Everest | 2012 N Col-NE Ridge

A China expedition to Everest in 2012 via N Col-NE Ridge, led by Wang Tian-Han. Summit reached on 18th May 2012. 1 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field Value
ID 7569
Imported 2026-03-06 18:04:49.359634
Expedition ID EVER12138
Peak ID EVER
Year 2012
Season 1
Host Country 2
Route 1 N Col-NE Ridge
Route 2 -
Route 3 -
Route 4 -
Nationality China
Leaders Wang Tian-Han
Sponsor One Chinese on 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 -
Approach -
Basecamp Date -
Summit Date 2012-05-18
Summit Time -
Summit Days 0
Total Days 0
Termination Date -
Termination Reason 14
Termination Notes Abandoned at 7790m due to interception by Tibetan authorities
High Point (m) 7790
Traverse False
Ski False
Paraglide False
Camps 0
Fixed Rope (m) 0
Total Members 1
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 False
O2 Unknown False
Other Summits -
Campsites BC(5200m),ABC(6500m),xxx(18/05,7790m)
Route Notes In mid-May, a 38-year-old Chinese man, Wang Tian-Han, who was well outfitted for an Himalayan ascent, was discovered to have climbed on the Tibetan side as high as Camp 2 at 7790m on about 18 May. He was forced to descend by four students from the Tibet Mountain School at Lhasa, who brought him down through Camp 1 with his wrists tied together. It is not known what punishment he received for this unauthorized bid. Nor is it known why he had gone to the mountain in the first place. He had already made a successful ascent on 17 May 2002 with a Tibetan assistant, Rinchen Phuntsok, after they had set up the usual number of camps on the normal route. Perhaps this time he wanted to make an ascent without an assistant and without using any bottled oxygen. In any case, he was forcibly stopped in his tracks.
Accidents -
Achievement -
Agency None
Commercial Route True
Standard Route True
Primary Route False
Primary Member False
Primary Reference False
Primary ID -
Checksum 2462488
Year 2012
Summit Success False
O2 Summary None
Route (lowercase) n col-ne ridge

Members

1 recorded members.

Name Sex Year of Birth Citizenship Status Residence Occupation
Tian-Han Wang M 1974 China Leader Sichuan, China Monk Details Other expeditions

References

0 recorded references.