Everest | 2010 N Col-NE Ridge

A Austria expedition to Everest in 2010 via N Col-NE Ridge, led by Jochen Hemmleb. Summit reached on 25th May 2010. 9 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field Value
ID 7248
Imported 2026-03-06 18:04:49.359634
Expedition ID EVER10142
Peak ID EVER
Year 2010
Season 1
Host Country 2
Route 1 N Col-NE Ridge
Route 2 -
Route 3 -
Route 4 -
Nationality Austria
Leaders Jochen Hemmleb
Sponsor Austrian-German Mt. Chomolungma Expedition 2010
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 Germany
Approach -
Basecamp Date 2010-04-09
Summit Date 2010-05-25
Summit Time -
Summit Days 46
Total Days 51
Termination Date 2010-05-30
Termination Reason 5
Termination Notes Abandoned at 8445m due to snow to deep to find 1924 body of Sandy Irvine
High Point (m) 8445
Traverse False
Ski False
Paraglide False
Camps 3
Fixed Rope (m) 0
Total Members 7
Summit Members 0
Member Deaths 0
Total Hired 7
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(09/04,5200m),ABC(18/04,6400m),C1(22/04,7100m),C2(02/05,7800m),C3(23/05,8250m),xxx(25/05,8445m)
Route Notes The purpose of the expedition was to find the body of Andrew Irvine, who disappeared high on Everest with George Mallory in June 1924. Hemmleb, who is an historian of climbs on Everest with special interest in the British 1924 expedition, knew exactly the area where his searchers on this team should find Irvine. In 2001 and 2008 he had met a Chinese climber, Xu Jing (Hsu Ching), in Beijing, and Xu said that he had seen an old body in a ditch (translation from the Chinese in 2001) or cave (2008 translation) along the North Ridge off the normal route and below the First Step, in the general area where an old ice axe had been found in 1933. Five of the team's six members, not counting the leader, were supposed to be the searchers, while the leader, Hemmleb, and Salmina stayed at C1 on the North Col, Hemmleb to direct the search above and Salmina, also staying at the Col, to watch through their cameras' powerful long lens and to take photos of anything notable. Several Sherpas, including two from the climbing team lead by Jamie McGuinness, were needed to carry the camera equipment to C1. Unfortunately, there was nothing to be photographed. The members who actually did any searching were Bachmair and Goeberl, who started looking for Irvine above C3 (8250m) on 25 May. They had two Sherpas with them, Pemba Kitar and Bal Bahadur Tamang. But two to three meters of old snow covered the search area; the men went up to 8445m and found nothing. Then Hemmleb decided to call off the search on the 26th because it would be impossible to detect a body under the deep snow cover, and the men had been too long at high altitude. Both Bachmair and Goeberl developed health problems. Goeberl's toes had become frostbitten at 8400m standing while waiting for Fritsche to fix his oxygen mask on 25 May. Bachmair developed a lung infection on 28 May during in C1 in his descent. Getting him down to BC at 10:30 pm involved his being carried down on men's backs, then on a stretcher and finally on his own feet; he was driven to Kathmandu on the 29th. Holzner had turned back at C2 on 23 May. He "was sick of Everest." Naglich had turned back from C3. The forecast was for poor weather and he had no motivation to continue. Fritsche's oxygen system suddenly failed when he was at 8400m on 25 May; he was trying to go up from C3 to the search area. He was without supplemental oxygen for 40 minutes. He descended to C2 that day and was in ABC the next day. All members and Sherpas used oxygen above C3 (some in C3) to their high points to C3. Hired: Pemba Kitar, 29/1/64, Sotang-6, Solu Bal Bahadur Tamang, 14/1/74, Terang-7, Rasuwa
Accidents -
Achievement -
Agency Explore Himalaya
Commercial Route True
Standard Route True
Primary Route False
Primary Member False
Primary Reference False
Primary ID -
Checksum 2461672
Year 2010
Summit Success False
O2 Summary Used
Route (lowercase) n col-ne ridge

Members

9 recorded members.

Name Sex Year of Birth Citizenship Status Residence Occupation
Jochen Hemmleb M 1971 Germany Leader Bozen, Bolzano, Italy Writer Details Other expeditions
Sepp Bachmair M 1966 Austria Climber Krimml, Salzburg, Austria Ski lift technician Details Other expeditions
Theodor (Theo) Fritsche M 1949 Austria Climber Bludenz, Vorarlberg, Austria Alpine guide Details Other expeditions
Guenther Goeberl M 1975 Austria Climber Losenstein, Upper Austria, Austria Technician Details Other expeditions
Volker Holzner M 1966 Germany Climber Weissbach, Baden-Wuerttemberg, W Germany Alpine guide Details Other expeditions
Axel Naglich M 1968 Austria Climber Kitzbuehel, Tirol, Austria Architect Details Other expeditions
Gerard Salmina M 1965 Austria Climber Poertschach, Carinthia, Austria Teacher of environmental science Details Other expeditions
Pemba Kitar Sherpa M 1964 Nepal H-A Worker Sotang-6, Solukhumbu - Details Other expeditions
Bal Bahadur Lopchan M 1974 Nepal H-A Worker Terang-7, Rasuwa - Details Other expeditions

References

0 recorded references.