Lhotse | 2017 W Face

A Ireland expedition to Lhotse in 2017 via W Face, led by Cian O'Brolchain. Summit reached on 16th May 2017. 5 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field Value
ID 9517
Imported 2026-03-06 18:04:49.359634
Expedition ID LHOT17113
Peak ID LHOT
Year 2017
Season 1
Host Country 1
Route 1 W Face
Route 2 -
Route 3 -
Route 4 -
Nationality Ireland
Leaders Cian O'Brolchain
Sponsor Ascent Himalayas 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 Iceland
Approach Lukla->Island Peak-> Everest BC
Basecamp Date 2017-04-20
Summit Date 2017-05-16
Summit Time 1630
Summit Days 26
Total Days 30
Termination Date 2017-05-20
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 2
Member Deaths 0
Total Hired 3
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 -
Campsites BC(20/04,5400m),C1(27/04,6100m),C2(28/04,6400m),C3(15/05,7000m),C4(16/05,7800m),Smt(16/05)
Route Notes BC 20/04 5400m C1 27/04 6100m C2 28/04 6400m C3 15/05 7000m C4 16/05 7800m (O'Brolchain slept at C4 on the way down) Smt 16/05 by Tshering Pemba Sherpa, John Snorri Sigurjonsson at 4:30 pm, Cian O'Brolchain at 6 pm. The team left C3 on 16 May on their summit push at 12:30 am. From C3 they went straight for the summit. They fixed ropes from 8100m to the summit. There was knee-deep snow on summit day, but apart from that, conditions and weather were good, relatively warm, not too windy. They were protected by the couloirs from the wind. The climbing was hard because of the snow and because they had to fix the ropes. O'Brolchain ran out of oxygen early on the way up, but Tshering gave him more. Tshering and Sigurjonsson reached the summit at 4:30 pm, they stayed on the summit for 30 minutes. O'Brolchain reached the summit at 6 pm, spending 10 minutes on the top. Sigurjonsson and Tshering descended to C3 where they spent the night. They reached C3 around 9 pm. O'Brolchain spent the night alone in C4, he got there at 11 pm. It was a cold night as he didn't have a sleeping bag and was out of oxygen. On 17 May, Sigurjonsson and Tshering Sherpa went down to BC, O'Brolchain and Mingma (who turned around on summit push at 8300m) went to C2. On 18 May, everyone was back at BC. Oxygen: Taken and used by Tshering and Sigurjonsson from C3 to summit and back to C3 By O'Brolchain from C3 to summit and back to C4. Sherpa: Tshering Pemba, Beding, 12/12/1985 Mingma [Tshering?] Sherpa, [Beding, 01/08/70?]
Accidents -
Achievement Sigurjonsson is the 1st person from Iceland to summit Lhotse
Agency Ascent Himalayas (Himalayan Ascent pmt)
Commercial Route False
Standard Route True
Primary Route False
Primary Member False
Primary Reference -
Primary ID -
Checksum 2460717
Year 2017
Summit Success True
O2 Summary Used
Route (lowercase) w face

Members

5 recorded members.

Name Sex Year of Birth Citizenship Status Residence Occupation
Cian O'Brolchain M 1980 Ireland Leader Brisbane, QLD, Australia Operations manager of Ascent Himalayas Details Other expeditions
John Snorri Sigurjonsson M 1973 Iceland Climber Reykjavik, Iceland Manager Details Other expeditions
Tshering Pemba Sherpa M 1985 Nepal H-A Worker Beding, Dolakha - Details Other expeditions
Mingma Tshering/Tsiri Sherpa M 1970 Nepal Sirdar Beding, Dolakha - Details Other expeditions
Ang Chhiri Sherpa M 1983 Nepal H-A Worker Solukhumbu - Details Other expeditions

References

2 recorded references.

Expedition ID Journal Author Title Publisher Citation Yak 94
LHOT17113 - - http://icelandmonitor.mbl.is/news/nature_and_travel/2017/05/17/first_icelander_to_climb_lhotse_mountain/ - - -
LHOT17113 - - https://thehimalayantimes.com/nepal/mt-lhotse-records-first-successful-ascent-three-years/ - - -