Everest | 2005 N Col-NE Ridge

A India expedition to Everest in 2005 via N Col-NE Ridge, led by Amit Chowdhury. Summit reached on 30th May 2005. 25 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field Value
ID 4923
Imported 2026-03-06 18:04:49.359634
Expedition ID EVER05142
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 Amit Chowdhury
Sponsor Indian Air Force Everest Expedition
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 -
Approach Lhasa->BC
Basecamp Date 2005-04-07
Summit Date 2005-05-30
Summit Time 0530
Summit Days 53
Total Days 58
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) 0
Total Members 20
Summit Members 3
Member Deaths 1
Total Hired 10
Summit Hired 4
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(07/04,5200m),ABC(13/04,6400m),C1(19/04,7050m),C2(20/05,7700m),C3(21/05,8300m),Smt(30/05)
Route Notes C1 at North Col. Email from Amit Choudhury - 29 June 2005 1st summit bid by Dhaiya, Ramakanth, Ajit Singh and Mukherjee aborted on 21 May because of exhaustion. 2nd summit party of the 3 members and 4 Sherpas who summited left C3 at 10:30 pm (NST) 29 May; Tripathi reached summit at 5:30 am, Chaudhuri at 6:45 am and Chaitanya at 11:00 am. Tripathi returned to C3 at 11:00 pm, Chowdhary at 11:45 pm. Chaitanya climbed slowly; he was met by Tripathi at 8:00 am when Tripathi was descending at about 8650m and Chaitanya looked fit. He died somewhere in his descent; his body not found but it is believed he fell off the ridge. A third summit party was waiting at C2 for their summit bid but following Chaitamaya's disappearance, it was called off. Oxygen used by members from C1 up to high points and down to C2; Sherpas from C3 to top to C3. Sherpas aborted attempt of 21 May were Ang Sona, Lhakpa Nuru, Pemba Nuru and Furba Chotare. Email from Amit Choudhury - 12 July 2005 We had one summit push on 21 May with 4 members. 3 turned back within two hours and one went on till 8550m where he also turned back. On 30th May only 3 were supposed to go and 3 went. 2 other climbers were in position at C2 for an attempt on 1 May, but did not attempt because all the oxygen was exhausted in the search efforts. Wing Commander Tripathi got to the summit at 05:15 IST, Sgt. Chowdhary at 06:30 and Chaitanya at 09:45h. They all left the camp at 10:30 pm on 29th. Chaitanya reached at 10:45 and not 09:45. Tripathi got back at 09:45 pm and Chowdhary at 11:25 pm. We have not been able to find out why Chaitanya was so far behind his teammates. All Sherpas reached the summit. Chaitanya was slow that day. On his return, he encountered a snowstorm, somehow he was separated from Jamling, his oxygen finished around 1st Step. His body has been seen by Russell Brice near the place where Mallory's body lies. Dahiya reached 8550m; Ajit Mukherjee and Saini turned back within 2 hours of setting out from summit camp early on 21st May. Col Mukherjee was frostbitten on the summit attempt. He will lose a part of one finger of his right hand. Most oxygen from North Col to the summit stopped at 7700m. Sherpas used oxygen from 8300m and back. Jamling's oxygen finished near 1st Step on the way back. We all left BC on 4 June. Summit Sherpas: Jamling Bhote, 1977, Sankhuwasabha, 1st 8000er Pasang Sona, aka Ang Sona, 21/7/77, Thami Og, Everest X3, Cho Oyu X1 Pemba Nuru, 17/1/77, Thami, Everest X1 Phurba Chhoter, 20/8/71, Thami Amit Chowdhury - 14 Dec 2007 (extract from email to Paul Firth)   "Next day I met all the climbers of other expeditions who went to the summit on 2nd Jun 05 and I asked them about having seen our member. Chaitanya was very popular amongst all the members of other teams, they know him very well and were very concerned about him but they reported in the negative. Our conclusions were unanimous; during his decent, badly affected by exhaustion and very strong blizzard Chaitanya had become disoriented. Thereafter in the poor visibility he got separated from his Sherpa. Somewhere near First Step he slipped off from the North East Ridge and fell to his death on the North Face. There are several old ropes on the route, most of them are in a bad condition. In his exhausted stage and with the poor visibility it is also possible that he had clipped a wrong rope, which has not been able to hold his fall. It is also possible that he may have forgotten to clip on being as such at the limit of his physical and mental faculties."
Accidents Mukherjee frostbitten during summit attempt; Chaitanya fatal fall
Achievement -
Agency Himalaya Expeditions
Commercial Route True
Standard Route True
Primary Route False
Primary Member False
Primary Reference False
Primary ID -
Checksum 2459666
Year 2005
Summit Success True
O2 Summary Used
Route (lowercase) n col-ne ridge

