Everest | 2014 N Col-NE Ridge

A USA expedition to Everest in 2014 via N Col-NE Ridge, led by William Burke, Asian Trekking. Summit reached on 24th May 2014. 25 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field Value
ID 8360
Imported 2026-03-06 18:04:49.359634
Expedition ID EVER14102
Peak ID EVER
Year 2014
Season 1
Host Country 2
Route 1 N Col-NE Ridge
Route 2 -
Route 3 -
Route 4 -
Nationality USA
Leaders William Burke, Asian Trekking
Sponsor Asian Trekking International Everest Expedition 2014
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 Belgium, Bulgaria, France, Hungary, India, Nepal, Poland, Russia
Approach Nyalam->Tingri->Everest BC
Basecamp Date 2014-04-12
Summit Date 2014-05-24
Summit Time 0530
Summit Days 42
Total Days 49
Termination Date 2014-05-31
Termination Reason 1
Termination Notes -
High Point (m) 8849
Traverse False
Ski False
Paraglide False
Camps 0
Fixed Rope (m) 0
Total Members 14
Summit Members 5
Member Deaths 0
Total Hired 11
Summit Hired 6
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(12/04,5200m),ABC(17/04,6400m),C1(19/04,7000m),C2(21/05,7900m),C3(22/05,8300m),Smt(24-25/05)
Route Notes The Asian Trekking International Everest expedition was a combination of several independent teams (1 or 2 climbers each). Asian Trekking provided transportation, base camp facilities and various levels of high altitude support (oxygen, high-altitude porters, tents, etc) as required and contracted for by each team. The individual accounts for each team are given below: William Burke (USA) Name: Everest Challenge 2014 Camps: BC(12/04,5200m),ABC(17/04,6400m),C1(19/04,7000m),C2(21/05,7900m), C3(22/05,8300m),Smt(25/05) Left: 31/05/2013 Hired: 2 Term: Success After the first acclimatization rotation, Burke went to Tingri and the Hot Springs and spent five days there. He returned to ABC on 19 May to start his summit attempt. He reached C2 on 22 May and stayed two nights there. In the night of 24 May, he left C3 at 9:20 pm. Weather was clear and windy with light snow. Straightforward climb. Summited at 9:30 am. They spent about half an hour on the summit. There was no view due to thick cloud. They descended to C3, where they arrived at about 1 pm. On 26 May a storm hit and they descended to C1 in gale force winds. The descent took them about 10 hours as they had to wade in knee-deep snow. On 27 May they descended to ABC. Oxygen: Taken and used from below the headwall at 6800m to summit to C1 by Burke From C2 to summit to C2 by Sherpas. Sherpas: Gyaluk (Gyalu Lama), Patle, Okhaldhunga, 21/8/75 Mingma Nuru, Thame, Namche-7, 28/1/86 (1st 8000er) David Klein (Hungary) Edina Aniko Torok (Hungary) (BC Mgr) Name: Spar Everest Expedition Camps: BC(15/04,5180m),ABC(21/04,6333m),C1(28/04,7039m),C2(06/05,7600m), C3(23/05,8300m),xxx(24/05,8700m) Left: 28/05/2013 Hired: 1 Term: Abandoned at 8700m (top of Second Step) due to lack of oxygen for Sherpa, too slow on summit schedule On 23 May had a 4-hour rest at C3 from 3 pm to 7 pm. Then climbed all night, needing 5 hours to climb the Second Step. Reached the top of it at 9:40 am on 24 May. Here decided to abandon as his Sherpa didn't have enough oxygen left anymore to finish (one of the 2 bottles not working) and as they were 3 hours late on the schedule agreed with David's base camp manager Edina Torok (had decided for a summit time maximum 8 to 9 am). In fact they would have needed 3 more hours to reach the top. Descended the same day to C1, the day after to ABC and on 26 May were back at BC. Oxygen: Taken, used by Sherpa from C3 to high point to C3 Not taken, not used for David Klein Sherpa: Ang Mingma Sherpa, 21/2/68, Yilajung Atanas Skatov (Bulgaria) Name: Bulgarian Everest North Expedition 2014 Camps: BC(15/04,5200m),ABC(21/04,6440m),C1(28/04,7040m),C2(12/05,7700m), C3(23/05,8300m),Smt(24/05) Left: 28/05/2013 Hired: 1 Term: Success At first during the final summit push, his Sherpa didn't want to go anymore, so they descended 150m. Then Atanas saw people coming up and decided to come back up, having lost 1 hour maybe on their schedule. On summit was a bit cold but good weather with no wind