Lhotse | 2019 W Face

A France expedition to Lhotse in 2019 via W Face, led by Orianne Aymard. Summit reached on 23rd May 2019. 3 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field Value
ID 10285
Imported 2026-03-06 18:04:49.359634
Expedition ID LHOT19110
Peak ID LHOT
Year 2019
Season 1
Host Country 1
Route 1 W Face
Route 2 -
Route 3 -
Route 4 -
Nationality France
Leaders Orianne Aymard
Sponsor French 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 -
Approach Lukla->Pangboche->Everest BC
Basecamp Date 2019-04-17
Summit Date 2019-05-23
Summit Time 1100
Summit Days 36
Total Days 40
Termination Date 2019-05-27
Termination Reason 1
Termination Notes -
High Point (m) 8516
Traverse False
Ski False
Paraglide False
Camps 4
Fixed Rope (m) 0
Total Members 1
Summit Members 1
Member Deaths 0
Total Hired 2
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(17/04,5350m),C1(29/04,5900m),C2(30/04,6440m),C3(21/05,7000m),C4(22/05,7900m),Smt(23/05)
Route Notes BC 17/04 5350m C1 29/04 5900m C2 30/04 6440m C3 21/05 7000m C4 22/05 7900m Smt 23/05 by Aymard and Pemba Sherpa at 11 am. They left C4 at 3 am. One of Aymard’s crampons came off at the bottom of the couloir, but luckily the climber just below her managed to catch it before it fell any distance. Other than that the climb was straightforward. They stayed on the summit for about 10 minutes. During the descent to C4 they got caught in bad weather and arrived back at C4 at about 3 pm, where they spent the night. The following day 24/05 they descended to C2, stayed the night there, then descended to BC on 25/05 and left BC on 27/05. Aymard requested a Rai called Abiral (Rai) who she had climbed with previously. However Abiral became ill at C2 on the summit rotation and was unable to continue, so Aymard was allocated Pemba Sherpa in his place. Aymard has no biodata for Pemba, however she did have information on Abiral Rai. She had previously climbed with Abiral on an expedition to Himlung in October 2018. Although her Himlung expedition services (Sherpas, etc.) were supplied by Himalayan Ecstasy, she was on the permit of an agency called Wild Yak Expeditions. According to Aymard she and Abiral summited on 28/10/18, although she says that her summit certificate has the incorrect date of 31/10/18. She was also told that she was the 3rd French woman to summit Himlung. Oxygen: Both Aymard and Pemba used oxygen from C3 to the summit and back to C4. They would have used oxygen to descend lower, but by the time they reached C4 they had run out. Aymard said she was supposed to have 4 cylinders which should have been enough to descend to C3, but she is pretty sure they only had 3 cylinders. On leaving C3 Aymard immediately had problems with her oxygen mask. At C3 she was given a mask which she knew was not hers. When she started using the mask it became apparent that it was defective as there was very little oxygen flowing through it. On reaching C4 the mask broke completely - the tube snapped off at the point where it joins the mask. They did not have a spare mask with them, but eventually Pemba managed to borrow one from a Sherpa from another team who was descending from the South Col.
Accidents -
Achievement -
Agency Himalayan Ecstasy Treks (Happy Feet pmt)
Commercial Route False
Standard Route True
Primary Route False
Primary Member False
Primary Reference False
Primary ID -
Checksum 2462716
Year 2019
Summit Success True
O2 Summary Used
Route (lowercase) w face

Members

3 recorded members.

Name Sex Year of Birth Citizenship Status Residence Occupation
Orianne Catherine Aymard F 1978 France Leader Sceaux, Hauts-de-Seine, France Diplomat Details Other expeditions
Pimba (Ptemba) Bhote M 1991 Nepal H-A Worker Hatiya-1, Makalu-Barun - Details Other expeditions
Abiral Rai M 1990 Nepal H-A Worker Mukli-7, Solukhumbu - Details Other expeditions

References

0 recorded references.