Everest | 2005 N Col-NE Ridge

A USA expedition to Everest in 2005 via N Col-NE Ridge, led by Gheorghe Dijmarescu. Summit reached on 2nd June 2005. 3 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field Value
ID 4902
Imported 2026-03-06 18:04:49.359634
Expedition ID EVER05106
Peak ID EVER
Year 2005
Season 1
Host Country 2
Route 1 N Col-NE Ridge
Route 2 -
Route 3 -
Route 4 -
Nationality USA
Leaders Gheorghe Dijmarescu
Sponsor Independent team on Everest
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 Nepal
Approach -
Basecamp Date 2005-04-10
Summit Date 2005-06-02
Summit Time 0630
Summit Days 53
Total Days 56
Termination Date 2005-06-05
Termination Reason 1
Termination Notes -
High Point (m) 8849
Traverse False
Ski False
Paraglide False
Camps 3
Fixed Rope (m) 0
Total Members 2
Summit Members 2
Member Deaths 0
Total Hired 1
Summit Hired 1
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),ABC(14/04,6400m),C2(7500m),C3(30/05,8300m),Smt(02/06)
Route Notes Email from Billi Bierling - 16 June 2005 Gerfried Goeschl left C2 (7850m) at 5 am. He was on his own and climbed without his Sherpa, Nima Gyalgen from Gaurishankar. They had an argument at ABC and Goeschl dismissed him (his reasons were that Nima wanted a more money and said he did not want to climb to the summit with Goeschi as he wanted to go with Ganesh from India, who had apparently offered him more money). On his way up Goeschl did not meet anybody and he was on the summit (he has pictures to prove it). He put a potato on the summit. Hans Goger from Austria, who summited a day later, saw it. Goeschl stayed on the summit for 10 minutes and descended to C3, where he arrived at 10 pm. He met Gheorghe Dijmarescu, who gave him a tent to sleep in. Goeschl was very dehydrated when he got to C3 and he could not boil any water as he did not have a lighter so he did not drink anything all night. He also felt mentally quite exhausted. The next day he descended down to ABC, where he arrived at 10 pm. On his way he stopped at 8100m where he had two cups of tea with the Brazilian team. He met Dijmarescu again at 7900m. Dijmarescu was on his way down from the summit. He was with his wife Lakpa and his Sherpa. Goeschl was still very exhausted when he arrived at ABC on 2nd June and the doctor of the Indian army team gave his some cortisone and told him, he should take some oxygen but Goeschl refused as he did not want to lose his "without oxygen" title. Information on Gheorghe Dijmarescu According to Goeschl, Gheorghe Dijmarescu summit on 2nd June together with his wife Lakpa and one Sherpa early in the morning - around 6 am. They were using oxygen. Goeschl met him again on 2nd June at around 7900m at around 10 am. Dijmarescu's team were on their way down. Dijmarescu and Lakpa descended to ABC that day but accompanied Goeschl to the North Col. From there they went on a bit faster and left Goeschl behind. They met again at ABC. Dijmarescu stayed at ABC for another day and descended to BC on the 4th June. Goeschi told me that Hans Goger from Austria summited with Dijmarescu so if we need more information on Dijmarescu it might be worth calling Goger. Email from Billi - 27 June 2005 Information on Gheorghe Dijmarescu from Hans Goger, who summited same day: BC on 14 Apr at 5200m ABC on 19 Apr at 6370m C1 on 23 Apr at 7100m C2 on 18 May at 7600m C3 on 1 Jun at 8300m Summit 02 June by Dijmarescu, Lakpa Sherpa and Dawa Sherpa at 6:30 am Nepali Time. The team left C3 at 10 pm on 1st June and reached the summit at around 6:30 am. They descended to ABC the same day, where they stayed for another day and descended to BC on 4th June. Gheorghe climbed with Lakpa and they used oxygen from 7500m. They had one Sherpa (Dawa Sherpa - a relative of Lakpa, who is around 20 years old). Left BC on 5 June; members at end 2; Sherpa above BC: 1 (Dawa Sherpa)
Accidents -
Achievement -
Agency Asian Trekking
Commercial Route True
Standard Route True
Primary Route False
Primary Member False
Primary Reference False
Primary ID -
Checksum 2459669
Year 2005
Summit Success True
O2 Summary Used
Route (lowercase) n col-ne ridge

Members

3 recorded members.

Name Sex Year of Birth Citizenship Status Residence Occupation
Gheorghe Dijmarescu M 1961 USA Leader Hartford, Connecticut Home improvement contractor Details Other expeditions
Lakpa/Lhakpa Sherpa F 1973 Nepal Climber Tashigaon, Makalu-Barun - Details Other expeditions
Ang Dawa Sherpa M 1982 Nepal H-A Worker Tashigaon, Makalu-Barun - Details Other expeditions

References

1 recorded references.

Expedition ID Journal Author Title Publisher Citation Yak 94
EVER05106 - - http://www.everestnews.com/everestupdatesnorth2005/lapkasherpaupdates2005.htm - - -