and clear sky, good views "perfect". Claims 1st vegan to climb N Ridge of Everest. Oxygen: Taken, used from C3 to summit to 8400m (2 bottles up, 1 bottle down) Sherpa: Phur Gyalzen Sherpa, 16/9/70, Namche-9, Eeverst S X4, Everest N X5 Ryszard Pawlowski (Poland) Krystian Oleksiak (Poland) Name: Krystian Everest North Expedition 2014 Camps: BC(15/04,5200m),ABC(21/04,6400m),C1(22/04,7050m),C2(22/25,7800m), C3(23/05,8300m),xxx(24/05,8500m) Left: 29/05/2013 Hired: 2 Term: Success On 24 May at first summit push, Krystian Oleksiak left C3 earlier at 11 pm on previous day, whereas Ryszard Pawlowski left at 8 am, so that they could join for the summit; both met at 11 am at 8500m; but here Krystian Oleksiak considered the wind too strong, so they went back down together at C3, Ryszard deciding however to try again next day. Oleksiak left Ryszard Pawlowski at 1 pm and went back down to C1, reaching ABC the the day after and BC on the 26 May. On 25 May for the summit push, Ryszard Pawlowski started at 00:30 hrs, summiting short before 8 am, spent 40 minutes on top ("maybe more as I had good conditions with clear sky"), then went back to C3 at 11 am then C1 on the same day. On 26 May he was back to ABC and BC the day after. Every day from 2:30 pm weather turned bad. Krystian climbed with Chhiring Phinjo Sherpa, 29/4/1973, Khumjung Ryszard climbed with Pasang Sherpa, 12/8/78, Salleri-9 [Thamo?] Philippe Hullaert (Belgium) Claude Faivre (France) Name: Everest 2014 Camps: BC(23/04,5200m),ABC(30/04,6400m),C1(16/05,7050m),C2(23/05,7800m), xxx(23-24/05,7800m) Left: 28/05/2013 Hired: 2 Term: Abandoned at 7800m due to lack of time and reliable information Philippe Hullaert and Claude Faivre considered they were in good shape with good timing, but without any weather forecast, they could only rely on the Sherpas. They felt like the Sherpas lied in order not to go up, the weather and summit windows being too short (knowing 26 May wouldn't match for weather) this in order to sort a bit some people out from the normal route to be less crowded. 24 May back at C1, day after to ABC, on 27 May back to BC. Oxygen: Used at C2 for sleeping Sherpas: Pasang Tshering Sherpa, 27/12/1973, Namche-7 Pasang Nuru, Jubing, 17/5/74 Debabrata Mukherjee (India) Biplab Baudya (India) Name: Touch the Sky Everest 2014 Camps: BC(15/04,5200m),ABC(24/04,6400m),C1(3/05,7050m),C2(23/05,7800m), C3(24/05,8300m),Smt(25/05) Left: 29/05/2013 Hired: 2 Term: Success Went up to C1 for sleeping during acclimatization time. Summit push: Started from ABC on 22 May, sleeping C1 that day. On 23 May slept at C2. On 24 May rested at C3, then started for summit at 10:15 pm. Mukherjee reached summit at 9:03 am next day, Biplab at 9:40 am (Nepali time), then both went back to C3; having no more oxygen from 8000m, they took breaths in remaining bottles of C3. On 26 May both were back to C1, here their Sherpas left them alone. On 27 May duo went back to ABC. On 28 May back to BC. The duo reports not so good weather conditions for summit day, with clear sky but terrible wind, the latter having decreased temporarily during the evening before becoming gusty from midnight and during the night. Day after, 26 May, after an almost calm morning, weather deteriorated again in cloudy and gusty conditions, all 4 reaching C1 in "real bad weather." Accidents: black frostbite on first fingers for Baudya (3 smallest fingers on right hand, 2 smallest fingers on left hand) Oxygen: Taken from C1 (for sleeping at C2 and C3 up) to summit to 8000m (plus at 7600m at C3 down) Sherpas: Pemba Tenzing Sherpa, 2/2/76, Solukhumbu Nima Kanchha Sherpa, 30/8/79, Namche-7 Victor Bobok (Russia) Alexander Victorov (Russia) Name: Dream Team Everest Expedition 2014 Camps: Left: Hired: 2 Term: No Smt Sherpas: Nawang Kalden, Solu, 21/5/91 Lakpa Tenzing, Namche-8, 7/9/90
Accidents -
Achievement 1st vegan to summit Everest?
Agency Asian Trekking
Commercial Route True
Standard Route True
Primary Route False
Primary Member False
Primary Reference False
Primary ID -
Checksum 2463271
Year 2014
Summit Success True
O2 Summary Used
Route (lowercase) n col-ne ridge

