International (AAI) 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 -
Approach -
Basecamp Date 2017-04-09
Summit Date 2017-05-28
Summit Time 0800
Summit Days 49
Total Days 50
Termination Date 2017-05-29
Termination Reason 1
Termination Notes -
High Point (m) 8516
Traverse False
Ski False
Paraglide False
Camps 4
Fixed Rope (m) 0
Total Members 2
Summit Members 1
Member Deaths 0
Total Hired 2
Summit Hired 2
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-171-11)
Campsites BC(09/04,5400m),C1(24/04,6100m),C2(26/04,6500m),C3(24/05,7400m),C4(25/05,7950m),Smt(28/05)
Route Notes BC 09/04 5400m C1 24/04 6100m C2 26/04 6500m C3 24/05 7400m C4 25/05 7950m Smt Everest on 27 May by Perez and Jangbu at 8:15 am. Smt Lhotse on 28 May by Perez, Jangbu and Karma Serki at 8 am. Everest summit team left C4 at 11 pm on 26 May. Weather was warm but cloudy. Light snow on the SE Ridge. Straightforward climb. They spent about half an hour on the summit and descended to C4, where they arrived at about 12:30 am. On 27 May they all descended to C2 apart from Perez, who summited Lhotse from C4 on Everest. He [with Jangbu] left C4 Everest at 1 am. He felt exhausted after Everest, but pushed himself and got up Lhotse. Good and clear day. They spent about 15 minutes on the summit and descended to C2 at about 3 pm. On 28 May whole team at C2. On 29 May at 3 am everyone descended to BC, packed and took helicopter to Lukla and then Kathmandu.
Accidents -
Achievement -
Agency Shangri-La Nepal Treks
Commercial Route False
Standard Route True
Primary Route False
Primary Member False
Primary Reference True
Primary ID EVER17111
Checksum 2460729
Year 2017
Summit Success True
O2 Summary Used
Route (lowercase) s col-w face

Members

4 recorded members.

Name Sex Year of Birth Citizenship Status Residence Occupation
Santiago Fernando Perez M 1977 USA Climber Miami, Florida Consultant Details Other expeditions
Jangbu Sherpa M 1972 Nepal Climbing Guide Garma-8, Solukhumbu - Details Other expeditions
Karma Serki (Karma Sarki) Sherpa M 1987 Nepal H-A Worker Phortse, Khumbu - Details Other expeditions
Benjamin Mason (Ben) Jones M 1978 USA Leader Jackson, Wyoming Alpine guide Details Other expeditions

References

0 recorded references.