Everest | 2011 N Col-NE Ridge

A Nepal expedition to Everest in 2011 via N Col-NE Ridge, led by Hari Bahadur Basnet. Summit reached on 20th May 2011. 31 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field Value
ID 7182
Imported 2026-03-06 18:04:49.359634
Expedition ID EVER11102
Peak ID EVER
Year 2011
Season 1
Host Country 2
Route 1 N Col-NE Ridge
Route 2 -
Route 3 -
Route 4 -
Nationality Nepal
Leaders Hari Bahadur Basnet
Sponsor Asian Trekking International Everest Expedition 2011
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 Austria, Canada, Ireland, Mexico, Russia, Sweden, Switzerland, USA
Approach -
Basecamp Date 2011-05-12
Summit Date 2011-05-20
Summit Time 0600
Summit Days 8
Total Days 19
Termination Date 2011-05-31
Termination Reason 1
Termination Notes -
High Point (m) 8849
Traverse False
Ski False
Paraglide False
Camps 0
Fixed Rope (m) 0
Total Members 19
Summit Members 7
Member Deaths 0
Total Hired 12
Summit Hired 4
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 Smt(20-21,26/05)
Route Notes The Asian Trekking International Everest expedition was a combination of several independent teams (1-2 climbers each). Asian Trekking provided transportation, base camp facilities and various levels of high-altitude support (oxygen, high-altitude porters, tents, etc) as required and contracted for by each team. The individual accounts for each team are given below: William Burke (USA) David Liano (Mexico) Name: None Camps: BC(12/04,5304m),ABC(19/04,6187m),C1(17/05,6706m),C2(18/05,7772m), C3(19/05,8382m),xxx(20/05,8687m) Left: 23/05/11 Hired: 1 Term: Abandoned at 8687m due to inadequate supply of oxygen to continue Burke and Liano planned to climb Everest from both sides and also to climb Lhotse in Spring 2011. Liano suffered from headache and neck pain at ABC on 20 April. He returned to Kathmandu and had treatment at Norvic. He went to climb Everest on the south side. Burke continued his attempt on the north side of Everest. Burke and his climbing Sherpa left C3 at 8:30 pm NST on 19 May for the summit. They reached the First Step (28,500 ft) at 1 am of 20 May. There was not enough oxygen to continue, so they decided to turn around and returned C3 where they reached at 3:30 am. They spent the night there. Next day 21 May they went down to ABC. Burke did not go to south side of Everest. Sherpa: Phura Gyalzen, 16/04/1970 (2027), Namche-9 Mingma (Dorje) (also climbed with Burke on summit day) William Holland (USA) Name: Long Way to the Top Everest Expedition Camps: BC(15/04,5750m),ABC(20/04,6400m),C1(25/04,7000m),C2(03/05,7700m), C3(11/05,8300m),Smt(26/05) Left: 29/05/11 Hired: 0 Term: Success BC at CBC/IC on 19 April at 5800m. Holland started his summit push from ABC to C2 on 24 May. He arrived C3 on 25 May. He left C3 at 11:45 pm (NST) of 25 May and reached summit at 7:45 am of 26 May. Holland stayed on summit for about 45 minutes without oxygen. He descended to C3 between 2-3 pm, very tired. He spent the night at C3. Next day 27 May went down to C2 and on 28 May to ABC and continued to ABC. On summit there were Canadians and members of Adventure Peaks and some Sherpas. On summit he asked one of the Sherpas to take his photo. Sherpa asked Holland 200 dollars for taking the snap shot. It was "disgusting" attitude of the Sherpa. (Holland was deported from Nepal in 2008 for having a Tibetan flag on Everest). Douglas Scarborough (USA) Name: None Camps: BC(12/04,5303m),ABC(19/04,6188m),C1(17/05,6706m),C2(18/05,7772m), C3(19/05,8382m),xxx(20/05,8565m) Left: 23/05/11 Hired: 1 Term: Abandoned at 8565m due to inadequate supply of bottled oxygen Scarborough wrote in his email that they [he] turned around at 28,100 ft, 5 hours after setting off from C3. [Ngima Dorje continued onto the summit with Elmezov.] Sherpa: Ngima Dorje Sherpa, 31/8/84 (15/5/2041), Namche-6 Phura Nuru (also climbed with Scarborough on summit day) Ivan Schmid (Switzerland) Name: Adventure Alternative 2011 to Everest Camps: