Everest | 2009 N Col-NE Ridge

A Japan expedition to Everest in 2009 via N Col-NE Ridge, led by Eiko Funahashi. Summit reached on 18th May 2009. 5 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field Value
ID 6405
Imported 2026-03-06 18:04:49.359634
Expedition ID EVER09139
Peak ID EVER
Year 2009
Season 1
Host Country 2
Route 1 N Col-NE Ridge
Route 2 -
Route 3 -
Route 4 -
Nationality Japan
Leaders Eiko Funahashi
Sponsor Funahashi Team to 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 2009-04-23
Summit Date 2009-05-18
Summit Time -
Summit Days 25
Total Days 29
Termination Date 2009-05-22
Termination Reason 10
Termination Notes Abandoned at 8500m due to Funahashi not strong enough
High Point (m) 8500
Traverse False
Ski False
Paraglide False
Camps 3
Fixed Rope (m) 0
Total Members 1
Summit Members 0
Member Deaths 0
Total Hired 4
Summit Hired 0
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(23/04),ABC(28/04,6400m),C1(15/05,7060m),C2(16/05,7700m),C3(17/05,8300m),xxx(18/05,8500m)
Route Notes C1 at North Col In her bid to reach the summit, Ms. Funahashi left C3 at 10:00 pm (Nepalese time) on 17 May with four Nepalese "Sherpas": Tul Bahadur Tamang, Jaya Prakash Rai, Hari Bahadur Chaulagain and Kitap Sing Tamang. Ms Funahashi was very slow despite her liberal use of bottle oxygen, and when she had gained only 200 vertical meters in three and a half hours (to 8500m at 1:30 am on 18 May), she turned back. It took her another three and a half hours to get back to C3 (at 4:30 pm), where she slept that night. She now decided to abandon the climb. She descended to C1 on the 19th, to ABC on the 20th, to BC on the 21st, and left BC to return to Kathmandu on the 22nd. Ms. Funahashi used 12 bottles of oxygen continously from 6800m up to 8500m and down to and in C1 at 7060m. The Nepalis used it in C2, from C3 to 8500m, to but not in C2. Nepalese "Sherpas": Hari Bahadur Chaulagain, 23/12/71 (10/9/2028), Makalu-2, Everest 24/5/08 Jaya Prakash Rai, 28/3/74 (15/12/2035), Makalu-6, Makalu 11/5/08 Kitap Sing Tamang, 30/3/76 (14/5/2033), Deusa, Solu, no 8000ers Tul Bahadur Tamang, 3/10/66 (17/6/2023), Deusa, Solu, Everest X2, Cho Oyu X2, Dhaulagiri I X1, Manaslu X1
Accidents -
Achievement -
Agency Cosmo Treks
Commercial Route True
Standard Route True
Primary Route False
Primary Member False
Primary Reference False
Primary ID -
Checksum 2461254
Year 2009
Summit Success False
O2 Summary Used
Route (lowercase) n col-ne ridge

Members

5 recorded members.

Name Sex Year of Birth Citizenship Status Residence Occupation
Eiko Funahashi F 1939 Japan Leader Tokyo, Japan Attorney Details Other expeditions
Hari Bahadur Chaulagain M 1971 Nepal H-A Worker Gairigaon, Makalu-Barun - Details Other expeditions
Jaya Bahadur (Prakash) Rai M 1974 Nepal H-A Worker Makalu-6, Makalu-Barun - Details Other expeditions
Kitap Sing Tamang M 1976 Nepal H-A Worker Deusa-6, Solukhumbu - Details Other expeditions
Tul Bahadur Tamang M 1966 Nepal H-A Worker Deusa-6, Solukhumbu - Details Other expeditions

References

0 recorded references.