Everest | 2003 N Col-NE Ridge

A Russia expedition to Everest in 2003 via N Col-NE Ridge, led by Alexander Abramov. Summit reached on 26th May 2003. 12 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field Value
ID 4302
Imported 2026-03-06 18:04:49.359634
Expedition ID EVER03154
Peak ID EVER
Year 2003
Season 1
Host Country 2
Route 1 N Col-NE Ridge
Route 2 -
Route 3 -
Route 4 -
Nationality Russia
Leaders Alexander Abramov
Sponsor Russian Everest 2003
Success 1 True
Success 2 False
Success 3 False
Success 4 False
Ascent 1 -
Ascent 2 -
Ascent 3 -
Ascent 4 -
Claimed False
Disputed False
Countries Georgia
Approach Zangmu->Nyalam->Tingri->CBC
Basecamp Date 2003-04-10
Summit Date 2003-05-26
Summit Time 0945
Summit Days 46
Total Days 50
Termination Date 2003-05-30
Termination Reason 1
Termination Notes -
High Point (m) 8849
Traverse False
Ski False
Paraglide False
Camps 4
Fixed Rope (m) 0
Total Members 12
Summit Members 3
Member Deaths 0
Total Hired 3
Summit Hired 0
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(10/04,5100m),ABC(15/04,6780m),C1(17/04,7000m),C2(27/04,7500m),C3(21/05,7900m),C4(21/05,8300m),Smt(26,29/05)
Route Notes BC at 5100m, IBC at 5800m - 14 April and 3 Sherpas ABC at 6380m all - Abramov, Gudjabidze, Kaymachnikov, Pushkarev, Sergeev C1 at 7000m - all, no Sherpas C2 at 7500m - Gudjabidze, Tsarev, Kaymachnikkov, Pushkarev, no Sherpas C3 at 7900m - Abramov, Kaymachnikov, Pushkarev, Tsarev C4 at 8300m - Abramov, Kaymachnikov, Pushkarev, Tsarev 22 May - Abramov, Kaymachnikov, Pushkarev and Tsarev up to Second Step, returned to C3 due to bad weather conditions. 26 May - Elagin stayed 30 minutes on top, back to C4 at 15:30 Gudjabidze stayed 30 minutes on top, back to C4 at 9 pm 29 May - Larin stayed 30 minutes on top, back to C4 at 9 pm Yelagin met leader of Italian team who did and summit (no oxygen), took picture of Makalu and Cho Oyu. Gudjabidze saw 2 Italians, who were sitting and then started down. Larin saw flags, Nepali flag on oxygen bottle. Comments: bad weather, too many climbers. Oxygen: Abramov, Kaymachnikov, Pushkarev and Tsarev from 7500m Kaymachnikov, Pushkarev and Tsarev from 7700m Elagin, Gudjabidze, Larin, Litinsky, Moskalev, Pashkov and Soyfer from 7500m Sergeev from 7000m, down to C4 and for sleep Tsarev left BC 27 due to frostbite (may lose one left toe) All returned to KTM 31st May
Accidents -
Achievement -
Agency Asian Trekking
Commercial Route True
Standard Route True
Primary Route False
Primary Member False
Primary Reference False
Primary ID -
Checksum 2458884
Year 2003
Summit Success True
O2 Summary Used
Route (lowercase) n col-ne ridge

Members

12 recorded members.

Name Sex Year of Birth Citizenship Status Residence Occupation
Alexander (Alex) Abramov M 1964 Russia Leader Moscow, Russia Alpine guide Details Other expeditions
Vasili Elagin M 1953 Russia Climber Moscow, Russia Printing company general manager Details Other expeditions
Bidzina Gujabidze M 1960 Georgia Climber Tbilisi, Georgia Alpine guide Details Other expeditions
Sergei Kaymachnikov M 1962 Russia Climber Moscow, Russia Radio engineer Details Other expeditions
Sergei Larin M 1959 Russia Exp Doctor Tver, Moscow, Russia Director of construction company and therapist Details Other expeditions
Mikhail Litinsky M 1952 Russia Climber Moscow, Russia Applied mathematics engineer Details Other expeditions
Dmitri Moskalev M 1962 Russia Climber Moscow, Russia Software distribution company director Details Other expeditions
Viatcheslav Pashkov M 1967 Russia Climber Moscow, Russia Vice president of real estate & house construction company Details Other expeditions
Vladimir Pushkarev M 1973 Russia Climber Noyabrsk, Yamalo-Nenetski, Russia Cameraman Details Other expeditions
Alexander Sergeev M 1936 Russia Climber Moscow, Russia Retired researcher in electronics engineering Details Other expeditions
Yuri Soyfer M 1958 Russia Climber Moscow, Russia Technical manager of computing company Details Other expeditions
Igor Tsarev M 1963 Russia Climber Irkutsk, Russia Computer company manager Details Other expeditions

References

1 recorded references.

Expedition ID Journal Author Title Publisher Citation Yak 94
EVER03154 - - http://www.russianclimb.com/everest_alpindustria/ev_alpind_en.html - - -