Southeast Ridge route on Mount Everest

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Everest normal route mountaineering route

The Southeast Ridge route on Mount Everest is the classic, most frequently used climbing route from the Nepal side, ascending via the South Col to the mountain’s summit.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Everest Southeast Ridge 1
standard South Col route on Mount Everest 1

Statements (53)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Everest normal route ⓘ
mountaineering route ⓘ
approachesVia Dingboche NERFINISHED ⓘ
Gorak Shep NERFINISHED ⓘ
Khumbu Valley NERFINISHED ⓘ
Lobuche NERFINISHED ⓘ
Namche Bazaar NERFINISHED ⓘ
Tengboche NERFINISHED ⓘ
ascendsTo summit of Mount Everest ⓘ
ascendsVia Hillary Step NERFINISHED ⓘ
Khumbu Icefall NERFINISHED ⓘ
Lhotse Face NERFINISHED ⓘ
South Col NERFINISHED ⓘ
South Summit NERFINISHED ⓘ
Southeast Ridge NERFINISHED ⓘ
Western Cwm NERFINISHED ⓘ
baseCampAt Everest Base Camp (south) NERFINISHED ⓘ
baseCampElevation approximately 5360 m ⓘ
campIElevation approximately 6000 m ⓘ
campIIElevation approximately 6400 m ⓘ
campIIIElevation approximately 7200 m ⓘ
campIVElevation approximately 7900–8000 m ⓘ
commonlyUsesSupplementalOxygen true ⓘ
countrySide Nepal side NERFINISHED ⓘ
crosses Khumbu Icefall ladders and crevasses ⓘ
firstAscentBy Edmund Hillary NERFINISHED ⓘ
Tenzing Norgay NERFINISHED ⓘ
firstAscentExpedition 1953 British Mount Everest expedition NERFINISHED ⓘ
firstAscentExpeditionLeader John Hunt NERFINISHED ⓘ
firstAscentYear 1953 ⓘ
hasCamp Camp I NERFINISHED ⓘ
Camp II NERFINISHED ⓘ
Camp III ⓘ
Camp IV NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasObjectiveHazard avalanches ⓘ
crevasses ⓘ
exposure on Southeast Ridge ⓘ
extreme altitude ⓘ
high winds ⓘ
seracs in Khumbu Icefall ⓘ
isClassicRouteOn Mount Everest NERFINISHED ⓘ
isMostFrequentlyUsedRouteOn Mount Everest NERFINISHED ⓘ
liesWithin Sagarmatha National Park NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedIn Nepal NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedOn Mount Everest NERFINISHED ⓘ
requiresPermitFrom Government of Nepal NERFINISHED ⓘ
startsFrom Lukla NERFINISHED ⓘ
startsIn Khumbu region NERFINISHED ⓘ
summitElevation 8848.86 m ⓘ
typicalClimbingSeason post-monsoon (autumn) ⓘ
pre-monsoon (spring) ⓘ
typicalNumberOfCampsAboveBase 4 ⓘ
usesHighAltitudeSherpas true ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

South Col → nearFeature → Southeast Ridge route on Mount Everest ⓘ
this entity surface form: Everest Southeast Ridge
Khumbu Icefall → partOf → Southeast Ridge route on Mount Everest ⓘ
this entity surface form: standard South Col route on Mount Everest
South Col → partOfRoute → Southeast Ridge route on Mount Everest ⓘ