Everest | 2000 N Col-NE Ridge

A Japan expedition to Everest in 2000 via N Col-NE Ridge, led by Ken Noguchi. Summit reached on 19th May 2000. 3 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field Value
ID 3566
Imported 2026-03-06 18:04:49.359634
Expedition ID EVER00141
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 Ken Noguchi
Sponsor Noguchi Chomoloungma Cleaning Expedition
Success 1 False
Success 2 False
Success 3 False
Success 4 False
Ascent 1 -
Ascent 2 -
Ascent 3 -
Ascent 4 -
Claimed False
Disputed False
Countries -
Approach Lhasa->BC
Basecamp Date 2000-04-22
Summit Date 2000-05-19
Summit Time -
Summit Days 27
Total Days 33
Termination Date 2000-05-25
Termination Reason 14
Termination Notes Abandoned at 8300m (only cleaning garbage)
High Point (m) 8300
Traverse False
Ski False
Paraglide False
Camps 2
Fixed Rope (m) 0
Total Members 2
Summit Members 0
Member Deaths 0
Total Hired 22
Summit Hired 0
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(22/04,5300m),ABC(27/04,6400m),C1(05/05,7000m),C2(18/05,7800m),xxx(19/05,8300m)
Route Notes BC at normal area C1 at North Col. On May 19 Ken Noguchi climbed to 7900m to clean garbage, almost all the 22 Sherpas went to 8300m to clean garbage only. They collected 120 oxygen bottles and 1-1/2 tons of garbage. Some garbage went to TMA, 800 kilos of mostly Japanese and Korean garbage will go back to Japan in big boxes and the 120 oxygen bottles will go back to Japan by ship. There was a body at 8300m (an Austrian from 1996, Reinhard Wlasich); they rolled him down the North Face, the Sherpas did move him themselves. Most of the garbage was Korean, Chinese, Japanese and Russian. * Noriyuki Muraguchi went to 7900m with Noguchi * The pictures are from 1997 and now all the garbage from these photos Ken Noguchi might come back next year to clean south side; to see what is left over from Bob Hoffman and finish what he could not clean.
Accidents One Sherpa sent back due to blood clots in legs (his name Pardem?)
Achievement -
Agency Asian Trekking
Commercial Route True
Standard Route True
Primary Route False
Primary Member False
Primary Reference False
Primary ID -
Checksum 2457689
Year 2000
Summit Success False
O2 Summary Used
Route (lowercase) n col-ne ridge

Members

3 recorded members.

Name Sex Year of Birth Citizenship Status Residence Occupation
Ken Noguchi M 1973 Japan Leader Tokyo, Japan Student of international relations Details Other expeditions
Noriyuki Muraguchi M 1956 Japan Climber Kawasaki, Kanagawa, Japan Office worker Details Other expeditions
Nima Wangchu/Ongchu Sherpa M 1969 Nepal H-A Worker Khumjung, Khumbu - Details Other expeditions

References

0 recorded references.