Members

25 recorded members.

Name Sex Year of Birth Citizenship Status Residence Occupation
William Mitchell (Bill) Burke M 1942 USA Leader Costa Mesa, California Retired attorney Details Other expeditions
Atanas Georgiev Skatov M 1978 Bulgaria Climber Sliven, Bulgaria Alpinist Details Other expeditions
Krystian L. Oleksiak M 1980 Poland Climber Warsaw, Poland Attorney Details Other expeditions
Ryszard Jan Pawlowski M 1950 Poland Climber Katowice, Poland Alpine guide Details Other expeditions
David Klein M 1975 Hungary Climber Erd, Hungary Alpinist Details Other expeditions
Edina Aniko Torok F - Hungary BC Mgr (for Klein) - - Details Other expeditions
Victor Bobok M 1961 Russia Climber Moscow, Russia Alpine guide Details Other expeditions
Alexander Victorov M 1959 Russia Climber Moscow, Russia Business centers owner Details Other expeditions
Debabrata Mukherjee M 1962 India Climber Halisahar, West Bengal, India Tour leader & guide Details Other expeditions
Biplab Baidya M 1970 India Climber Kolkata (Calcutta), India Environmental engineer Details Other expeditions
Melissa Sue Arnot F 1983 USA Climber Ketchum, Idaho Alpine guide Details Other expeditions
Pasang Lhamu Sherpa F 1984 Nepal Climber (with Arnot) Gumela, Chaurikharka, Khumbu Alpine guide Details Other expeditions
Mingma Sherpa M 1977 Nepal Sirdar Thamo, Khumbu - Details Other expeditions
Mingma Nuru Sherpa M 1986 Nepal H-A Worker Thami, Khumbu - Details Other expeditions
Phur Gyalzen (Fur Geljen) Sherpa M 1970 Nepal H-A Worker Yilajung, Khumbu - Details Other expeditions
Tshering Phinjo Sherpa M 1973 Nepal H-A Worker Khumjung, Khumbu - Details Other expeditions
Mingma (Ang Mingma) Sherpa M 1968 Nepal H-A Worker Yilajung, Khumbu - Details Other expeditions
Gyaluk (Gyalu Lama) Sherpa M 1975 Nepal H-A Worker Patle-5, Okhaldhunga - Details Other expeditions
Ngawang Kalden Sherpa M 1991 Nepal H-A Worker Khumjung, Khumbu - Details Other expeditions
Pasang Sherpa M 1978 Nepal H-A Worker Thamo, Khumbu - Details Other expeditions
Lakpa Tenzi Sherpa M 1990 Nepal H-A Worker Thamiteng, Khumbu - Details Other expeditions
Nima Kanchha Sherpa M 1979 Nepal H-A Worker Thami Og, Khumbu - Details Other expeditions
Pemba Tenjin Sherpa M 1976 Nepal H-A Worker Phurte, Khumbu - Details Other expeditions
Philippe Hullaert M 1959 Belgium Climber Braine-l'Alleud, Belgium Banker Details Other expeditions
Claude Faivre M 1959 France Climber Saffloz, Jura, France Woodcutter Details Other expeditions

References

1 recorded references.

Expedition ID Journal Author Title Publisher Citation Yak 94
EVER14102 - - http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/Kolkatas-climber-may-be-oldest-Indian-to-conquer-Everest/articleshow/35965970.cms - - -