Everest | 2014 N Col-NE Ridge

A Poland expedition to Everest in 2014 via N Col-NE Ridge, led by Waldemar Kowalewski. Summit reached on 24th May 2014. 7 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field Value
ID 8488
Imported 2026-03-06 18:04:49.359634
Expedition ID EVER14164
Peak ID EVER
Year 2014
Season 1
Host Country 2
Route 1 N Col-NE Ridge
Route 2 -
Route 3 -
Route 4 -
Nationality Poland
Leaders Waldemar Kowalewski
Sponsor Monterosa 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 France
Approach Zhangmu->Nyalam->Tingri (Kowalewski); Lhasa->Gyantse->BC (Butaye)
Basecamp Date 2014-04-16
Summit Date 2014-05-24
Summit Time 0815
Summit Days 38
Total Days 43
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 3
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 CBC(16/04,5300m),IC(20/04,5800m),ABC(21/04,6400m),C1(06/05,7150m),C2(22/05,7700m),C3(23/05,8300m),Smt(24-25/05)
Route Notes Waldemar Kowalewski Report: Kowalewski and Sonam left C3 at 01:20 hours/CST on 24 May. They got to the top at 10:30 am (8:15 NST) and spent 15 minutes there, then returned C3 at 14:30 hrs, had one hour rest, then descended to C2. There was a strong storm at C2. Next day 25 May they went down to ABC. Ankowski, Ang Dawa and Phursemba summited on 25 May. As told by Kowalewski, Ankowski was alone at C3 on his descent. Ankowski told Sherpas to go down and he will follow, but he came to ABC on 27 May. [Ang Dawa also summited on 24 May with Butaye.] Szewczak left expedition around 6 May. He left at C1. He was exhausted. Laurent Butaye Report: BC 17 Apr - 5200m ABC 21 Apr - 6400m C1 3 May - 7200m C2 22 May - 7700m C3 23 May - 8300m Butaye did acclimatize up to C1 in April, reaching it only for day trips from ABC. In begining of May, he slept first at C1 then went to C2 to fulfill his acclimatization. Then bad weather forced him to wait, the Chinese officer deciding for a summit window not before 23 May. When he saw the good weather of the 18 May, Butaye worried about the pending wait too long for him, so he went to sleep on his own at C1 for reacclimatizing (on 17 May), then went back to ABC the day after. Eventually, after putting pressure with other groups on the Chinese liaison officer, the latter organized a meeting on 21 May at ABC to negociate the autorizations to go for the summit. The fixing rope team would finish it on 23 May (at the beginning the liaison officer wanted two days for the summit last part, but hired more staff to make it in one day), then summit window for climbers would be opened from 24 May until 26 May at noon (Butaye: "it’s quite a power to open a summit window"). Everyone had to chose his day and Butaye chose the first one. That day he went directly at C1 for sleeping, the day after at C2, day after at C3. On 24 May, Butaye with Dawa Sherpa started at 1:30 am (Chinese time for here and after), reached the summit at 10:30 am, back to C1 at 7:30 pm. Butaye reported no wind on top, good tempetatures (-10/-15°C). The day after was back to the BC. According to Butaye, the liaison officer was happy about the season, with no deaths reported and good success for most of the teams. [Ang Dawa also summited again from C3 on 23 May with Androwski.] Sherpa: Ang Dawa Sherpa, Tashigaon, Makalu, 7/2/78 (2034/10/25)
Accidents Ankowski got frostbite in two fingers in both hands and left toe
Achievement -
Agency Monterosa Treks
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

7 recorded members.

Name Sex Year of Birth Citizenship Status Residence Occupation
Jacek Janusz Ankowski M 1966 Poland Climber Hamburg, Germany Male nurse Details Other expeditions
Waldemar Dominik Kowalewski M 1973 Poland Leader Szcezecin, Poland Property developer Details Other expeditions
Tadeusz Szewczak M 1955 Poland Climber Rumia, Poland Ship building supervisor Details Other expeditions
Lhakpa Chhiri (Sonam) Sherpa M 1974 Nepal H-A Worker Pangboche, Khumbu - Details Other expeditions
Ang Dawa Sherpa M 1978 Nepal H-A Worker Sedua, Makalu-Barun - Details Other expeditions
Phursemba (Phur Temba) Sherpa M 1979 Nepal H-A Worker Robesa, Makalu-5, Makalu-Barun - Details Other expeditions
Laurent Butaye M 1976 France Climber Colombes, Hauts-de-Seine, France Sales training manager Details Other expeditions

References

1 recorded references.

Expedition ID Journal Author Title Publisher Citation Yak 94
EVER14164 - - http://blog.autosphere.fr/media/buzz-et-insolite/laurent-butaye-emmene-opel-au-sommet-de-lreverest-/842/ - - -