BC(18/04,5400m),ABC(24/04,6300m),C1(28/04,7000m),C2(19/05,7600m), C3(20/05,8300m),Smt(21/05) Left: 24/05/11 Hired: 1 Term: Success BC at CBC/IC on 23 April at 5800m. Schmid and Pemba Nuru started their summit bid at 11:20 pm on 20 May from C3. Pemba Nuru had to turn around from 8750m due to a problem in the oxygen regulator. Schmid continued his climb and got to the top at 6:20 am on 21 May. He spent about an hour on the top, then descended to C3 at 11 am and spent the night there. Next day on 22 May went down all the way to ABC. The summit day weather was very good. There were about 10 climbers ahead of Schmid. He also saw about 10-15 climbers coming up from south side. Sherpa: Pemba Nuru Sherpa, 17/1/1977, Thamiteng, Khumbu, Cho Oyu X1, Everest X6 Leonardo Fernandez (Mexico) Name: None Camps: BC(18/04,5400m),ABC(24/04,6400m),C1(28/04,7000m),C2(19/05,7600m), C3(20/05,8300m),Smt(21/05) Left: 26/05/11 Hired: 0 Term: Success CBC/IC on 23 April at 5800m. Fernandez started from C3 at 9:30 pm NST on 20 May. He reached the top at 9 am on 21 May. Fernandez stayed on summit for 45 minutes and descended to C3, where he arrived at 1 pm. He spent the night there. Next day 22 May went down to C1 and on 23 May to ABC. Ahead of Fernandez there were 3 climbers; later about 10-12 other climbers came up. The summit day weather was very good. Fernandez frostbite (right-hand ring and little fingers); he took off glove to take pictures and video on the summit; he realized frostbite at C3 on descent. Martin Byrne (Ireland) Name: Irishman to Everest Camps: BC(17/04,5200m),ABC(22/04,6400m),C1(25/04,7100m),C2(19/05,7900m), C3(20/05,8300m),Smt(26/05) Left: 30/05/11 Hired: 2 Term: Success Before attempting Everest, Byrne and his two Sherpas climbed a 3500m peak near the village of Nyalam on their way to BC. Byrne's bid for the summit started from ABC by going up to C1 on 23 May, climbing to C2 on the 24th and to C3 on the 25th. He and his Sherpas had earlier occupied all these camps, but the weather was unfavourable for a summit bid until now. Byrne and one Sherpa, Lhakpa, left C3 for the top at 10:00 pm (NST) on 25 May. They summited at 11:30 am of the 26th and returned to C3 at 6:00 pm that evening. They descended all the way to ABC on the 27th and were in BC on the 28th waiting for the yaks to bring down their baggage. Both Byrne and Lhakpa used oxygen on their summit push from 7400m to the top to C1. Sherpas: Lhakpa Sherpa, 24/12/73, Rawadole-1, Okhaldhunga Ngima Sherpa, 18/3/80 (5/12/2036), Bishinga-8, Okhaldhunga Niklas Hallstrom (Sweden) Name: None Camps: BC(07/05,5200m),ABC(09/05,6400m),C1(10/05,7050m),C2(19/05,7600m), C3(20/05,8100m),xxx(20/05,8300m) Left: 26/05/11 Hired: 1 Term: Abandoned at 8300m due to leg thrombosis and vomiting The first attempt for the summit was on May 20, but Hallstrom had to abandon the climb due to leg thrombosis from which he suffered on May 19. On May 20, he started his descent and reached C2 on the same day. On May 21, he reached the base camp. Before attempting Everest, he had tried Xixabangma, but had to abandon the climb due to an avalanche on May 12. Sherpa: Fur Tenji, Jubing-5, 1/5/68 Abdul Elmezov (Russia) Name: Russian on Everest Camps: BC(12/04,6300m),ABC(21/04,6400m),C1(29/04,7000m),C2(18/05,7750m), C3(19/05,8300m),Smt(20/05) Left: 25/05/11 Hired: 1 Term: Success Elmezov reached the summit at 6 am (NST) on May 20, after starting from C3 at 8 pm on May 19. The weather at the summit was very good, so he spent 30 minutes in the summit. Reached C3 from the summit at 11 pm on May 20 and then to C2 on the same day at 3 pm. He spent the night at C2. On May 21, started to descend to ABC in the morning and reached ABC at 1 pm. From there he reached the base camp on May 23 after spending 2 days at the ABC. Sherpa: Nima Dorje Sherpa, Namche-5, Thamo, Everest X3, 2007 (north side), 2010 (north side), 2011 (north side) Clemens Strauss (Austria) Joeseph Uitz (Austria) Name: The Jomolungma-Project-Datti Sports to Everest Camps: BC(19/04,5150m),ABC(04/05,6400m),C1(11/05,7660m),C2(24/05,7700m), xxx(25/05,8000m) Left: 