Lhotse | 2017 S Col-W Face

A Nepal expedition to Lhotse in 2017 via S Col-W Face, led by Nirmal Purja. Summit reached on 27th May 2017. 3 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field Value
ID 9506
Imported 2026-03-06 18:04:49.359634
Expedition ID LHOT17103
Peak ID LHOT
Year 2017
Season 1
Host Country 1
Route 1 S Col-W Face
Route 2 -
Route 3 -
Route 4 -
Nationality Nepal
Leaders Nirmal Purja
Sponsor Nirma Purja Everest-Lhotse-Makalu 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 Ktm->Everest BC by helicopter
Basecamp Date 2017-05-23
Summit Date 2017-05-27
Summit Time 1555
Summit Days 4
Total Days 6
Termination Date 2017-05-29
Termination Reason 1
Termination Notes -
High Point (m) 8516
Traverse False
Ski False
Paraglide False
Camps 2
Fixed Rope (m) 0
Total Members 2
Summit Members 1
Member Deaths 0
Total Hired 1
Summit Hired 1
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 Purja summited Everest (EVER-171-03) earlier and Makalu (MAKA-171-12)
Campsites BC(23/05,5350m),C2(25/05,6400m),Everest.C4(26/05,8000m),EVER.Smt(27/05),Lhotse.Smt(27/05)
Route Notes After 15 May first Everest summit with the British Gurka Team led by Dick Gale, Purja descended to South Col and then to C2, where he arrived at 9 pm on 15 May. On 17 May back to BC. Heli to Kathmandu on 18 May and returned to BC on 23 May by heli. BC 23/05 5350m C2 25/05 6400m (left BC at 1:30 am and arrived at 6 am) C4 26/05 8000m (left C2 at 2 am and arrived at C4 on 11:30 am) Everest Smt 27/05 by Purja, Lhakpa Sherpa (Makalu) at 5:35 am. Purja and Lhakpa left C4 at 9:20 pm. Reached dead body of Roland Yearwood just below the Balcony at 11:45 pm. Reached summit at 5:35 am. They spent about 15 minutes on the summit, then descended to C4, where they arrived at 7:30 am. Lhakpa stayed at Everest C4. Purja rested for about 1 hour and continued to Lhotse C4, where he arrived at 10:30 am. He did not rest there, just grabbed some oxygen and continued towards the Lhotse summit with Jangbu Sherpa. Lhotse Summit 27/05 by Purja and Jangbu Sherpa at 3:55 pm. They spent about 10 minutes on the summit. The weather was horrendous. Very windy. They descended to C2, where they arrived at 7:20 pm. On 28 May, back to BC. On 29 May he took a helicopter to Lukla. Waited for his Makalu ABC flight, but weather too bad. In the early evening, he took a heli to Namche to celebrate Everest day there. On 30 May in the early morning, he took a heli back to Lukla, picked up four Sherpas and flew to Makalu BC, where they arrived at 7:41 am (see MAKA-171-12 for Makalu summit details). Oxygen: Taken and used from C3 to both summits to C3 by Purja and Sherpas. Dhaniram Rai was independent of Nirmal Purja.
Accidents -
Achievement -
Agency Seven Summit Treks
Commercial Route False
Standard Route True
Primary Route False
Primary Member False
Primary Reference True
Primary ID EVER17105
Checksum 2460728
Year 2017
Summit Success True
O2 Summary Used
Route (lowercase) s col-w face

Members

3 recorded members.

Name Sex Year of Birth Citizenship Status Residence Occupation
Nirmal Purja Pun Magar M 1983 Nepal Leader Poole, Dorset, England British army Details Other expeditions
Dhaniram (Dhani) Rai M 1981 Nepal Climber Herefordshire, England HM Forces Details Other expeditions
Jangbu Sherpa M 1985 Nepal H-A Worker Balakharka, Makalu-Barun - Details Other expeditions

References

0 recorded references.