Lhotse | 2019 S Col-W Face

A USA expedition to Lhotse in 2019 via S Col-W Face, led by Mike Hamill. Summit reached on 22nd May 2019. 11 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field Value
ID 10281
Imported 2026-03-06 18:04:49.359634
Expedition ID LHOT19106
Peak ID LHOT
Year 2019
Season 1
Host Country 1
Route 1 S Col-W Face
Route 2 -
Route 3 -
Route 4 -
Nationality USA
Leaders Mike Hamill
Sponsor Climbing the Seven Summits (CTSS) Everest-Lhotse Expedition 2019
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 Ecuador, Germany, Iceland, Qatar
Approach Lukla->Pangboche->Everest BC
Basecamp Date 2019-04-15
Summit Date 2019-05-22
Summit Time -
Summit Days 37
Total Days 0
Termination Date 2019-04-15
Termination Reason 1
Termination Notes -
High Point (m) 8516
Traverse False
Ski False
Paraglide False
Camps 4
Fixed Rope (m) 0
Total Members 8
Summit Members 3
Member Deaths 0
Total Hired 3
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 -
Campsites BC(15/04,5350m),C1(24/04,5900m),C2(26/04,6400m),C3(20/05,7300m),C4(21/05,7900m),EverSmt(22/05),LhotSmt(23)
Route Notes C1 24/04 5900m C2 26/04 6400m C3 20/05 7300m C4 21/05 7900m Ever Smt 22/05 by Ktiri, Badar, Freire plus Sherpas Lhot Smt 23/05 by Kitri and Namgel Dorje Tamang at 8:30 am; Freire, Badar and Ang Tshering (aka Kami) Sherpa at 6 am. After summiting Everest on 22/05 at 2:30 am, Lhotse summit team descended to Everest C4, where they arrived at 8:30 am. They stayed at Everest C4 and rested there. At 12:30 am they traversed from Everest C4 to Lhotse C4, where they had a short 10-minute break. They continued to the summit, stayed there for about 10 minutes and descended to C2, where they arrived at 4 pm. On 24/05 down to BC. Team left BC on 29/05. Robert Kay only climbed to C2. Altitude issues forced him to abandon his attempt. Oxygen: Taken and used from C2 to tops to C2 by Badar Taken and used from C3 to tops to C2 by all other members Taken and used from C4 to top to C4 by Sherpas. Bjarni Armannsson and Thierry D'Hers were clients of AAI on the TAGNepal permit.
Accidents -
Achievement -
Agency TAGnepal Trekking
Commercial Route False
Standard Route True
Primary Route True
Primary Member False
Primary Reference True
Primary ID EVER19117
Checksum 2462715
Year 2019
Summit Success True
O2 Summary Used
Route (lowercase) s col-w face

Members

11 recorded members.

Name Sex Year of Birth Citizenship Status Residence Occupation
Michael Aaron Hamill M 1977 USA Leader Seattle, Washington Alpine guide Details Other expeditions
Bjarni Armannsson M 1968 Iceland Climber Reykjavik, Iceland Entrepreneur Details Other expeditions
Fahad Abdul Rahman Badar M 1979 Qatar Climber Doha, Qatar Banker Details Other expeditions
Thierry Jean Yves D'Hers M 1968 USA Climber Redmond, Washington Programmer at software company Details Other expeditions
Oswaldo Aurielo Freire Cartagena M 1973 Ecuador Climbing Guide Quito, Ecuador Alpine guide Details Other expeditions
Austin Noel Kalb M 1961 USA Climber - - Details Other expeditions
Robert John Kay M 1961 USA Climber Lincoln, Nebraska Owner of motor sports company Details Other expeditions
Mariam Ktiri F - Germany Climber Worblaufen, Switzerland IT consultant Details Other expeditions
Ang Furba Sherpa M 1989 Nepal H-A Worker Kharikhola, Solukhumbu - Details Other expeditions
Kami Tshering (Ang Tshering) Sherpa M 1962 Nepal H-A Worker Pangboche, Khumbu - Details Other expeditions
Namgel Dorje Tamang M 1997 Nepal H-A Worker Pangboche, Khumbu - Details Other expeditions

References

1 recorded references.

Expedition ID Journal Author Title Publisher Citation Yak 94
LHOT19106 - - http://climbwithstarcity.blogspot.com - - -