Everest | 2012 W Ridge

A USA expedition to Everest in 2012 via W Ridge, led by Jake Norton. Summit reached on 19th May 2012. 4 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field Value
ID 7461
Imported 2026-03-06 18:04:49.359634
Expedition ID EVER12135
Peak ID EVER
Year 2012
Season 1
Host Country 1
Route 1 W Ridge
Route 2 -
Route 3 -
Route 4 -
Nationality USA
Leaders Jake Norton
Sponsor Eddie Bauer West Ridge Commemorative Expedition 2012
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 2012-04-10
Summit Date 2012-05-19
Summit Time -
Summit Days 39
Total Days 46
Termination Date 2012-05-26
Termination Reason 5
Termination Notes Abandoned at 7300m due to bad conditions onto the shoulder
High Point (m) 7300
Traverse False
Ski False
Paraglide False
Camps 2
Fixed Rope (m) 600
Total Members 4
Summit Members 0
Member Deaths 0
Total Hired 0
Summit Hired 0
Hired Deaths 0
No Hired True
O2 Used False
O2 None True
O2 Climb False
O2 Descent False
O2 Sleep False
O2 Medical False
O2 Taken True
O2 Unknown False
Other Summits -
Campsites BC(10/04,5350m),C1(16/04,6100m),C2(17/04,6400m),xxx(19/05,7300m),xxx(19/05,7300m)
Route Notes The plan was for this team to scale the West Ridge from the Nepalese side in association with David Hahn's team on the South Col to replicate the two segments of the 1963 American Everest expedition's historic traverse. The team had pitched C2 on 17 April and returned to it on the 23rd to begin their attempt to get onto the West Shoulder, go into the Hornbein Couloir on the North Face and rejoin the ridge to the top. On 24 April they began to establish the route onto the shoulder straight up from C2 at 6400m in the Western Cwm. The four-man team worked in different rotations of members, progressing very slowly because their route lay over blue ice covered by a thin layer of snow. They had no Sherpas with them above C2 and themselves fixed 600m of rope onto the shoulder. Bishop and Mace reached 7200m on May 17, and on the 19th Morton and Norton got to 7300m, just below the crest of the shoulder. This was the group's high point. They now decided the climb was over: it would take them another month to scale the West Ridge and the Hornbein Couloir, and they knew that the ladders in the Khumbu Icefall, through which they would have to descend, would be removed about the end of May.
Accidents -
Achievement -
Agency Sherpa Shangri-La Trekking
Commercial Route False
Standard Route False
Primary Route False
Primary Member False
Primary Reference False
Primary ID -
Checksum 2462489
Year 2012
Summit Success False
O2 Summary None
Route (lowercase) w ridge

Members

4 recorded members.

Name Sex Year of Birth Citizenship Status Residence Occupation
Brent Russell Bishop M 1966 USA Climber Seattle, Washington Businessman & alpinist Details Other expeditions
Charles Ely (Charley) Mace M 1958 USA Climber Golden, Colorado Businessman Details Other expeditions
David Charles (Dave) Morton M 1971 USA Climber Seattle, Washington Alpine guide & photographer Details Other expeditions
James Ryrie (Jake) Norton M 1973 USA Leader Golden, Colorado Alpine guide, photographer, speaker Details Other expeditions

References

0 recorded references.