Everest | 2005 N Col-NE Ridge

A Norway expedition to Everest in 2005 via N Col-NE Ridge, led by Jon Gangdal. Summit reached on 29th May 2005. 17 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field Value
ID 4932
Imported 2026-03-06 18:04:49.359634
Expedition ID EVER05152
Peak ID EVER
Year 2005
Season 1
Host Country 2
Route 1 N Col-NE Ridge
Route 2 -
Route 3 -
Route 4 -
Nationality Norway
Leaders Jon Gangdal
Sponsor Norwegian 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 Sweden
Approach Kodari->Tingri->BC
Basecamp Date 2005-05-03
Summit Date 2005-05-29
Summit Time 0530
Summit Days 26
Total Days 28
Termination Date 2005-05-31
Termination Reason 1
Termination Notes -
High Point (m) 8849
Traverse False
Ski False
Paraglide False
Camps 3
Fixed Rope (m) 1900
Total Members 12
Summit Members 5
Member Deaths 0
Total Hired 5
Summit Hired 5
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(03/04,5200m),ABC(08/04,6400m),C1(19/04,7100m),C2(14/05,7700m),C3(28/05,8300m),Smt(29/05)
Route Notes Skagefoss left BC on 10 April due to pneumonia; he had reached 5800m. Stavor left BC on 11 April due to cerebral edema; he didn't get above BC. Bjargo left BC on 7 May due to bronchitis and lack of motivation; got to 7100m. Aass and Kragset left BC on 21 May due to lack of time and altitude sickness, respectively. Sherpas: Dawa Tshering, 3/8/71, Beding, Everest X3, Cho Oyu X4, etc Nima Nuru/Nurbu, 18/6/74, Thami, Everest X3, Cho Oyu X1 Dawa/Da Chhiri, 19/2/78, Phurte, Everest X1, Makalu X1 Dawa Tenzin, 31/10/75, Beding, Everest X1 Nawang/Nwang Tenzin, 12/5/67, Beding, 1st 8000er Jon Gangdal - 22 Aug 2005 Jon Gangdal got back to me and this is what he wrote: We started from C3 (8300m) 28th of May at 11 pm. We reached the summit 29th of May at 5:30 am. We were back in C3 (8300m) 29th of May 9 am and reached ABC (6400m) between 4 pm and 7 pm the same day.
Accidents Pneumonia, cerebral edema, bronchitis
Achievement -
Agency Rolwaling Excursion
Commercial Route True
Standard Route True
Primary Route False
Primary Member False
Primary Reference False
Primary ID -
Checksum 2459665
Year 2005
Summit Success True
O2 Summary Used
Route (lowercase) n col-ne ridge

Members

17 recorded members.

Name Sex Year of Birth Citizenship Status Residence Occupation
Morten Aass M 1961 Norway Climber Oslo, Norway Managing director and chief editor of a television channel Details Other expeditions
Eirik Bjargo M 1951 Norway Climber Oslo, Norway Chiropractor Details Other expeditions
Vidar Femdal Roe M 1968 Norway Climber Oslo, Norway Investor; owner of two restaurants Details Other expeditions
Marius Flygind M 1973 Norway Climber Oslo, Norway Financial director of a water company Details Other expeditions
Jon Gangdal M 1954 Norway Leader Kolsaas, Norway Communications & information consultant, & leadership & team building Details Other expeditions
Per Yngvar Holm M 1963 Norway Climber Nesodden, Norway Cameraman Details Other expeditions
Peter Mattias Karlsson M 1965 Sweden Climber Stockholm, Sweden Attorney Details Other expeditions
Petter Kragset M 1960 Norway Leader Hakallestranda, Norway Retired investor Details Other expeditions
Henrik Nestad M 1964 Norway Climber Oslo, Norway Actor & film narrator Details Other expeditions
Tarald Skagefoss M 1968 Norway Climber Asker, Norway Carpenter Details Other expeditions
Haakon Staver M 1957 Norway Climber Baerum, Norway Math and physics teacher Details Other expeditions
Henrik Wolf Meedom M 1973 Norway Climber Oslo, Norway Financial consultant in a bank Details Other expeditions
Dawa Chhiri (Da Chhiri) Sherpa M 1978 Nepal H-A Worker Phurte, Khumbu - Details Other expeditions
Dawa Tenzin (Dawa Tenji) Sherpa M 1975 Nepal H-A Worker Beding, Dolakha - Details Other expeditions
Nawang Tenji (Nwang Tenji) Sherpa M 1967 Nepal H-A Worker Beding, Dolakha - Details Other expeditions
Nima Nuru/Norbu Sherpa M 1974 Nepal H-A Worker Thamiteng, Khumbu - Details Other expeditions
Dawa Tshering (Dawa Chhiri) Sherpa M 1971 Nepal H-A Worker Beding, Dolakha - Details Other expeditions

References

1 recorded references.

Expedition ID Journal Author Title Publisher Citation Yak 94
EVER05152 - - http://www.everestnews.com/everestupdatesnorth2005/noeverestupdates2005.htm - - -