Everest | 2001 N Col-NE Ridge

A New Zealand expedition to Everest in 2001 via N Col-NE Ridge, led by Russell Brice. Summit reached on 23rd May 2001. 30 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field Value
ID 3806
Imported 2026-03-06 18:04:49.359634
Expedition ID EVER01131
Peak ID EVER
Year 2001
Season 1
Host Country 2
Route 1 N Col-NE Ridge
Route 2 -
Route 3 -
Route 4 -
Nationality New Zealand
Leaders Russell Brice
Sponsor Himalayan Experience (Himex) Everest Expedition 2001
Success 1 True
Success 2 False
Success 3 False
Success 4 False
Ascent 1 387
Ascent 2 -
Ascent 3 -
Ascent 4 -
Claimed False
Disputed False
Countries Australia, Canada, Denmark, France, Guatemala, Italy, Japan, Switzerland, UK, USA
Approach -
Basecamp Date 2001-04-09
Summit Date 2001-05-23
Summit Time 0600
Summit Days 44
Total Days 52
Termination Date 2001-05-31
Termination Reason 1
Termination Notes -
High Point (m) 8849
Traverse False
Ski True
Paraglide False
Camps 4
Fixed Rope (m) 0
Total Members 25
Summit Members 10
Member Deaths 0
Total Hired 8
Summit Hired 5
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(09/04,4200m),ABC(14/04,6400m),C1(22/04,7000m),C2(30/04,7500m),C3(21/05,7900m),C4(22/05,8300m),Smt(23/05)
Route Notes Andrew Lapkass - 3rd summit (2 South & North); Jaime Vinals - 1st Guatemalan ascent (finished the 7 summits) Marc Siffredi - 1st descent of mountain by snowboard (summit to ABC with no rappel) Evelyne Binsack - 1st female Swiss ascent Naoki Ishikawa - finished 7 summits and North and South Poles Lobsang Temba - 3rd summit Karsang Namgel - 4th summit Phurba Tashi - 2nd summit Dawa Temba - 1st 8000er summit Tibetan Karsang - 1st local yakman on summit (Cho Oyu top 24/9/00) Summit Sherpas: Lobsang Temba, Khumjung, 1968, Everest X2 Karsang Namgel, Thami (Ang Rita's son), 1971, Everest X3 Phurba Tashi, Khumjung, about 30 years old, Everest X1 Dawa Temba, Khumjung, 1958, his 1st 8000er Karsang, Chinese/Tibetan, about 41 years old, 1st ascent of Everest
Accidents -
Achievement -
Agency Mountain Experience
Commercial Route True
Standard Route True
Primary Route False
Primary Member False
Primary Reference -
Primary ID -
Checksum 2458104
Year 2001
Summit Success True
O2 Summary Used
Route (lowercase) n col-ne ridge

Members

30 recorded members.

Name Sex Year of Birth Citizenship Status Residence Occupation
Andrew Arden M 1967 UK Member (ABC/N Col) - Information technology Details Other expeditions
Evelyne Yvonne Binsack F 1967 Switzerland Climber Beatenberg, Bern, Switzerland Alpine guide & helicopter pilot Details Other expeditions
David Bird M 1962 UK Member (ABC/N Col) - Managing director Details Other expeditions
Robert Boesch M 1954 Switzerland Climber Oberaegeri, Zug, Switzerland Photographer & alpine guide Details Other expeditions
Russell Reginald Brice M 1952 New Zealand Leader Chamonix, Haute-Savoie, France Alpine guide Details Other expeditions
David Childs M 1961 UK Member (ABC/N Col) Acton, London, England Operations director in film promotion company Details Other expeditions
Luigi Genazzini M 1939 Italy Member (ABC/N Col) Schrassig, Luxembourg Economist Details Other expeditions
Shirley Hayden F 1964 UK Member (ABC/N Col) - Public affairs manager Details Other expeditions
Naoki Ishikawa M 1977 Japan Climber Tokyo, Japan Student Details Other expeditions
David Jackson M 1951 UK Member (ABC/N Col) - Company director Details Other expeditions
Andrew Atis (Andy) Lapkass M 1958 USA Deputy Leader Breckenridge, Colorado Alpine guide Details Other expeditions
Angus Larard M 1959 Australia Member (ABC/N Col) Hong Kong Pilot Details Other expeditions
Kieron Mackenzie M 1960 UK Climber Saline, Fife, Scotland Sports shop managing director Details Other expeditions
Douglas N. Madison M 1954 USA Member (ABC/N Col) Boulder, Colorado Banker Details Other expeditions
Richard Mahler M 1943 Canada Member (ABC/N Col) W Vancouver, British Columbia Financial executive Details Other expeditions
Ellen Elizabeth Miller F 1959 USA Climber Vail, Colorado Ski instructor Details Other expeditions
Asmus Aastrup Norreslet M 1974 Denmark Climber Vallorcine, Chamonix, Haute-Savoie, France Alpine guide Details Other expeditions
Marco Siffredi M 1979 France Climber Chamonix, Haute-Savoie, France Trades school student Details Other expeditions
John Steele M 1949 UK Member (ABC/N Col) - Management consultant Details Other expeditions
Jess Stock M 1949 UK Climber Vallorcine, Chamonix, Haute-Savoie, France Photographer Details Other expeditions
Roy Campbell Tudor Hughes M 1938 UK Climber Dorchester-on-Thames, Oxford, England Retired hotelier Details Other expeditions
Jaime Vinals Massanet M 1961 Guatemala Climber Miami, Florida Business manager Details Other expeditions
David (Dave) Walsh M 1944 UK Member (ABC/N Col) Betwys-y-Coed, Gwynedd, Wales Alpine guide Details Other expeditions
Christopher Bernard (Chris) Warner M 1964 USA Climber Ellicott City, Maryland Alpine guide Details Other expeditions
Owen West M 1969 USA Climber New York, New York Internet entrepreneur Details Other expeditions
Lobsang Temba (Lupsang Temba) Sherpa M 1968 Nepal H-A Worker Khumjung, Khumbu - Details Other expeditions
Karsang Namgyal/Namgel Sherpa M 1971 Nepal H-A Worker Thami, Khumbu - Details Other expeditions
Phurba Tashi Sherpa M 1971 Nepal H-A Worker Khumjung, Khumbu - Details Other expeditions
Dawa Temba (Da Temba) Sherpa M 1958 Nepal H-A Worker Tesho, Khumbu - Details Other expeditions
Karsang Dhondup (Karsang Thendup) M - China H-A Worker Tibet Yak herder Details Other expeditions

References

5 recorded references.

Expedition ID Journal Author Title Publisher Citation Yak 94
EVER01131 HIGH - - - 231:75-76 (Feb 2002) -
EVER01131 AAJ Mountain INFO, High Mountain Sports - - 76:423-424 (2002) -
EVER01131 - Binsack, Evelyne Schritte an der Grenze Werd Verlag, Zurich - -
EVER01131 - - http://himalayanexperience.com/newsletters/everest-expedition-2001 - - -
EVER01131 - - http://publications.americanalpineclub.org/articles/12200242300/Asia-Tibet-Everest-record-day-and-snowboard-Descent - - -