Everest | 2007 N Col-NE Ridge

A USA expedition to Everest in 2007 via N Col-NE Ridge, led by William English. Summit reached on 28th April 2007. 3 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field Value
ID 5686
Imported 2026-03-06 18:04:49.359634
Expedition ID EVER07118
Peak ID EVER
Year 2007
Season 1
Host Country 2
Route 1 N Col-NE Ridge
Route 2 -
Route 3 -
Route 4 -
Nationality USA
Leaders William English
Sponsor International Everest Expedition
Success 1 False
Success 2 False
Success 3 False
Success 4 False
Ascent 1 -
Ascent 2 -
Ascent 3 -
Ascent 4 -
Claimed False
Disputed False
Countries -
Approach Lhasa->Xigatse->BC
Basecamp Date 2007-04-05
Summit Date 2007-04-28
Summit Time -
Summit Days 23
Total Days 35
Termination Date 2007-05-10
Termination Reason 4
Termination Notes Abandoned at 7000m due to bad weather, lack of time
High Point (m) 7000
Traverse False
Ski False
Paraglide False
Camps 1
Fixed Rope (m) 0
Total Members 1
Summit Members 0
Member Deaths 0
Total Hired 2
Summit Hired 0
Hired Deaths 0
No Hired False
O2 Used False
O2 None True
O2 Climb False
O2 Descent False
O2 Sleep False
O2 Medical False
O2 Taken True
O2 Unknown False
Other Summits -
Campsites BC(05/04,5200m),ABC(12/04,6400m),C1(28/04,7000m),xxx(29/04,7000m)
Route Notes English and two Sherpas ascended to C1 on 28 April. Weather started off nice, but storm hit C1 in afternoon. Team was climbing together with Indian army team. On 30 April Chhiring Dorje told English and Indian team to descend as bad weather was coming in. They left C1 at 10 am and reached BC at 4 pm (NST). Chhiring descended to ABC. English stayed at BC until 10 May and waited for weather to improve. He did not go back up again. Sherpas: Phurba Namgyal, Beding, 7/2/1986, Cho Oyu 24/5/2006, Ama Dablam 7/11/2006 (Phurba summited Everest with Indian team led by Ishwar Singh Thapa on 15/5/06) Tshering/Chhiring Dorje, Beding, 25/10/1974, Cho Oyu X4, Everest X6, Manaslu X1 (Tshering Dorje summited with Indian team on 2/5/07 and 15/5/07)
Accidents -
Achievement -
Agency Rolwaling Excursion
Commercial Route True
Standard Route True
Primary Route False
Primary Member False
Primary Reference False
Primary ID -
Checksum 2460456
Year 2007
Summit Success False
O2 Summary None
Route (lowercase) n col-ne ridge

Members

3 recorded members.

Name Sex Year of Birth Citizenship Status Residence Occupation
William English M 1950 USA Leader Anchorage, Alaska Attorney Details Other expeditions
Chhiring Dorje Sherpa M 1974 Nepal H-A Worker Beding, Dolakha - Details Other expeditions
Phurba Namgyal Sherpa M 1986 Nepal H-A Worker Beding, Dolakha - Details Other expeditions

References

0 recorded references.