Everest | 2007 N Col-NE Ridge

A Canada expedition to Everest in 2007 via N Col-NE Ridge, led by Manuel Pizarro. Summit reached on 16th May 2007. 1 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field Value
ID 5682
Imported 2026-03-06 18:04:49.359634
Expedition ID EVER07114
Peak ID EVER
Year 2007
Season 1
Host Country 2
Route 1 N Col-NE Ridge
Route 2 -
Route 3 -
Route 4 -
Nationality Canada
Leaders Manuel Pizarro
Sponsor Everest 2007 'Learning Without Limits'
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 Kodari->Tingri->BC
Basecamp Date 2007-04-11
Summit Date 2007-05-16
Summit Time 0915
Summit Days 35
Total Days 38
Termination Date 2007-05-19
Termination Reason 1
Termination Notes -
High Point (m) 8849
Traverse False
Ski False
Paraglide False
Camps 3
Fixed Rope (m) 0
Total Members 1
Summit Members 1
Member Deaths 0
Total Hired 1
Summit Hired 0
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 -
Campsites BC(11/04,5200m),ABC(15/04,6400m),C1(26/04,7000m),C2(14/05,7900m),C3(15/05,8300m),Smt(16/05)
Route Notes Pizarro left BC at 10:15 pm (NST) on 15 May. He was on his own without a Sherpa. It was snowing, temperature was about -15 degrees C. At about 2 am wind picked up to about 25 knots. At 4:30 am light began to rise and sky was clear. About 6 people were waiting on 2nd Step. Pizarro saw dead Japanese climber on bottom of 2nd Step. Great views from Summit. About 15 people on summit. Pizarro spent two hours on summit. He descended to C3 where he spent the night. Next day he descended to ABC where he arrived at 8 pm. On his ascent Pizarro climbed to C3 with his Sherpa Fur Gyalzen on summit push. Fur Gyalzen did not want to get up. He told Pizarro that he did not want to go to summit. He had spoken to his wife on satellite phone and his wife told told him not to go up. When Pizarro and Gyalzen arrived at C3 on 15 May at 4 pm, there was no camp for them. Fur Gyalzen had told Pizarro that a camp would be in place but there wasn't. Czech climber Libor Kozak and his Sherpa took him into their tent. Libor did not look very well. He ate a cup of noodles and a cup of tea. He was lucid but weak and looked blue. Pizarro wanted to check his oxygen saturation but Libor refused. Pizarro had feeling that Libor did not want to know any more about his bad condition. When Pizarro got ready to go for summit at 9:30 pm he saw Libor struggling with his crampons. Libor then was still planning to go up. Pizarro was scared to go alone and was keen to climb with Libor. At 10:15 pm Libor started to move towards the summit. When Pizarro saw how slow he was, he took off without him [the next time Pizarro saw Libor he was dead at 8300m]. When he came back from summit at 4 pm the tent they had spent the night in was gone, so was Fur Gyalzen Sherpa and Libor (on his descent to C3 a huge storm started which lasted for about 20 minutes). Pizarro got into a free tent and spent night there. He found Libor's dead body the next morning. He was lying about 100m above 1st tent of C3, about 50m left of the fixed rope. Libor almost looked as if he was resting. Pizarro tried to wake him up, but quickly noticed that he was dead. Pizarro speculates he died of cerebral edema, due to Libor's behavior in tent the previous night. Libor was not wearing crampons. Pizarro tried to put Libor into better position, but no one would help him. Pizarro believes that Libor had died in this position as snow was undisturbed and becasue of the levitation of the body. He spent about 1 hour with Libor's dead body. He left C3 at about noon and got to ABC 8 pm. Sherpa: Fur Gyalzen, Kharikhola, 21/11/75, Baruntse 1997 [as Phurba?], Ama Dablam 2000 [?]
Accidents -
Achievement -
Agency Arun Treks
Commercial Route True
Standard Route True
Primary Route False
Primary Member False
Primary Reference False
Primary ID -
Checksum 2460474
Year 2007
Summit Success True
O2 Summary Used
Route (lowercase) n col-ne ridge

Members

1 recorded members.

Name Sex Year of Birth Citizenship Status Residence Occupation
Manuel A. (Manny) Pizarro M 1971 Canada Leader Pointe-Claire, Quebec Investigative police officer in the Royal Canadian Mounted Police Details Other expeditions

References

0 recorded references.