Everest | 2002 N Col-NE Ridge (up), N Face (Hornbein) (down)

A France expedition to Everest in 2002 via N Col-NE Ridge (up), N Face (Hornbein) (down), led by Marco Siffredi. Summit reached on 8th September 2002. 5 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field Value
ID 4183
Imported 2026-03-06 18:04:49.359634
Expedition ID EVER02301
Peak ID EVER
Year 2002
Season 3
Host Country 2
Route 1 N Col-NE Ridge (up), N Face (Hornbein) (down)
Route 2 -
Route 3 -
Route 4 -
Nationality France
Leaders Marco Siffredi
Sponsor France
Success 1 True
Success 2 False
Success 3 False
Success 4 False
Ascent 1 452
Ascent 2 -
Ascent 3 -
Ascent 4 -
Claimed False
Disputed False
Countries -
Approach -
Basecamp Date 2002-08-11
Summit Date 2002-09-08
Summit Time 1145
Summit Days 28
Total Days 35
Termination Date 2002-09-15
Termination Reason 1
Termination Notes -
High Point (m) 8849
Traverse False
Ski True
Paraglide False
Camps 3
Fixed Rope (m) 0
Total Members 2
Summit Members 1
Member Deaths 1
Total Hired 3
Summit Hired 3
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(14/08,5200m),ABC(23/08,6400m),C1(28/08,7000m),C2(02/09,7700m),C3(07/09,8300m),Smt(08/09)
Route Notes C1 at North Col C2 on North Ridge C3 on North Face. 16th Siffredi to Pangbo at bottom of North Face to where he could see by telescope his entire route. Spent 16th then and left camp there for his descent. 17th to BC. 21st to interim camp at 5800m before ABC, then on up mountain. All summiters used oxygen slogging through chest deep snow and used 22 bottles from C2's low altitude to keep warm. Sherpas returned to ABC 8 Sept at 10:00 pm. At top summiters waited 1 hour at top in perfect weather and clear on top, but waited for lower clouds to disperse. 3 pm Siffredi started snowboard descent and Sherpas then returned to ABC. Snow perfect for snowboarding. Siffredi's tracks fixed at 8600m and nothing more could be seen there at bottom of face or anyone between. Besson arrived BC 2nd Sept 8 at ABC; saw Siffredi start down and then out of sight and no more information about Siffredi. Went to C1 on 12th and spent day looking through telescope. 13th to ABC and left BC 15th. Besson - 17th Nov 02 He arrived at BC 2nd Sept, ABC 7 Sept, C1 at North Col 9 Sept, but went down to ABC same day (had gone up for acclimatization). On 8 Sept from ABC he saw through binoculars Siffredi and Sherpa reach summit at 2:00 pm Chinese Time (11:45 NST) from their C3 at 8300m after an 11-hour climb according to Sherpa summiters who returned to ABC at midnight. From ABC Besson also saw Siffredi start his snowboard descent at 3:00 pm (12:45 NST) after waiting for cloud cover to break up. From ABC Besson saw no more snowboard tracks below 8600m, saw no black snowboard or Siffredi's yellow clothing or any other trace of him.
Accidents Nothing except fatality
Achievement -
Agency Mountain Experience
Commercial Route False
Standard Route -
Primary Route False
Primary Member False
Primary Reference -
Primary ID -
Checksum 2458578
Year 2002
Summit Success True
O2 Summary Used
Route (lowercase) n col-ne ridge (up), n face (hornbein) (down)

Members

5 recorded members.

Name Sex Year of Birth Citizenship Status Residence Occupation
Olivier Besson M 1962 France Climber St. Nicolas-de-Veroce, Haute-Savoie, France Alpine guide Details Other expeditions
Marco Siffredi M 1979 France Leader Chamonix, Haute-Savoie, France Professional snowboarder Details Other expeditions
Phurba Tashi Sherpa M 1971 Nepal H-A Worker Khumjung, Khumbu - Details Other expeditions
Panuru (Pasang Nuru, Pa Nuru) Sherpa M 1968 Nepal H-A Worker Phortse, Khumbu - Details Other expeditions
Dawa Tenzing (Da Tenzing) Sherpa M 1970 Nepal H-A Worker Phortse, Khumbu - Details Other expeditions

References

4 recorded references.

Expedition ID Journal Author Title Publisher Citation Yak 94
EVER02301 AAJ Hawley, Elizabeth - - 77:414 (2003) -
EVER02301 HIGH - - - 252:57 (Nov 2003) -
EVER02301 - - http://publications.americanalpineclub.org/articles/12200341401/Asia-Tibet-Himalaya-Mt-Everest-North-Face-Snowboarding-Attempt - - -
EVER02301 - - https://www.bosshunting.com.au/people/everests-first-snowboard-decent-the-disappearence-of-marco-seffredi/ - - -