Everest | 2014 N Col-NE Ridge

A Germany expedition to Everest in 2014 via N Col-NE Ridge, led by Ralf Dujmovits. Summit reached on 24th May 2014. 1 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field Value
ID 8407
Imported 2026-03-06 18:04:49.359634
Expedition ID EVER14120
Peak ID EVER
Year 2014
Season 1
Host Country 2
Route 1 N Col-NE Ridge
Route 2 -
Route 3 -
Route 4 -
Nationality Germany
Leaders Ralf Dujmovits
Sponsor Everest 2014
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 2014-04-23
Summit Date 2014-05-24
Summit Time -
Summit Days 31
Total Days 35
Termination Date 2014-05-28
Termination Reason 4
Termination Notes Abandoned at 8300m due to strong cold wind
High Point (m) 8300
Traverse False
Ski False
Paraglide False
Camps 3
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(23/04,5100m),ABC(30/04,6400m),C1(06/05,7000m),C2(17/05,7700m),C3(24/05,8300m),xxx(24/05,8300m)
Route Notes Dujmovits scaled Everest in October 1992 via the South Col, but he had used bottled oxygen then, and now he wanted to scale it without it. Now he was on the North Col route with no Sherpa helpers as well as no supplemental oxygen. He arrived at Chinese BC on 23 April, his ABC on the 30th and C1 on the North Col on 6 May. On the 8th, he descended to ABC in one hour. He returned to the North Col on the 16th and climbed up to 7700m on the 17th. But now strong winds (60 km/hr) buffetted him, and on the 18th he returned to ABC. He ventured up once more on the 22nd to C1 and on the 23rd to C2. But when he got up to C3 at 8300m on the 24th, he had problems. It had not snowed for 14 days, so there was no snow lying on the face. All the good spots for his tent were already occupied by large commercial teams. He had a very difficult time trying to dig out a platform for his tent and managed to make only a very uncomfortable small area for himself. Furthermore his tent was not a strong, substantial one; it was vulnerable to the wind. He couldn't even heat water inside it. He spent a miserable night. The wind was still strong the next morning, the 25th. Without supplemental oxygen in strong wind, the body does not keep warm. He gave up. He brought his high camps down to C1 that day, on the 26th he was back in ABC and on the 27th in BC. On the 28th there was one meter of fresh snow, so vehicles could not reach BC. Dujmovits walked to a tented village, from where he was able to ride to Kathmandu, he arrived in the city on the 29th. He fixed no ropes on the mountain himself. He used ropes already installed from ABC to C1 only.
Accidents -
Achievement -
Agency Thamserku Trekking
Commercial Route True
Standard Route True
Primary Route False
Primary Member False
Primary Reference False
Primary ID -
Checksum 2463271
Year 2014
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
Ralf Dujmovits M 1961 Germany Leader Buehl, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany Alpine guide Details Other expeditions

References

0 recorded references.