Lhotse | 2018 W Face

A Peru expedition to Lhotse in 2018 via W Face, led by Victor Rimac. Summit reached on 19th May 2018. 1 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field Value
ID 9920
Imported 2026-03-06 18:04:49.359634
Expedition ID LHOT18119
Peak ID LHOT
Year 2018
Season 1
Host Country 1
Route 1 W Face
Route 2 -
Route 3 -
Route 4 -
Nationality Peru
Leaders Victor Rimac
Sponsor Rimac Lhotse Expedition 2018
Success 1 False
Success 2 False
Success 3 False
Success 4 False
Ascent 1 -
Ascent 2 -
Ascent 3 -
Ascent 4 -
Claimed False
Disputed False
Countries -
Approach Everest BC by helicopter
Basecamp Date 2018-04-27
Summit Date 2018-05-19
Summit Time -
Summit Days 22
Total Days 24
Termination Date 2018-05-21
Termination Reason 7
Termination Notes Abandoned at 8480m due to mental fatique and strong winds
High Point (m) 8480
Traverse False
Ski False
Paraglide False
Camps 3
Fixed Rope (m) 0
Total Members 1
Summit Members 0
Member Deaths 0
Total Hired 0
Summit Hired 0
Hired Deaths 0
No Hired True
O2 Used False
O2 None True
O2 Climb False
O2 Descent False
O2 Sleep False
O2 Medical False
O2 Taken False
O2 Unknown False
Other Summits -
Campsites BC(27/04,5350m),C2(30/04,6400m),C3(07/05,7200m),C4(17/05,7700m),xxx(19/05,8480m)
Route Notes BC 27/04 5350m by helicopter C1 -- - C2 30/04 6400m (spent 3 nights at C2) C3 07/05 7200m C4 17/05 7700m HPt 19/05 8480m by Rimac On 16/05, Rimac saw the Rustem Amirov (Russian who died on Lhotse) about 80m above his camp. He was sitting there attached to the fixed rope. Ang Dawa and another Sherpa were with Rimac in the tent (they were with Alpine Sherpa Guide Treks and had two clients for Everest). At about 8:30 am he went up to the Russian together with the two Sherpas and brought him down. He was very sick. He already had bad frostbite on his fingers and was unable to talk. They pulled him down to a tent at C3. Rimac injected dexamethasone and stayed with him for two hours. He asked people who were going past the tent whether they had any oxygen for him to help the Russian climber, but nobody responded. The Russian died at around 10:45 am. At 11 am Rimac ascended to C4, where he arrived at 4 pm. He stayed at C4 on 18/05 to rest and left C4 at 11 pm. He was with Danny Gordin from Israel. When Rimac reached 8480m he had too many things in his head and he decided to descend. It was about 10 am. He descended to C2, where he arrived at 5 pm. Danny Gordin who was also climbing without oxygen turned back at about 8200m as he was too tired. When he was at C2, he saw Kuriki's fall. Rimac left BC on 21/05 by heli. Oxygen: Not taken, not used.
Accidents -
Achievement -
Agency Alpine Sherpa Guide Treks
Commercial Route False
Standard Route True
Primary Route False
Primary Member False
Primary Reference False
Primary ID -
Checksum 2462706
Year 2018
Summit Success False
O2 Summary None
Route (lowercase) w face

Members

1 recorded members.

Name Sex Year of Birth Citizenship Status Residence Occupation
Victor Hugo Rimac Trejo M 1986 Peru Leader Huaraz, Peru Alpine guide Details Other expeditions

References

0 recorded references.