Everest | 2005 N Col-NE Ridge

A India expedition to Everest in 2005 via N Col-NE Ridge, led by Major S. S. Shekhawat. Summit reached on 2nd June 2005. 28 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field Value
ID 4898
Imported 2026-03-06 18:04:49.359634
Expedition ID EVER05113
Peak ID EVER
Year 2005
Season 1
Host Country 2
Route 1 N Col-NE Ridge
Route 2 -
Route 3 -
Route 4 -
Nationality India
Leaders Major S. S. Shekhawat
Sponsor Indian Women Everest Expedition 2005
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 2005-04-04
Summit Date 2005-06-02
Summit Time 0615
Summit Days 59
Total Days 61
Termination Date 2005-06-04
Termination Reason 1
Termination Notes -
High Point (m) 8849
Traverse False
Ski False
Paraglide False
Camps 3
Fixed Rope (m) 2000
Total Members 21
Summit Members 9
Member Deaths 0
Total Hired 10
Summit Hired 6
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(04/04,5200m),ABC(10/04,6400m),C1(15/04,7050m),C2(27/04,7700m),C3(01/06,8300m),Smt(02/06)
Route Notes From end of April to 21 May completed stocking high camps C2 and C3 when weather permitted; male members and Sherpas carried up loads while female members carried none. 1 male member came from high altitudes while most women from plains and needed separate program acclimatizing and getting strong). 1st summit party left C3 on 1 June 2:45 pm, NST: Bhutia, Lhamo, Ladol, Majumdar, Negi, Pawar, Shekhawat, Kaman Singh and Surjeet Singh and 6 Sherpas on top 6:15 am to 8:00 and 10:30 am and all to C3. Majumdar on top at 10:20 am exhausted, so 2nd summit party was assigned to bring her to C3 and did 3:00 am of 3 June, sometimes carrying her on their back, sometimes belaying her. Now climbing finished. Members in rescue party were Khatri, Palden and Yountens with Pasang Tendi. Oxygen use by summit party: all members up from C1 to top to C1; Sherpas in C2 to top to and in C3. Summit Sherpas: Tshering Dorje, 25/10/74, Beding, Everest X6, Cho Oyu X2 Damai Chhiri, 19/6/75, Sikli, near Kharikhola, Everest X1, Kangch X1 Serap, 8/8/72, Beni VDC, Everest X1 Pemba Gyalzen, 1972, Beding, Everest X1 (brother of Nima Gyalzen) Nima Gyalzen, 9/8/85, Beding, 1st 8000er (brother of Pemba Gyalzen) Ang Kami, 22/8/83, Kurima, 1st 8000er Other Sherpas: Pasang Tendi, 23/01/74, Kharikhola, Everest X2, Cho Oyu X1
Accidents Only Majumdar's acute exhaustion
Achievement -
Agency Himalaya Expeditions
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

28 recorded members.

Name Sex Year of Birth Citizenship Status Residence Occupation
Topgay Bhutia M 1968 India Climber Pedong, Darjeeling, West Bengal, India Army NCO Details Other expeditions
Chering Norbu Bodh M 1969 India Climber Chobrang, Spiti, HP, India Junior commissioned officer in infantry scouts Details Other expeditions
Bhag Chain M 1968 India Climber Kinnaur, HP, India NCO in Dorga Scouts Details Other expeditions
Pema Choeden F 1982 India Climber Behrampur, Orissa, India Special Frontier Force Details Other expeditions
Palden Giachho Negi M 1969 India Climber Batseri, Kinnaur, HP, India Junior commissioned army officer Details Other expeditions
Ram Bahadur Gurung M 1972 Nepal Climber Okhari, Lamjung Indian army NCO Details Other expeditions
Nim Bahadur Khattri M 1973 Nepal Climber Karpatta, Gulmi NCO in infantry Details Other expeditions
Raj Kumar M 1966 India Climber Agra, UP, India Junior commissioned officer in paratroops Details Other expeditions
Dechen Lhamo F 1982 India Climber Kathmandu (born in Karnali) Special Frontier Force Details Other expeditions
Tsering Ladol F 1985 India Climber Korzok, Ladakh, J&K, India 1st J&K Girls Battalion, National Cadet Corps Details Other expeditions
Sipra Majumdar F 1980 India Climber Murshidabad, West Bengal, India Mechanical engineer in the Crops of Engineers Details Other expeditions
Jagat Singh Negi M 1977 India Climber Pajiyana, Chamoli, Uttarachal, India NCO in Garhwal Scouts Details Other expeditions
Sherab Palden M 1980 India Climber Taksha, Ladakh, India NCO in Ladakh Scouts Details Other expeditions
Gopika A. S. (Isha) Pawar F 1979 India Climber Hamripur, HP, India Captain in Corps of Engineer Details Other expeditions
Ashwini Ajitshing Sadekar Pawar F 1978 India Climber Vadodara, Gujarat, India Captain in Army Ordinance Corps Details Other expeditions
Suman Lata Sangwan F 1977 India Climber Charkhi Dadi, Haryana, India Captain in Army Service Corps Details Other expeditions
Saurabh Singh Shekhawat M 1970 India Leader Alwar, Rajasthan, India Major in infantry's paracommandos Details Other expeditions
Kaman Singh M 1984 India Climber Pithoragarh, Uttaranchal, India Infantry's para-commando Details Other expeditions
Surjeet Singh M 1968 India Climber Dorda, Chamba, HP, India Junior commissioned officer in Punjab regiment Details Other expeditions
Anand Swaroop M 1967 India Climber Lucknow, UP, India Lieutenant colonel in Corps of Engineers Details Other expeditions
Champa Younten M 1974 India Climber Zuluck, Gangtok, Sikkim, India NCO in Special Frontier Force Details Other expeditions
Chhiring Dorje Sherpa M 1974 Nepal H-A Worker Beding, Dolakha - Details Other expeditions
Ang Kami Sherpa M 1983 Nepal H-A Worker Kurima, Lokhim-9, Solukhumbu - Details Other expeditions
Damai Chhiri Sherpa M 1975 Nepal H-A Worker Sikli, Jubing, Solukhumbu - Details Other expeditions
Pemba Gyalzen Sherpa M 1972 Nepal H-A Worker Beding, Dolakha - Details Other expeditions
Nima Gyalzen Sherpa M 1985 Nepal H-A Worker Beding, Dolakha - Details Other expeditions
Serap/Sherap Sherpa M 1972 Nepal H-A Worker Taktar, Beni, Solukhumbu - Details Other expeditions
Pasang Tendi Sherpa M 1974 Nepal H-A Worker Kharikhola, Solukhumbu - Details Other expeditions

References

0 recorded references.