31/05/11 Hired: 0 Term: Abandoned at 8000m due to storm and too slow BC at CBC/IC on 3 May at 5780m. Strauss and Uitz set off from C2 at 11 am for C3. They arrived at 7850m around 1:30 pm. They thought they were too slow to reach C3 and turned around to C2 where they arrived at around at 2:30 pm. On 25 May they started to climb up at 8:30 am. When they arrived at 8000m at about 1:30 pm there started a storm and snowfall. They realized that they could not reach C3 in a reasonable time in that weather condition and turned around to C2 where they arrived at around 3 pm and spent the night there. They waited for the storm to subside until 9 am next day. But it did not do so. So they decided to give up their attempt for summit and descended to ABC. Zoltan Benedek (Austria) Ildiko Benedek (Austria) Name: Two Austrians to Everest Camps: BC(23/04,5160m),ABC(28/04,6400m),C1(30/04,7000m),C2(20/05,7700m), xxx(25/05,8650m) Left: 28/05/11 Hired: 0 Term: Abandoned at 8650m due to cold feet, frostbite The team tried for a summit push on 21 May. They left C2 at 3 am. The weather was good, however, when Ildiko Benedek reached 8050m, she was too tired to carry on. They turned back at around 7 am and descended to C2 where they arrived at around noon. The next day they carried on to ABC. Ildiko decided to remain at ABC and not to join her husband for a second summit attempt, as he was too exhausted. Zoltan Benedek left C2 at 3 am on 25 May. He was completely on his own and had to break trail as there was new snow. He felt good and strong, however, when he reached 8650m he noticed that his feet and hands were too cold. He was just before the Second Step when he decided to turn back due to his cold toes. It was about 3 pm. He descended to C2, where he arrived at 6:30 pm. When he too his shoes off, he noticed that he had frostbite on three toes at the right foot. He stayed the night there and on 26 May he descended to ABC. Zoltan Benedek suffered frostbite on right foot. Helmut Ortner (Austria) Name: None Camps: BC(14/05,5200m),ABC(18/05,6400m),C2(20/05,7700m),Smt(21/05) Left: 26/05/11 Hired: 0 Term: Success Ortner's summit push started from ABC on 20 May and he arrived C2 directly. Next day 21 May he left C2 at 3 am and reached the top at 3 pm. He stayed on summit for about 30 minutes, then descended to C3 where he reached at 6 pm, and slept in a Sherpa tent. Next day 22 May he left C3 at 6 am and arrived ABC at 4 pm. On 23 May he came down to CBC. The summit day weather was sunny and warm but the night was very windy and very cold. Also summited Xixabangma alone on 6 May. Esteban Barahona (Canada) Philip Peter Bota (Canada) Manuel Pizarro (Canada) Name: Climb for Heart & Stroke Everest Expedition Camps: BC(06/05,5334m),ABC(10/05,6096m),C1(23/05,7000m),C2(24/05,7700m), C3(25/05,8300m),Smt(26/05) Left: 29/05/2011 Hired: 2 Term: Success Bota, Pasang Namgyal and Phurba Temba Sherpa started their summit push from C3 at 9 pm NST on 26 May. They arrived at the top at 7:38 and stayed on summit about 20 minutes, then descended to C3 at 11:30 am and to ABC at 6 pm. Next day 27 May went down to CBC. The summit day weather was perfect clear sky, sunny, no wind. Barahona got frostbite at around 7400m during acclimatization on 20 May (index finger, middle finger purple color). Manuel Pizarro suffered heart problems while acclimatizing in the Khumbu and did not accompany the team to Tibet. Sherpas: Pasang Namgyal Sherpa Phurba Temba Sherpa Nima Kancha (also climbed with Barahona) Antoine Cina (Switzerland) Name: Camps: BC(11/05,5050m),ABC(6400m),C1(7000m) Left: Hired: Term: Unsuccessful Intention was a paraglide from the summit of Everest. Turned around at 7600m due to problems with eye sight.
Accidents -
Achievement -
Agency Asian Trekking
Commercial Route True
Standard Route True
Primary Route False
Primary Member False
Primary Reference False
Primary ID -
Checksum 2462033
Year 2011
Summit Success True
O2 Summary Used
Route (lowercase) n col-ne ridge

