Everest | 2006 N Col-NE Ridge

A Sweden expedition to Everest in 2006 via N Col-NE Ridge, led by Olof Sundstrom. Summit reached on 16th May 2006. 3 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field Value
ID 5286
Imported 2026-03-06 18:04:49.359634
Expedition ID EVER06177
Peak ID EVER
Year 2006
Season 1
Host Country 2
Route 1 N Col-NE Ridge
Route 2 -
Route 3 -
Route 4 -
Nationality Sweden
Leaders Olof Sundstrom
Sponsor Swedish Expedition to Cho Oyu (on SummitClimb permit)
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 -
Basecamp Date 2006-04-05
Summit Date 2006-05-16
Summit Time 0700
Summit Days 41
Total Days 42
Termination Date 2006-05-17
Termination Reason 1
Termination Notes -
High Point (m) 8849
Traverse False
Ski True
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 False
O2 Medical False
O2 Taken False
O2 Unknown False
Other Summits Climbed Island Peak (22 March)
Campsites BC(05/04,5200m),ABC(13/04,6400m),C1(26/04,7000m),C2(02/05,7700m),C3(15/05,8300m),Smt(16/03)
Route Notes Swedish Everest (North Col) team (Sundstrom & Letzter) - Spring 2006 Information from Olof Sundstrom in his email letters dated 10, 12 & 17 July, 2006: Sundstrom, Letzter and Lobsang (Tibetan) summited together on 16 May, and the Swedes descended to C1 the same day. Like Hans Kammerlander in the spring of 1996, Sundstrom and Letzter skied their descent, they took off their skis at sections of bare rock. What percentage of this descent was made on skis? "Hmm, a bit higher lengthwise than heightwise (the parts we climbed were logically very steep) but I would estimate about 90 percent." "I and Mr Letzter skied from the summit to ABC, although we had to take the skis off as previously explained. We pretty much followed the same route we climbed up the North Ridge, which is the same route Mr. Kammerlander climbed (and skied)," but Sundstrom does not know precisely the line taken by Kammerlander. On the 17th "we heard that a countryman of ours, Mr. Tomas Olsson (on another team making a ski descent), had fallen from about 8500m and was most likely dead. Martin Letzter therefore went straight to Chinese base camp (5400m) to help arranging a search party and I followed the next day after having arranged with our gear in ABC (6400m). We searched for Mr. Olsson until the 21st when his body could be recovered from 6700m. The body was sopped by Mr. Tsering Sherpa (Tshering Pande Bhote) Martin (Letzer), myself and Mr. Schenholm (Tomas's photographer) on May 21st. We (Sundstrom's party) left Chinese base camp on May 23rd. Health problem: "Mr Lopshong (Lobsang) got frostbite on his fingers during the summit bid and as a result of this hit his head on the way down due to a fall around 8000m. He had to stitch his head in ABC and was later treated for frostbite in Lhasa. He is recovering fully, except from two joints on a finger of his left hand that had to be amputated." Oxygen: Sundstrom and Letzter from about 7700m to the summit and back to about 7700m. Lobsang from 8300m to the summit and down probably all the way back to 7000m although he is not sure about this because "we split high on the mountain due to his frostbite and he descended before us." Lobsang/Lopshong/Lorchun/Luo Qong/etc., Tibetan, 27/10/84 in Mamu, now in Lhasa as student at mountaineering school
Accidents -
Achievement -
Agency Everest Parivar
Commercial Route True
Standard Route True
Primary Route False
Primary Member False
Primary Reference False
Primary ID -
Checksum 2460063
Year 2006
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
Martin Letzter M 1981 Sweden Climber Taby, Sweden University student of business administration & economics Details Other expeditions
Olof Sundstrom M 1980 Sweden Leader Stockholm, Sweden University student of engineering specializing in risk management Details Other expeditions
Lobsang (Lorchun, Lobchong) M 1984 China H-A Worker Tsako, Tingri Dzong, Tibet, China - Details Other expeditions

References

0 recorded references.