Everest | 2000 N Col-NE Ridge

A Japan expedition to Everest in 2000 via N Col-NE Ridge, led by Koichi Ezaki. Summit reached on 17th May 2000. 8 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field Value
ID 3554
Imported 2026-03-06 18:04:49.359634
Expedition ID EVER00129
Peak ID EVER
Year 2000
Season 1
Host Country 2
Route 1 N Col-NE Ridge
Route 2 -
Route 3 -
Route 4 -
Nationality Japan
Leaders Koichi Ezaki
Sponsor Hokkaido Mt Everest Expedition 2000
Success 1 True
Success 2 False
Success 3 False
Success 4 False
Ascent 1 344
Ascent 2 -
Ascent 3 -
Ascent 4 -
Claimed False
Disputed False
Countries -
Approach -
Basecamp Date 2000-04-17
Summit Date 2000-05-17
Summit Time 1030
Summit Days 30
Total Days 38
Termination Date 2000-05-25
Termination Reason 1
Termination Notes -
High Point (m) 8849
Traverse False
Ski False
Paraglide False
Camps 3
Fixed Rope (m) 3000
Total Members 6
Summit Members 3
Member Deaths 0
Total Hired 2
Summit Hired 2
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(17/04,5100m),Intermed(20/04,5600m),ABC(21/04,6300m),C1(25/04,7000m),C2(26/04,7700m),C3(16/05,8200m),Smt(17/05)
Route Notes C1 at North Col. Tuyoshi Yamamoto returned from BC on 23rd April and flew back home on 29th April. He had no plans to climb, he came to see and experience the base camp. Three climbers along with the Sherpas started climbing from C3 at 4:30 am on 17th May and summited at 10:30 am of the same day. Spent one hour on the top. Weather was clear, but was cloudy on the Nepal side. They saw Makalu, Lhotse and other peaks. Took photo with video camera, plugged flags. Since they were using oxygen they did not have any problem the top as they had thought. Returned to C3 at 3:30 pm the same day. Returned to ABC and BC on 18th and 22nd of May respectively. Rope used from ABC to C3, fixed by New Zealand group. Ruchia also became 2nd Japanese lady summiter to climb Everest from north side.
Accidents -
Achievement -
Agency Cosmo Treks
Commercial Route True
Standard Route True
Primary Route False
Primary Member False
Primary Reference -
Primary ID -
Checksum 2457687
Year 2000
Summit Success True
O2 Summary Used
Route (lowercase) n col-ne ridge

Members

8 recorded members.

Name Sex Year of Birth Citizenship Status Residence Occupation
Koichi Ezaki M 1952 Japan Leader Ebetsu, Hokkaido, Japan Architect Details Other expeditions
Hiroshi Kudo M 1966 Japan Climber Ebetsu, Hokkaido, Japan Sports shop consultant Details Other expeditions
Kiyoshi Nakamura M 1947 Japan Climber Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan Postman Details Other expeditions
Takatoshi Niida M 1939 Japan BC Manager Muroran, Hokkaido, Japan President of tofu producing company Details Other expeditions
Ruchia Takahashi F 1965 Japan Climber Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan Restaurant waitress Details Other expeditions
Tuyoshi Yamamoto M 1955 Japan Climber Ishikari, Hokkaido, Japan Office worker Details Other expeditions
Phinzo/Phinjo Sherpa M 1971 Nepal H-A Worker Phortse, Khumbu - Details Other expeditions
Palden Namgye/Namgyal Sherpa M 1972 Nepal H-A Worker Phortse, Khumbu - Details Other expeditions

References

1 recorded references.

Expedition ID Journal Author Title Publisher Citation Yak 94
EVER00129 HIGH - - - 219:66 (Feb 2001) -