Everest | 2012 N Col-NE Ridge

A Canada expedition to Everest in 2012 via N Col-NE Ridge, led by Sam Wyatt. Summit reached on 19th May 2012. 5 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field Value
ID 8257
Imported 2026-03-06 18:04:49.359634
Expedition ID EVER12191
Peak ID EVER
Year 2012
Season 1
Host Country 2
Route 1 N Col-NE Ridge
Route 2 -
Route 3 -
Route 4 -
Nationality Canada
Leaders Sam Wyatt
Sponsor Canadians on Everest
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 2012-04-17
Summit Date 2012-05-19
Summit Time 0600
Summit Days 32
Total Days 35
Termination Date 2012-05-22
Termination Reason 1
Termination Notes -
High Point (m) 8849
Traverse False
Ski False
Paraglide False
Camps 0
Fixed Rope (m) 0
Total Members 2
Summit Members 2
Member Deaths 0
Total Hired 3
Summit Hired 3
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(17/04),ABC(6400m),C1(7000m),C2(17/05,7775m),C3(18/05,8300m),Smt(19/05)
Route Notes Sam Wyatt - 20 Nov 2013 Steve, Dawa and I did an acclimatization trek and climb in the Khumbu between March 30 and April 12 where we climbed Lobuche prior to arriving in Tibet. Steve, Dawa and I arrived in Tibet side BC on April 17 and left on May 22, 2012. The rest of the Sherpa team, cooks, etc., arrived earlier and left later respectively from BC. Our final assault went as follows: arrived at North Col on May 16th; arrived at C2 (7775m) May 17th, arrived at C3 (8300m) May 18th. I arrived at summit at approximately 6 am May 19th; Steve and the Sherpas about 20 min later. I arrived back at C3 at about 11:30 am, Phurba shortly after me, Steve, Dawa and Thendorje at about 1:30 pm. We spent another night at C3 May 19th. We all returned to ABC on May 20th. We only had on our team only Thendorje, Phurba Lama and Dawa Finjo Lama. Dawa is the son of Phurba. Dawa accompanied us back to Kathmandu after the climb. Two other climbers were on our permit: Juan Polo (Spanish) and Bhagi [Bat-Erdene Sereeter] (Mongolian). They were each climbing on their own and each had one Sherpa climbing with them. I do not remember the Sherpas' names though Iswari (of Himalayan Guides) will likely know them. The two other climbers shared our cook and dining facilities on the mountain, but otherwise climbed independently from us. Juan and Bhagi's Sherpas did make the summit. I ran in to Bhagi on the way down from the summit at the Third Step; he had successfully summited and returned to camp that day. He developed some snowblindness from having his goggles off too long. The base of the Third Step is where I also saw the body of Frank [Ziebarth] (a [German] climber from Calgary) that I had met on my 2009 attempt. He had tried to climb without oxygen and perished. According to his Sherpa, Juan died on the way down just below the Second Step. His Sherpa claims that Juan refused to move from there and that he eventually lost consciousness at which point the Sherpa left him. The last time I saw Juan was on the traverse just below the final gully to the summit ridge with his Sherpa on my way down. I was surprised to see him there because we passed him on the way up just after the First Step and he was VERY slow and did not look well. I told him at the time that he needed to remember that he still had to get down. I later heard from Steve and the Sherpas who spent more time at the summit that they two saw him still below the gully in exactly the same spot about 45 min later. I had fully expected that he would turn back early.
Accidents -
Achievement -
Agency Himalayan Guides
Commercial Route True
Standard Route True
Primary Route False
Primary Member False
Primary Reference False
Primary ID -
Checksum 2462489
Year 2012
Summit Success True
O2 Summary Used
Route (lowercase) n col-ne ridge

Members

5 recorded members.

Name Sex Year of Birth Citizenship Status Residence Occupation
Samuel Clare Peter (Sam) Wyatt M 1972 Canada Leader Vancouver, British Columbia Real estate agent Details Other expeditions
Steven Curtis Holfeld M 1981 Canada Climber Vancouver, British Columbia - Details Other expeditions
Thendorje (Thendu Dorje) Sherpa M 1983 Nepal H-A Worker Pangboche, Khumbu - Details Other expeditions
Dawa Finjo Lama Bhote M 1988 Nepal H-A Worker Hungung, Hatiya-1, Makalu-Barun - Details Other expeditions
Phurba Ridar Bhote M 1958 Nepal H-A Worker Hatiya-1, Makalu-Barun - Details Other expeditions

References

0 recorded references.