Everest | 2011 N Col-NE Ridge

A Switzerland expedition to Everest in 2011 via N Col-NE Ridge, led by Urs Bernhard. Summit reached on 20th May 2011. 3 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field Value
ID 7358
Imported 2026-03-06 18:04:49.359634
Expedition ID EVER11180
Peak ID EVER
Year 2011
Season 1
Host Country 2
Route 1 N Col-NE Ridge
Route 2 -
Route 3 -
Route 4 -
Nationality Switzerland
Leaders Urs Bernhard
Sponsor Swiss & American 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 USA
Approach Zhangmu->Nyalam->Tingri
Basecamp Date 2011-04-14
Summit Date 2011-05-20
Summit Time -
Summit Days 36
Total Days 40
Termination Date 2011-05-24
Termination Reason 4
Termination Notes Abandoned at 8600m due to bad weather, too many climbers
High Point (m) 8600
Traverse False
Ski False
Paraglide False
Camps 2
Fixed Rope (m) 0
Total Members 2
Summit Members 0
Member Deaths 0
Total Hired 3
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(14/04,5200m),ABC(20/04,6400m),C1(26/04,7060m),C2(19/05,7900m),xxx(20/05,8600m)
Route Notes Bernhard and Lhakpa Gelu left Camp 2.5 (7900m) at 8 pm on 19 May towards the summit. When they arrived at 8600m at about 4:45 am NST on 20 May, at that point Lhakpa Gelu told Bernhard that they have to stop there as weather is getting bad and they will not have enough time to go to the summit and to return in time because there were many climbers ahead of them. While turning back indeed cloud started covering the ridge and became white-out. They reached Camp 2.5 around 6:30 am and it was difficult to get there. Keogh left (BC) expedition on 29 April as his hands were getting very cold and also had low grade fever associated with dry cough.
Accidents -
Achievement -
Agency World Records Expeditions
Commercial Route True
Standard Route True
Primary Route False
Primary Member False
Primary Reference False
Primary ID -
Checksum 2462078
Year 2011
Summit Success False
O2 Summary Used
Route (lowercase) n col-ne ridge

Members

3 recorded members.

Name Sex Year of Birth Citizenship Status Residence Occupation
Urs Bernhard M 1955 Switzerland Leader Kerzers, Fribourg, Switzerland Leadership development consultant Details Other expeditions
James Christopher Keogh M 1949 USA Climber Reno, Nevada Airline pilot Details Other expeditions
Lhakpa Gelu Sherpa M 1967 Nepal H-A Worker Kharikhola, Solukhumbu - Details Other expeditions

References

1 recorded references.

Expedition ID Journal Author Title Publisher Citation Yak 94
EVER11180 - - http://www.ubernhard.com/quest_for_the_seven_summits.htm - - -