Members

31 recorded members.

Name Sex Year of Birth Citizenship Status Residence Occupation
Helmut Ortner M 1964 Austria Climber St. Lorenzen, Carinthia, Austria Alpine guide Details Other expeditions
Clemens Strauss M 1973 Austria Climber Graz, Styria, Austria Attorney Details Other expeditions
Josef Dipling Uitz M 1969 Austria Climber Graz, Styria, Austria Software engineer Details Other expeditions
Ildiko Benedek F 1966 Austria Climber Gloggnitz, Lower Austria, Austria Conveyor belt manager in chocolate factory Details Other expeditions
Zoltan Benedek M 1964 Austria Climber Gloggnitz, Lower Austria, Austria Webmaster Details Other expeditions
Abudul Khalim (Abu) Elmezov M 1957 Russia Climber Caucasus, Russia Mountain rescue expert Details Other expeditions
Ngima Dorje (Nima Dorje) Sherpa M 1984 Nepal H-A Worker Pare, Khumbu - Details Other expeditions
Jan Niklas Hallstrom M 1974 Sweden Climber Jonkoping, Sweden Engineer Details Other expeditions
Martin Joseph Byrne M 1953 Ireland Climber Roscrea, Tipperary, Ireland Police officer Details Other expeditions
Lhakpa Sherpa M 1973 Nepal H-A Worker Rawadole-1, Okhaldhunga - Details Other expeditions
Hari Bahadur Basnet M 1959 Nepal Leader/BC Manager Dule Gaunda, Tanahun Army JCO (junior commissioned officer) Details Other expeditions
Leonardo (Lyos) Fernandez Jimenez M 1979 Mexico Climber Mexico City, Mexico TV producer Details Other expeditions
Ivan Olivier Schmid M 1975 Switzerland Climber Steffisburg, Bern, Switzerland Owner of internet company Details Other expeditions
Pemba Nuru Sherpa M 1977 Nepal H-A Worker Thamiteng, Khumbu - Details Other expeditions
Douglas Andrew Scarborough M 1979 USA Climber Manhattan Beach, California Police officer Details Other expeditions
William Brant Holland M 1981 USA Climber Richmond, Virginia Architect & student Details Other expeditions
William Mitchell (Bill) Burke M 1942 USA Climber Costa Mesa, California Retired corporate attorney Details Other expeditions
David Liano Gonzalez M 1979 Mexico Climber Huixquilucan, Mexico Financial advisor Details Other expeditions
Phur Gyalzen (Fur Geljen) Sherpa M 1970 Nepal H-A Worker Yilajung, Khumbu - Details Other expeditions
Philip Peter Bota M 1988 Canada Climber Red Deer, Alberta Carpenter Details Other expeditions
Esteban (Steve) Barahona M 1982 Canada Climber Red Deer, Alberta Paramedic & firefighter Details Other expeditions
Antoine Cina M 1955 Switzerland Climber Valais, Switzerland Ski alpinist Details Other expeditions
Phurba Temba (Lama Thami) Sherpa M 1968 Nepal H-A Worker Yilajung, Khumbu - Details Other expeditions
Pasang Namgyal Sherpa M 1972 Nepal H-A Worker Khumjung, Khumbu - Details Other expeditions
Manuel A. (Manny) Pizarro M 1971 Canada Climber Montreal, Quebec Police officer Details Other expeditions
Mingma Sherpa M 1977 Nepal Sirdar Thamo, Khumbu - Details Other expeditions
Phura Nuru Sherpa M 1985 Nepal H-A Worker Tesho, Khumbu - Details Other expeditions
Phurba Chhoter (Ang Jangbu) Sherpa M 1971 Nepal H-A Worker Yilajung, Khumbu - Details Other expeditions
Ngima Kanchha Sherpa M 1980 Nepal H-A Worker Khumjung, Khumbu - Details Other expeditions
Ngima/Nima Sherpa M 1980 Nepal H-A Worker Bishinga-8, Okhaldhunga - Details Other expeditions
Fur Tenji (Phur Tenji) Sherpa M 1968 Nepal H-A Worker Bupsa, Jubing-5, Solukhumbu - Details Other expeditions

References

3 recorded references.

Expedition ID Journal Author Title Publisher Citation Yak 94
EVER11102 - - http://www.climbforheartandstroke.com/ - - -
EVER11102 - - http://www.everest.premiertech.com/ - - -
EVER11102 - - http://antoine-cina.blogspot.com/ - - -