Everest | 2015 N Col-NE Ridge

A UK expedition to Everest in 2015 via N Col-NE Ridge, led by Ted Atkins. Summit reached on 25th April 2015. 6 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field Value
ID 8749
Imported 2026-03-06 18:04:49.359634
Expedition ID EVER15103
Peak ID EVER
Year 2015
Season 1
Host Country 2
Route 1 N Col-NE Ridge
Route 2 -
Route 3 -
Route 4 -
Nationality UK
Leaders Ted Atkins
Sponsor British Army Everest 2015
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 Kodari->Tingri
Basecamp Date 2015-04-17
Summit Date 2015-04-25
Summit Time -
Summit Days 8
Total Days 41
Termination Date 2015-05-28
Termination Reason 14
Termination Notes Abandoned at 6400m due to earthquake in Nepal
High Point (m) 6400
Traverse False
Ski False
Paraglide False
Camps 0
Fixed Rope (m) 0
Total Members 6
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 True
O2 Unknown False
Other Summits -
Campsites BC(17/04,5300m),ABC(25/04,6400m),xxx(25/04,6400m)
Route Notes BC 17/04 5300m ABC 25/04 6400m Hpt 25/04 6400m at ABC by Atkins, Black, Bradshaw, McMahon, Naywr, Watson of the British Army expedition, plus the members of the North Col Dinner expedition: Law, Mason, Llewellyn-Davies and Elliman. Team was enroute to ABC when the earthquake happened. They were on the medial moraine about 2/3 up the route to ABC. The ground shook and ice towers collapsed left and right. They carried on to reach ABC; however, afterwards all movement was banned.
Accidents -
Achievement -
Agency Asian Trekking
Commercial Route True
Standard Route True
Primary Route False
Primary Member False
Primary Reference False
Primary ID -
Checksum 2463608
Year 2015
Summit Success False
O2 Summary None
Route (lowercase) n col-ne ridge

Members

6 recorded members.

Name Sex Year of Birth Citizenship Status Residence Occupation
Ian Edward (Ted) Atkins M 1958 UK Leader Cotgrave, Nottingham, E Midlands, England Engineer Details Other expeditions
Robert Black M 1961 UK Climber Inverness, Scotland Teacher Details Other expeditions
Timothy Bradshaw M 1975 UK Climber Dunecht, Aberdeen, Scotland Business consultant Details Other expeditions
Garry McMahon M 1981 UK Climber London, England Engineer Details Other expeditions
Simon Naywr M 1975 UK Climber Cardiff, Wales Teacher Details Other expeditions
Kirsty Watson F 1971 UK Climber Crooklands, Milnthorpe, Cumbria, England Physician Details Other expeditions

References

0 recorded references.