Lhotse | 2025 S Col-W Face

A Ukraine expedition to Lhotse in 2025 via S Col-W Face, led by Valentyn Sypavin. Summit reached on 14th May 2025. 24 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field Value
ID 11665
Imported 2026-03-06 18:04:49.359634
Expedition ID LHOT25102
Peak ID LHOT
Year 2025
Season 1
Host Country 1
Route 1 S Col-W Face
Route 2 W Face
Route 3 -
Route 4 -
Nationality Ukraine
Leaders Valentyn Sypavin
Sponsor 8K Int'l Lhotse Expedition 2025
Success 1 True
Success 2 True
Success 3 False
Success 4 False
Ascent 1 -
Ascent 2 -
Ascent 3 -
Ascent 4 -
Claimed False
Disputed False
Countries Azerbaijan, China, Germany, India, New Zealand, Philippines, S Africa, Singapore, UK
Approach -
Basecamp Date -
Summit Date 2025-05-14
Summit Time -
Summit Days 0
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 17
Summit Members 9
Member Deaths 1
Total Hired 9
Summit Hired 7
Hired Deaths 0
No Hired False
O2 Used True
O2 None False
O2 Climb True
O2 Descent False
O2 Sleep False
O2 Medical False
O2 Taken False
O2 Unknown False
Other Summits -
Campsites BC,C1,C2,C3,C4,Smt(14-15,17,23)
Route Notes Report from Valentyn Sypavin: BC 25/04 5350m C1 30/04 6000m C2 01/05 6440m C3 12/05 7075m C4 13/05 7900m Smt 14/05 by Aleksieieva, Dawa Tenzing, Sypavin, Lhakpa Ongchuk Sherpa, Diachenko, Mingma Tenzing, Kryvosheia, Sanu Sherpa at 7:33 am; Kalashnykov, Phurba Sherpa, Kostiukevych, Phurba Sherpa at 8:15 am. Smt 15/05 by Musayeva and Dawa Sherpa at 9:11 am. 14/05 summit team left C4 at 9:30 am. Not so many people on the route. Good conditions and good weather. Team spent about 40 minutes on the summit and Kalashniykov and Kostiukevych with the two Phurba Sherpa descended to C2. Kostiukevych had intended to climb Lhotse as well but he did not feel well and decided to descend. He was evacuated by heli from C2 directly to Lukla on 15/05. He was altitude sick. The reason why Musayeva summited a day late was that she only arrived at C4 at approximately 6 pm and she did not have enough time to rest. She left C4 at 4 pm on 14/04. After the summit on 15/05, Musayeva and Dawa descended to C4 where they arrived at 2:30 pm. They stayed there until the evening of 16/05. They summited Lhotse on 17/05 at 10:23 am and descended to C2 where they arrived at 10pm on 17/05. After summiting Everest, Aleksieieva and Dawa Tenzing Sherpa descended to C4 where they arrived at 9:30 am. They rested for only two hours and at 12 noon started their ascent towards Lhotse. Summit on 14/05 at 7:32 pm. After Lhotse summit, they descended to Lhotse C4 and stayed the night there. Sypavin, Lhakpa Ongchuk Sherpa, Diachenko, Mingma Tenzing, Kryvosheia, Sanu Sherpa, Plotnykov left Everest C4 at 11:20 pm for Lhotse. Lhotse summits: 14/05 at 7:32 pm by Aleksieieva and Dawa Tenzing. 15/05 at 8:00 am by Sypavin, Lhakpa Ongchuk Sherpa, Diachenko, Mingma Tenzing, Kryvosheia, Sanu Sherpa, Plotnykov. 15/05 summit team descended to C2 where they arrived between 3 pm and 4:30 pm. 17/05 summit by Musayeva and Dawa Sherpa at 10:23 am Aviation-assisted Kostiukevych was evacuated by heli on 15/05 due to AMS. Team left BC on 17/05 by heli. Oxygen: Taken and used from C3 to top to C2 by Diachenko, Sypavin, Kryvosheia, Kalashnykov, Plotnykov; other members from C2 to top to C2; Sherpa from C3 to top to C3.
Accidents -
Achievement -
Agency 8K Expeditions
Commercial Route False
Standard Route True
Primary Route False
Primary Member False
Primary Reference False
Primary ID -
Checksum 2464500
Year 2025
Summit Success True
O2 Summary Used
Route (lowercase) s col-w face

Members

24 recorded members.

Name Sex Year of Birth Citizenship Status Residence Occupation
Valentyn Sypavin M 1983 Ukraine Leader Kharkov, Ukraine University teacher for rescue work Details Other expeditions
Nina Aleksieieva F 1991 Ukraine Climber - - Details Other expeditions
Marharyta Diachenko F 1988 Ukraine Climber - - Details Other expeditions
Dwarka Vishwanath Dokhe F 1974 India Climber - - Details Other expeditions
Kar Yan Vanessa Fong F 1996 Singapore Climber Singapore Banker Details Other expeditions
Stephen Dudley (Steve) Hart M 1958 New Zealand Climber Wanaka, New Zealand Director of retail and event management company Details Other expeditions
Iurii Kostiukevych M 1986 Ukraine Climber - - Details Other expeditions
Viacheslav Kryvosheia M 1981 Ukraine Climber - - Details Other expeditions
Rakesh Kumar Bishnoi M 1985 India Climber - - Details Other expeditions
Jeannette Elizabeth McGill F 1973 S Africa Climber Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Mining executive Details Other expeditions
Vafa Musayeva F 1981 Azerbaijan Climber - - Details Other expeditions
Amol Raghunath Nashte M 1987 India Climber - - Details Other expeditions
Oleksii Plotnykov M 1986 Ukraine Climber - - Details Other expeditions
Rhisael Rosasena Rabe M 1973 Philippines Climber - - Details Other expeditions
Samiur Rashid M 1989 UK Climber Birmingham, England - Details Other expeditions
Stoimen Todorov M 1977 Germany Climber - - Details Other expeditions
Kai-Lang Yue M 2005 China Climber - - Details Other expeditions
Guru Bhote M 1995 Nepal H-A Worker Namche-1, Makalu-Barun - Details Other expeditions
Dawa Sherpa M 1990 Nepal H-A Worker Makalu-5, Makalu-Barun - Details Other expeditions
Dawa Tenji Sherpa M 1996 Nepal H-A Worker Nurbugaon, Makalu-Barun - Details Other expeditions
Lakpa Ongjuk Sherpa M 1998 Nepal H-A Worker Makalu-5, Makalu-Barun - Details Other expeditions
Mingma Temba Sherpa M 1998 Nepal H-A Worker Makalu-5, Makalu-Barun - Details Other expeditions
Pastemba Sherpa M 1996 Nepal H-A Worker - - Details Other expeditions
Sanu Sherpa M 1975 Nepal H-A Worker Walung, Makalu-9, Makalu-Barun - Details Other expeditions

References

3 recorded references.