Everest | 2007 N Col-NE Ridge

A Japan expedition to Everest in 2007 via N Col-NE Ridge, led by Ken Noguchi. Summit reached on 8th May 2007. 12 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field Value
ID 5703
Imported 2026-03-06 18:04:49.359634
Expedition ID EVER07156
Peak ID EVER
Year 2007
Season 1
Host Country 2
Route 1 N Col-NE Ridge
Route 2 -
Route 3 -
Route 4 -
Nationality Japan
Leaders Ken Noguchi
Sponsor Noguchi 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->Xigatse->BC
Basecamp Date 2007-04-10
Summit Date 2007-05-08
Summit Time 1030
Summit Days 28
Total Days 41
Termination Date 2007-05-21
Termination Reason 1
Termination Notes -
High Point (m) 8849
Traverse False
Ski False
Paraglide False
Camps 3
Fixed Rope (m) 0
Total Members 3
Summit Members 3
Member Deaths 0
Total Hired 9
Summit Hired 9
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(10/04,5200m),ABC(19/04,6400m),C1(26/04,7050m),C2(02/05,7600m),C3(14/05,8200m),Smt(08,15,17/05)
Route Notes 15 May summit team left C3 at 9 pm on 14 May. Weather was good and clear about 30 people on summt. Hiraga, Noguchi, Krishna and Ang Kaji descended to C3 where they arrived at 5:30 pm. They were involved helping lower down the body of Japanese Shinichi Ishii who died near summit. Pemba Dorje and Kailash descended to C2; Palden to C1. On 16 May everyone, apart from Pemba Dorje who climbed back up, descended to ABC. 17 May summit team left C3 on 16 May at 10 pm. Weather was clear. Not many people maybe 10 on summit. They descended to ABC, arrived at 9:30 pm. On way down they helped a few people, who were exhausted and needed oxygen (1 Korean, 1 Filipino, 1 Austrian and 1 Italian). On 18 May they descended to BC. Pemba Dorje from Rolwaling (speed record holder) summited 3 times. The first time he summited on 8 May with his brother Phurba Tenzing. Pemba did not use oxygen that day. Phurba used oxygen from C3 to summit to C3. They summited at 10:30 am and descended to ABC same day. Sherpas: Ang Kazi, 12/7/78, Sisuwakhola, Makalu VDC, Manaslu 16/5/06 Kailash Tamang, 13/2/82, Kanku, Solu Krishna Bahadur Tamang, Kanku-5, Solu, 25/9/68, Cho Oyu X3, Everest X2 (Ever South 1999, Ever North 2002) Kazi, 23/1/72, Tapting, Solu Ongje, 22/8/83, Gaurishankar-2, Cho Oyu X2, Manaslu X1 Palden Nima, 29/8/78, Makalu-9 Miss Pasang Lhamu, 10/6/84, Lukla Pemba Dorje, 29/4/77, Beding, Lhotse X1, Manaslu X1, Everest X3 (speed climber) Phurba Tenji, 15/1/89 (2/10/2045), Beding, brother of Pemba Dorje, 1st 8000er
Accidents -
Achievement -
Agency Asian Trekking
Commercial Route True
Standard Route True
Primary Route False
Primary Member False
Primary Reference False
Primary ID -
Checksum 2460466
Year 2007
Summit Success True
O2 Summary Used
Route (lowercase) n col-ne ridge

Members

12 recorded members.

Name Sex Year of Birth Citizenship Status Residence Occupation
Jun Hiraga M 1978 Japan Climber Kamasaki, Kanagawa, Japan Cameraman Details Other expeditions
Ken Noguchi M 1973 Japan Leader Tokyo, Japan Alpinist Details Other expeditions
Kei Taniguchi F 1972 Japan Climber Tokyo, Japan Teacher Details Other expeditions
Krishna Bahadur (Jeta) Tamang M 1968 Nepal H-A Worker Kanku-5, Solukhumbu - Details Other expeditions
Pemba Dorje Sherpa M 1977 Nepal H-A Worker Beding, Dolakha - Details Other expeditions
Kazi (Kaji) Sherpa M 1971 Nepal H-A Worker Tapting-9, Solukhumbu - Details Other expeditions
Palden Nima Sherpa M 1978 Nepal H-A Worker Yaphu-9, Makalu-Barun - Details Other expeditions
Kailash Tamang M 1982 Nepal H-A Worker Kanku-5, Solukhumbu - Details Other expeditions
Ongje (Wangche) Sherpa M 1983 Nepal H-A Worker Gaurishankar-2, Dolakha - Details Other expeditions
Pasang Lhamu Sherpa F 1984 Nepal H-A Worker Gumela, Chaurikharka, Khumbu - Details Other expeditions
Phurba Tenzing Sherpa M 1988 Nepal H-A Worker Beding, Dolakha - Details Other expeditions
Ang Kazi (Ankaji) Sherpa M 1978 Nepal H-A Worker Chitre, Sisuwa-9, Makalu-Barun - Details Other expeditions

References

0 recorded references.