Everest | 2014 N Col-NE Ridge

A Malta expedition to Everest in 2014 via N Col-NE Ridge, led by Gregory Attard. Summit reached on 25th May 2014. 8 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field Value
ID 8408
Imported 2026-03-06 18:04:49.359634
Expedition ID EVER14122
Peak ID EVER
Year 2014
Season 1
Host Country 2
Route 1 N Col-NE Ridge
Route 2 -
Route 3 -
Route 4 -
Nationality Malta
Leaders Gregory Attard
Sponsor Malta Everest 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 -
Approach 01+- *9
Basecamp Date 2014-04-15
Summit Date 2014-05-25
Summit Time -
Summit Days 40
Total Days 44
Termination Date 2014-05-29
Termination Reason 1
Termination Notes
High Point (m) 8849
Traverse False
Ski False
Paraglide False
Camps 3
Fixed Rope (m) 0
Total Members 4
Summit Members 4
Member Deaths 0
Total Hired 4
Summit Hired 4
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(15/04,5300m),ABC(20/04,6400m),C1(27/04,7000m),C2(23/05,7800m),C3(24/05,8300m),Smt(25/05)
Route Notes BC 15/04 5300m ABC 20/04 6400m C1 27/04 7000m C2 23/05 7800m C3 24/05 8300m Smt 25/05 by Attard, Barbaro Sant, Xerri, Temba, Dawa, Pemba at 12 noon; by Fenech Adami, Pasang at 1 pm. Summit team left C3 at 10:45 pm on 24 May. It was very windy until about 5:30 am. Straightforward climb. All members and Sherpas summited within one hour of each other and stayed an average of about 15 minutes on the summit. On the way down, there were a lot of people and the descent was very slow. They reached C3 at 8:30 pm; however, Fenech Adami, Temba and Pasang continued to C2, where they arrived at about 10 pm. Attard, Barbaro Sant, Xerri, Dawa and Pemba were running out of oxygen and shared one bottle during the night. On 26 May, they descended to C2, which took them 5 hours. They rested there for 30 minutes, but were then caught in a blizzard. When they reached the lower C2 at 7600m at 3 pm, they crawled into someone else's tent and spent the night there. The following morning (27 May) they left at about noon and waded through deep snow until they reached ABC at 8 pm. On the way down, they saw that their C1 was completely destroyed and that they had lost all their equipment. On 28 May everyone was at Chinese Base Camp. Oxygen: Taken and used from C1 to summit to 8300m by Attard, Barbaro Sant and Xerri From C1 to summit to C1 by Fenech Adami From C2 to summit to C3 by Dawa and Pemba From C2 to summit to C2 by Temba and Pasang The Maltese climbed with the Seven Summit Treks commercial group that Olivier Ruembelli (Swiss), Axel Cezar (Brazilian), Satoshi Tamura (Japanese) and Richard Malblanc (French).
Accidents -
Achievement -
Agency Seven Summit Treks
Commercial Route True
Standard Route True
Primary Route False
Primary Member False
Primary Reference False
Primary ID -
Checksum 2463272
Year 2014
Summit Success True
O2 Summary Used
Route (lowercase) n col-ne ridge

Members

8 recorded members.

Name Sex Year of Birth Citizenship Status Residence Occupation
Gregory Attard M 1976 Malta Leader Zabbar, Malta Physician Details Other expeditions
Douglas Barbaro Sant M 1975 Malta Climber Balzan, Malta Managing partner in travel agency Details Other expeditions
Raphael Fenech Adami M 1961 Malta Climber Sllema, Malta Advocate Details Other expeditions
Matthew Xerri M 1987 Malta Climber Tenxiga, Malta Web developer Details Other expeditions
Temba Sherpa M - Nepal H-A Worker - - Details Other expeditions
Dawa Sherpa M - Nepal H-A Worker - - Details Other expeditions
Pemba Sherpa M - Nepal H-A Worker - - Details Other expeditions
Pasang Sherpa M - Nepal H-A Worker - - Details Other expeditions

References

1 recorded references.

Expedition ID Journal Author Title Publisher Citation Yak 94
EVER14122 - - http://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20140403/local/four-maltese-to-climb-everest-from-the-north-east-ridge.513374 - - -