Members

25 recorded members.

Name Sex Year of Birth Citizenship Status Residence Occupation
Sirigereshiva Shankarappa Chaitanya M 1973 India Climber Chitradurga, India Airforce squadron leader (engineering branch) Details Other expeditions
Niku Ram Chowdhary M 1971 India Climber Palampur, India Air Force sergeant Details Other expeditions
Amit Chowdhury M 1959 India Leader New Delhi, India Air Force wing commander and director of Air Force Adventure group Details Other expeditions
Narender Kumar Dahiya M 1965 India Climber Sonipat, India Air Force wind commander Details Other expeditions
V. G. Hemant M 1971 India Exp Doctor Bangalore, India Airforce squadron leader (medical branch) Details Other expeditions
C. K. Karthik M 1970 India Climber Bangalore, India Air Force squadron leader in navigation in transport squadron Details Other expeditions
Jai Kishan M 1972 India Climber New Delhi, India Air Force squadron leader and parachute jumb instructor Details Other expeditions
Narendra Kumar M 1969 India Climber Delhi, India Air Force sergeant Details Other expeditions
Sudheer Krishnan Kutty M 1974 India Climber Mumbai (Bombay), India Air Force squadron leader & instructor (jungle & snow survival) Details Other expeditions
Anupam Mukherjee M 1973 India Climber Kolkata (Calcutta), India Air Force corporal Details Other expeditions
Suresh Pal M 1968 India Climber Doghat, Baghat, UP, India Air Force sergeant Details Other expeditions
Devidutta Panda M 1977 India Climber Bhubaneshwar, India Air Force flight lieutenant (navigation branch) Details Other expeditions
Ramakanth M 1970 India Climber Rohtak, India Air Force squadron leader, sky diver, microlight & hanglider pilot Details Other expeditions
Manmohan Singh Rawat M 1970 India Climber Delhi, India Air Force squadron leader in logistics branch Details Other expeditions
Ajit Singh M 1972 India Climber Muzaffarnagar, India Air Force sergeant Details Other expeditions
Subhash Singh M 1970 India Climber Ghaziabad, India Air Force sergeant Details Other expeditions
Surender Saini M 1971 India Climber Rohtak, Haryana, India Air Force sergeant & workshop fitter Details Other expeditions
Mehar Raman Suraj M 1973 India Climber Ooty, India Air Force medical paratrooper Details Other expeditions
Ramesh Chandra Tripathi M 1965 India Climber Dehradun, Uttaranchal, India Air Force wing commander and parachute jump instructor Details Other expeditions
Basavaraj Chandrashekar Yendigeri M 1977 India Climber Dharwad, India Air Force corporal Details Other expeditions
Jamling Bhote M 1977 Nepal H-A Worker Hungung, Hatiya-1, Makalu-Barun - Details Other expeditions
Pasang Sona (Ang Sona/Sonam) Sherpa M 1977 Nepal H-A Worker Thami Og, Khumbu - Details Other expeditions
Phurba Chhoter (Ang Jangbu) Sherpa M 1971 Nepal H-A Worker Yilajung, Khumbu - Details Other expeditions
Pemba Nuru Sherpa M 1977 Nepal H-A Worker Thamiteng, Khumbu - Details Other expeditions
Lhakpa Nuru Sherpa M 1979 Nepal H-A Worker Sikli (Kharikhola), Solukhumbu - Details Other expeditions

References

0 recorded references.