Lhotse | 2018 W Face

A Sweden expedition to Lhotse in 2018 via W Face, led by Seven Summit Treks Staff. Summit reached on 16th May 2018. 18 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field Value
ID 9908
Imported 2026-03-06 18:04:49.359634
Expedition ID LHOT18107
Peak ID LHOT
Year 2018
Season 1
Host Country 1
Route 1 W Face
Route 2 -
Route 3 -
Route 4 -
Nationality Sweden
Leaders Seven Summit Treks Staff
Sponsor Seven Summit International Lhotse Expedition 2018
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 Algeria, China, Germany, Japan, Malaysia, Nepal, Norway, UK, Ukraine
Approach Lukla->Namche->Pangboche->Everest BC
Basecamp Date 2018-04-16
Summit Date 2018-05-16
Summit Time 1400
Summit Days 30
Total Days 0
Termination Date -
Termination Reason 1
Termination Notes -
High Point (m) 8516
Traverse False
Ski False
Paraglide False
Camps 4
Fixed Rope (m) 0
Total Members 15
Summit Members 3
Member Deaths 0
Total Hired 3
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 -
Campsites BC(16/04,5350m),C1,C2,C3,C4,Smt(18/05)
Route Notes The Seven Summit Treks Lhotse expedition was a combination of several independent teams (1-2 climbers each). Seven Summit Treks provided transportation, base camp facilities and various levels of high altitude support (oxygen, high-altitude porters, tents, etc) as required and contracted for by each team. The individual accounts for each team are given below: Anders Bergvall (Sweden) Camps: BC(28/04,5350m),C1(03/05,6000m),C2(04/05,6400m),C3(14/05,7100m), C4(17/05,7700m),Smt(18/05) Left: 20/05/2018 Hired: 1 Term: Success (8:30 am) Summit team left C4 at midnight. Weather was calm and clear. The couloir was snowy. Straightforward climb. They stayed about 10 minutes on the summit, then descended to C2, where they arrived at about 5 pm. Oxygen: Taken and used from C3 to to summit to C3 by Bergvall and Vinayak. Thomas Laemmle (Germany) Camps: BC(16/05,5350m),C3(19/05,7100m),C4(20/05,7700m),Smt(21/05) Left: 23/05/2018 trekking Hired: 0 Term: Success (8:30 am) Laemmle came by heli directly from Makalu on 16 May after summiting on 13 May. On 17/05 Laemmle went down to Lobuche to recover a bit. He received a weather forecast that the 21/05 would be a good summit day. That's why he descended from BC to C3 in one day, which took him 11 hours. He left BC at 3 am and reached C3 at 2 pm. Laemmle left Lhotse C4 at 11:30 pm on 20/05. The conditions in the couloir were excellent. He spent about one hour on the summit and descended to C3, where he arrived at 11 am. On 22/05 he descended to BC and departed the next day. Oxygen: Not taken, not used. Yachiyo Suzuki (Japan) Camps: BC(24/04,5350m),C1(5900m),C2(11/05,6440m),C3(13/05,7000m), C4(15/05,7900m),Smt(16/05) Left: 19/05/2018 Hired: 2 Term: Success (2 pm) Suzuki, Fursang and Tenzing Norbu started from C4 at 8 pm on 15/05. They spent about 20 minutes on the summit and descended to C3, where they stayed the night. On 17/05 they descended to BC. Oxygen: Taken and used from C2 to top to C2 by Suzuki, from C4 to top to C4 by Sherpas. Bian Lei-Chen and Chin Wui Kin were clients of Dreamer's Destination on the SST permit
Accidents -
Achievement -
Agency Seven Summit Treks
Commercial Route False
Standard Route True
Primary Route False
Primary Member False
Primary Reference False
Primary ID -
Checksum 2462703
Year 2018
Summit Success True
O2 Summary Used
Route (lowercase) w face

Members

18 recorded members.

Name Sex Year of Birth Citizenship Status Residence Occupation
Anders Erik Karl Bergvall M 1975 Sweden Leader Bromma, Sweden Economist Details Other expeditions
Lei-Chen Bian M 1978 China Climber - - Details Other expeditions
Mohamed Amine Chara M 1987 Algeria Climber Paris, France IT engineer Details Other expeditions
Wui Kin Chin M 1970 Malaysia Climber Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Anaesthetist (but gave up job in order to summit) Details Other expeditions
Iryna Halay F 1988 Ukraine Climber - - Details Other expeditions
Thomas Laemmle M 1965 Germany Climber Waldburg, Baden-Wuerttemburg, Germany Alpine guide & sports scientist Details Other expeditions
Jun Liu M 1970 China Climber/Cameraman Urumchi, Xinjiang, China Cameraman Details Other expeditions
Yoshiharu Nakamura M 1973 Japan Climber Sendai, Miyagi, Japan Civil engineer Details Other expeditions
Taras Pozdnii M 1989 Ukraine Climber Bila Tserkva, Ukraine Trekking company owner Details Other expeditions
Dmytro Semerenko M 1981 Ukraine Climber - Train spare parts business Details Other expeditions
Yachiyo Suzuki F 1964 Japan Climber Tokyo, Japan Tour leader Details Other expeditions
Kanchhi Maya Tamang F 1988 Nepal Climber Yarsha, Bhotang-5, Sindupalchowk - Details Other expeditions
Luckme Tamang F 1997 Nepal Climber Devitar-2, Kavrepalanchowk - Details Other expeditions
Clay Kumar Teewary M 1977 UK/India Climber Hereford, Herfordshire, England Emergency physician Details Other expeditions
Christoffer Wang M 1982 Norway Climber Vettre, Norway Chief Financial Officer Details Other expeditions
Vinayak Jaya Malla M 1988 Nepal H-A Worker Majhphant-3, Parbat - Details Other expeditions
Fursang (Phursang) Sherpa M 1987 Nepal H-A Worker Waku-4, Solukhumbu - Details Other expeditions
Tenjing Nurbu Sherpa M 1985 Nepal H-A Worker Makalu-9, Makalu-Barun - Details Other expeditions

References

0 recorded references.