Everest | 2011 N Col-NE Ridge

A Japan expedition to Everest in 2011 via N Col-NE Ridge, led by Manabu Hirose. Summit reached on 25th May 2011. 15 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field Value
ID 7066
Imported 2026-03-06 18:04:49.359634
Expedition ID EVER11124
Peak ID EVER
Year 2011
Season 1
Host Country 2
Route 1 N Col-NE Ridge
Route 2 -
Route 3 -
Route 4 -
Nationality Japan
Leaders Manabu Hirose
Sponsor NHK 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 -
Approach -
Basecamp Date 2011-04-19
Summit Date 2011-05-25
Summit Time 0930
Summit Days 36
Total Days 41
Termination Date 2011-05-30
Termination Reason 1
Termination Notes -
High Point (m) 8849
Traverse False
Ski False
Paraglide False
Camps 4
Fixed Rope (m) 0
Total Members 5
Summit Members 5
Member Deaths 0
Total Hired 14
Summit Hired 10
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(19/04,5350m),C1(25/04,6000m),C2(30/04,6300m),C3(22/05,7100m),C4(23/05,7900m),Smt(25/05)
Route Notes NHK Everest Expedition - 3 June 2011 led by Manabu Hirose The expedition first went for an acclimatization climb of Lobuche East. All five members and five Sherpas climbed to the mountain's east shoulder on 15 April. They then moved to their Everest BC on the 19th. The five members and ten Sherpas left C4 for the top at 10:50 pm on the 24th of May and were on the summit at 9:30 am on 25 May. They returned to to C4 at 3:52 pm that day, descended to C2 on the next day, and were back in BC on 27 May. The members used oxygen in C3 to the top to and in C4; the Sherpas used it from C4 to the summit to C4. None of the members had any health problems, but one Sherpa, Pemba Nuru, had a toothache: he went down to the dental clinic at Namche, had his tooth extracted, and returned to the expedition. Lhakpa Nuru's toes were slightly frostbitten. Sherpas summiters: Ang Pemba, 25/7/78, Thami, Everest X4, Cho Oyu X1 Dawa Gyalje, 14/3/79, Beding, Everest X5, Cho Oyu X1 Lhakpa Tshering, 11/11/83, Namche, Everest X1, Cho Oyu X1 Mingma Nuru, 15/3/83, Phurte, no 8000ers Mingma Nuru (Ang Nuru), 3/8/84, Namche, no 8000ers Nima Nurbu, 20/2/80, Thamiteng, Everest X3, Cho Oyu X2 Ongje Sherpa, 22/8/83, Beding, Everest X2, Manaslu X2, Cho Oyu X1 Pasang Kidar/Kitar, 25/2/79, Beding, Everest X6, Cho Oyu X3 Pasang Tharke, 23/7/71, Thami, Everest X4 Pemba Geljen, 22/7/69, Thami, Everest X6, Cho Oyu X2
Accidents 1 Sherpa toothache and 1 Sherpa frostbite
Achievement -
Agency Rolwaling Trek
Commercial Route True
Standard Route True
Primary Route False
Primary Member False
Primary Reference False
Primary ID -
Checksum 2462038
Year 2011
Summit Success True
O2 Summary Used
Route (lowercase) n col-ne ridge

Members

15 recorded members.

Name Sex Year of Birth Citizenship Status Residence Occupation
Manabu Hirose M 1967 Japan Leader Tokyo, Japan TV director Details Other expeditions
Noriyuki Muraguchi M 1956 Japan Climber Ito, Shizuoka, Japan Office worker Details Other expeditions
Katummasa Takahashi M 1969 Japan Climber Tokyo, Japan TV cameraman Details Other expeditions
Yukihide Tamura M 1971 Japan Climber Toyama, Japan Cameraman Details Other expeditions
Takeshi Yamamura M 1982 Japan Climber Kanazawa, Ishikawa, Japan Cameraman Details Other expeditions
Ang Pemba Sherpa M 1978 Nepal H-A Worker Thami, Khumbu - Details Other expeditions
Dawa Gyalje (Dawa Gyalzen) Sherpa M 1979 Nepal H-A Worker Beding, Dolakha - Details Other expeditions
Lhakpa Tshering Sherpa M 1983 Nepal H-A Worker Namche Bazar, Khumbu - Details Other expeditions
Mingma Nuru Sherpa M 1983 Nepal H-A Worker Phurte, Khumbu - Details Other expeditions
Mingma Nuru (Ang Nuru) Sherpa M 1984 Nepal H-A Worker Namche Bazar, Khumbu - Details Other expeditions
Nima Nurbu Sherpa M 1980 Nepal H-A Worker Thamiteng, Khumbu - Details Other expeditions
Ongje (Wangche) Sherpa M 1983 Nepal H-A Worker Gaurishankar-2, Dolakha - Details Other expeditions
Pasang Kidar Sherpa M 1979 Nepal H-A Worker Beding, Dolakha - Details Other expeditions
Pasang Tharke Sherpa M 1971 Nepal H-A Worker Thyangmoche (Thami), Khumbu - Details Other expeditions
Pemba Gyalzen/Geljen Sherpa M 1969 Nepal H-A Worker Thami, Khumbu - Details Other expeditions

References

0 recorded references.