Everest | 2003 N Col-NE Ridge

A Poland expedition to Everest in 2003 via N Col-NE Ridge, led by Krysztof Liszewski. Summit reached on 25th May 2003. 1 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field Value
ID 4309
Imported 2026-03-06 18:04:49.359634
Expedition ID EVER03161
Peak ID EVER
Year 2003
Season 1
Host Country 2
Route 1 N Col-NE Ridge
Route 2 -
Route 3 -
Route 4 -
Nationality Poland
Leaders Krysztof Liszewski
Sponsor Independent climber on Everest
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 KTM->Zangmu->Nyalam->Tingri
Basecamp Date 2003-04-08
Summit Date 2003-05-25
Summit Time -
Summit Days 47
Total Days 47
Termination Date 2003-05-25
Termination Reason 6
Termination Notes -
High Point (m) 7600
Traverse False
Ski False
Paraglide False
Camps 2
Fixed Rope (m) 0
Total Members 1
Summit Members 0
Member Deaths 1
Total Hired 0
Summit Hired 0
Hired Deaths 0
No Hired True
O2 Used False
O2 None True
O2 Climb False
O2 Descent False
O2 Sleep False
O2 Medical False
O2 Taken False
O2 Unknown False
Other Summits -
Campsites BC(08-09/04),C1(7000m),C2(7600m),xxx(25/05,7600m?)
Route Notes C1 at 7000m North col C2 at 7600m top of snow camp xxx at about 7600m at C2? Liszewski was extremely independent, climbed with no one else and spoke seldom to others but did, said Bojoukov, help repair other teams' tent broken by winds and cooked pancakes for others. Brice team members found his tent at C2 destroyed after he had been missing for 6 days, said Bojoukov, [Brice figured 7 days]. Bojoukov went up to C2 to look for him on 30th May but did not find him. His body was found by yakmen on 31 May, according to Bojoukov; Brice said when he was descending from North Col he saw 3 yakmen on East Rongbuk Glacier near ABC find Liszewski's body there at 5500m, where he landed in fall from C2; no hat, gloves or boots were on fallen body, which was badly smashed up. Brice speculates strong wind may have blown Liszewski off balance when he went out from tent to collect snow to melt. Bojoukov said Liszewski did not understand how to climb in this season's bad weather conditions of much snow and strong winds, which forced him to stay on mountain long time and lose strength. Skripko said he thought he heard Liszewski's distinctive voice at C1 in the morning of 24 May but not certain of this. Skripko took Pole's passport and other items at ABC in Pole's bag, gave bag to liaison officer, who extracted passport. Email from Polish climber Piotr Pustelnik, who scaled Everest via North Col routes in May 1995: Regarding Liszewski's fall,"when you fall from very high, you can stay on Rongbuk Glacier, but if you fall from lower altitude, you can go to Long Couloir and land on East Rongbuk."
Accidents Liszewski's fatal fall
Achievement -
Agency Asian Trekking
Commercial Route True
Standard Route True
Primary Route False
Primary Member False
Primary Reference False
Primary ID -
Checksum 2458883
Year 2003
Summit Success False
O2 Summary None
Route (lowercase) n col-ne ridge

Members

1 recorded members.

Name Sex Year of Birth Citizenship Status Residence Occupation
Jan Krysztof Liszewski M 1948 Poland Leader Lodz, Poland Police officer Details Other expeditions

References

0 recorded references.