Everest | 2009 N Col-NE Ridge

A Peru expedition to Everest in 2009 via N Col-NE Ridge, led by Richard Hidelgo. Summit reached on 5th June 2009. 1 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field Value
ID 6383
Imported 2026-03-06 18:04:49.359634
Expedition ID EVER09116
Peak ID EVER
Year 2009
Season 1
Host Country 2
Route 1 N Col-NE Ridge
Route 2 -
Route 3 -
Route 4 -
Nationality Peru
Leaders Richard Hidelgo
Sponsor Peru Everest
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 -
Basecamp Date 2009-04-22
Summit Date 2009-06-05
Summit Time -
Summit Days 44
Total Days 46
Termination Date 2009-06-07
Termination Reason 7
Termination Notes Abandoned at 8400m due to toes getting cold and bad weather
High Point (m) 8400
Traverse False
Ski False
Paraglide False
Camps 3
Fixed Rope (m) 0
Total Members 1
Summit Members 0
Member Deaths 0
Total Hired 0
Summit Hired 0
Hired Deaths 0
No Hired True
O2 Used False
O2 None True
O2 Climb False
O2 Descent False
O2 Sleep False
O2 Medical False
O2 Taken False
O2 Unknown False
Other Summits -
Campsites BC(22/04,5200m),ABC(30/04,6400m),C1(21/05,7100m),C2(03/06,7700m),C3(04/06,8300m),xxx(05/06,8400m)
Route Notes Peru Everest, Richard Hidalgo (only climber) - 10 June 2009 Hidalgo climbed without Sherpa support or artificial oxygen. From ABC on 5 May, he went to the North Col, where planned to have his C1, but he did not sleep there; this was an acclimatization climb. He made another acclimatization climb to the Col, then descended to BC on the 12th to rest. On the 19th, he returned to ABC, made C1 on the Col on the 21st, and on the 22nd went up to his C2 site, but it was windy and he went back to ABC to wait for good weather. Snowfall and wind kept him in ABC until the 27th, when returned to C1. On the 28th he reached 7500m, but again the wind was strong; he stayed that night in C1, down to ABC on the 29th. On 2nd June the weather had improved and he climbed back to C1. On the 3rd he was in C2, and on the 4th he arrived at his last campsite for C3 at 8300m. He got there rather late, at 8:00 pm (Nepal time); he had planned to stay for just two hours helping the Canadians to dig their tents out of the snow. Now he was tired, so he stayed the night at C3. He left C3 for the summit at 10:00 pm on 5 June with Canadians but had reached only 8400m by 11:00 am. It was impossible to find under deep snow the fixed ropes that had not been used by other climbers during the previous ten days. So back to C3 and on the 6th to ABC. His toes had started getting cold when he was at 8400m. Whether he would have continued to go for the summit if fixed ropes been available, he can't say. In any case, his cold toes plus bad weather convinced him he should abandon his climb. He left the mountain on 7 June.
Accidents -
Achievement -
Agency Adventure Extreme
Commercial Route True
Standard Route True
Primary Route False
Primary Member False
Primary Reference False
Primary ID -
Checksum 2461272
Year 2009
Summit Success False
O2 Summary None
Route (lowercase) n col-ne ridge

Members

1 recorded members.

Name Sex Year of Birth Citizenship Status Residence Occupation
Richard Leopoldo Hidalgo Jara M 1967 Peru Leader Las Gardenias, Lima, Peru Alpine guide Details Other expeditions

References

0 recorded references.