Everest | 2009 N Col-NE Ridge

A France expedition to Everest in 2009 via N Col-NE Ridge, led by Marc Batard. Summit reached on 21st May 2009. 6 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field Value
ID 6372
Imported 2026-03-06 18:04:49.359634
Expedition ID EVER09103
Peak ID EVER
Year 2009
Season 1
Host Country 2
Route 1 N Col-NE Ridge
Route 2 -
Route 3 -
Route 4 -
Nationality France
Leaders Marc Batard
Sponsor Frenchmen on Everest
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 Switzerland
Approach By air Geneva->Kathmandu->Lhasa 30 April
Basecamp Date 2009-05-06
Summit Date 2009-05-21
Summit Time -
Summit Days 15
Total Days 18
Termination Date 2009-05-24
Termination Reason 1
Termination Notes Only one Sherpa summited
High Point (m) 8849
Traverse False
Ski False
Paraglide False
Camps 0
Fixed Rope (m) 0
Total Members 4
Summit Members 0
Member Deaths 0
Total Hired 2
Summit Hired 1
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(06/05),ABC(12/05,6400m),C1(16/05,7050m),xxx.Batard(18/05,7650m),C2(19/05,7700m),C3(20/05,8300m),xxx.Cina(21/05,8800m),Sherpa.Smt(21/05)
Route Notes Batard became famous in 1988 for making the fastest ascent of Everest in 22.5 hours from BC to summit via South Col. As a mountain guide, he summited five other 8000ers between 1975 and 1990; in 1990 he reached the top of Everest for the second time. Then he dropped out of the climbing scene; he became a painter (of pictures) and hasn't climbed for the past ten years. Now he has returned to the mountains, and this spring he came to Everest's north side to see whether at the age of 57 years he could still climb fast. His plan to go from ABC (6400m) to the summit in 20-22 hours. He arrived in Tibet by flying from Geneva to Kathmandu, transiting Kathmandu in three hours on 30 April and flying on to Lhasa. He arrived at Chinese BC on 6 May and ABC on 12 May. On the 18th he left ABC in his bid for the summit at 3:00 pm (NST). But the shoes he was wearing were too light, and his feet were cold when he arrived at the North Col (7050m) at 5:00 pm. He stopped for 45 minutes to warm them and resumed his ascent, but at 9:00 pm, when he had reached 7650m, they were cold again. He abandoned his attempt for the top. He had climbed much faster than he had expected, and he now knew that he is capable of making a very rapid ascent. He hopes to be able to raise enough sponsorship funds to return in 2010. From Batard's web site blog: Batard's two companions, Antoine Cina and Claude Faivre, made their own attempt for the summit on May 20. Faivre turned back at 8750m after becoming blind, while Cina continued on to 8800mm with his Sherpa Ngima. Ngima told Cina to wait there while he went first to the summit. Cina expected Ngima to come down and lead him back up to the summit, but when the Ngima returned to Cina, he directed Cina to go back down saying "it is finished." Cina says that he was capable of summiting, but was not given the chance. Nathalie Lamoureux only went up to the North Col. Claude Faivre - March 2012 (paraphrased from emails in French to Willy Blaser) Faivre and Cina met for first time at Trek On-Line agency in Chamonix. Faivre and Cina planned a 21-day alpine-style attempt on Everest north standard route. Each had one Sherpa (Faivre with Lhakpa and Cina with Ngima). They were on Marc Batard's permit, but climbed separately. They made their summit bid on 20 May. Faivre stopped his ascent at 8700m when the corneas of his eyes started to freeze. Lhakpa turned him around and they descended to C2 in 10 hours. Cina went to 8000m and stopped (Faivre does not know why) and Ngima continued on alone to the summit. Faive says Ngima was disciplined by the agency for leaving his client alone at 8800m.
Accidents -
Achievement -
Agency Himalaya Expeditions
Commercial Route True
Standard Route True
Primary Route False
Primary Member False
Primary Reference False
Primary ID -
Checksum 2461257
Year 2009
Summit Success True
O2 Summary Used
Route (lowercase) n col-ne ridge

Members

6 recorded members.

Name Sex Year of Birth Citizenship Status Residence Occupation
Marc Marie Bernard Batard M 1951 France Leader La Celle, Allier, France Painter Details Other expeditions
Antoine Cina M 1955 Switzerland Climber Valais, Switzerland Ski alpinist Details Other expeditions
Claude Faivre M 1959 France Climber Saffloz, Jura, France Woodcutter Details Other expeditions
Lhakpa Sherpa M 1972 Nepal H-A Worker Khijiphalate-2, Okhaldhunga - Details Other expeditions
Nima Kanchha Sherpa M 1979 Nepal H-A Worker Thami Og, Khumbu - Details Other expeditions
Nathalie Lamoureux F 1967 France Climber/Journalist Paris, France Writer Details Other expeditions

References

3 recorded references.

Expedition ID Journal Author Title Publisher Citation Yak 94
EVER09103 - - http://blog.sixieme-dimension.ch/index.php/2009/05/31/1612-antoine-cina-a-escalade-leverest-en-30-jours - - -
EVER09103 - - http://cybernette.over-blog.com/article-36840158.html - - -
EVER09103 - - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3bqPIVCHxBw - - -