Everest | 2016 N Col-NE Ridge

A USA expedition to Everest in 2016 via N Col-NE Ridge, led by Tim Medvetz. Summit reached on 19th May 2016. 9 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field	Value
ID	9142
Imported	2026-03-06 18:04:49.359634
Expedition ID	EVER16157
Peak ID	EVER
Year	2016
Season	1
Host Country	2
Route 1	N Col-NE Ridge
Route 2	-
Route 3	-
Route 4	-
Nationality	USA
Leaders	Tim Medvetz
Sponsor	The Heroes' Project Everest 2016
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	Japan, UK
Approach	Lhasa->Tingri
Basecamp Date	2016-04-17
Summit Date	2016-05-19
Summit Time	1230
Summit Days	32
Total Days	35
Termination Date	2016-05-22
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	5
Summit Hired	5
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(17/04,4900m),ABC(25/04,6400m),C1(29/04,7000m),C2(17/05,7800m),C3(18/05,8300m),Smt(19/05)
Route Notes	BC 17/04 4900m ABC 25/04 6400m C1 29/04 7000m C2 17/05 7800m C3 18/05 8300m Smt 19/05 by Medvetz, Linville, Hiraide, Lhakpa Nuru (Phorste), Ang Pasang (Thami), Mingma Sherpa (Thamo), Ngima Tashi (Thami) at 12:30 pm (Nepal Time). Team set off from C4 at 3:30 am, half an hour behind the rope-fixing team. Lot of snow on the mountain this year. It was very windy and the tracks of the rope-fixing team got covered in snow quickly. Steps were difficult for Linville as he has his right leg amputated. They spent about 30 minutes. They descended to C2, where they spent the night. They arrived at 6:30 pm. On 20 May to ABC. Oxygen: Slept on 0.5l in ABC for five nights before the summit attempt by members; then on summit push from C1 to top to C1 by members; from C2 to top to C2 by Sherpas. First Combat Wounded Veteran on top of Everest: Charles Linville Sherpas: Lhakpa Nuru, Phortse, EVER 22/05/23 China (Wang Yong-Feng) 18/06/80 Ang Pasang, Thami, EVER 20/05/98 USA (Robert Hoffman) 19/06/67 Mingma, Thamo, EVER 25/05/14 USA (William Burke, Asian) 01/10/77 Ngima Tashi, Thami
Accidents	-
Achievement	-
Agency	Climbalaya
Commercial Route	True
Standard Route	True
Primary Route	False
Primary Member	False
Primary Reference	-
Primary ID	-
Checksum	2459589
Year	2016
Summit Success	True
O2 Summary	Used
Route (lowercase)	n col-ne ridge

Members

Field	Value
ID	66654
Imported	2026-03-06 18:06:05.675609
Expedition ID	EVER16157
Member ID	01
Peak ID	EVER
Year	2016
Season	1
First Name	Timothy Wayne (Tim)
Last Name	Medvetz
Sex	M
Age	0
Birth Date	-
Year of Birth	1970
Calculated Age	45
Citizenship	USA
Status	Leader
Residence	Los Angeles, California
Occupation	Founder and president of the Heroes Project
Leader	True
Deputy	False
Basecamp Only	False
Not to BC	False
Support	False
Disabled	False
Hired	False
Sherpa	False
Tibetan	False
Summit Success	True
Claimed	False
Disputed	False
Solo	False
Traverse	False
Ski	False
Paraglide	False
Speed	False
High Point (m)	True
Personal High Point (m)	8849
Summit Date 1	2016-05-19
Summit Date 2	-
Summit Date 3	-
Summit Time 1	1230
Summit Time 2	-
Summit Time 3	-
Route 1	1
Route 2	0
Route 3	0
Ascent 1	0
Ascent 2	0
Ascent 3	0
O2 Used	True
O2 None	False
O2 Climb	True
O2 Descent	False
O2 Sleep	True
O2 Medical	False
O2 Notes	From C1 to smt to C1
Death	False
Death Date	-
Death Time	-
Death Type	0
Death Height (m)	0
Death Class	0
AMS	False
Weather	False
Injury	False
Injury Date	-
Injury Time	-
Injury Type	0
Injury Height (m)	0
Death Notes	-
Member Notes	-
Necrology	-
Summit Bid	5
Summit Term	1
HCN	0
Checksum	2438671
Summit Note 1	-
Summit Note 2	-
Summit Note 3	-
Death Route	-
Name (lowercase)	timothy wayne (tim) medvetz
Year of Birth	1970
Year	2016
Age at Expedition	46
Role	Leader

Field	Value
ID	66655
Imported	2026-03-06 18:06:05.675609
Expedition ID	EVER16157
Member ID	03
Peak ID	EVER
Year	2016
Season	1
First Name	Thomas Charles
Last Name	Linville
Sex	M
Age	0
Birth Date	-
Year of Birth	1985
Calculated Age	30
Citizenship	USA
Status	Climber
Residence	Boise, Idaho
Occupation	Retired military
Leader	False
Deputy	False
Basecamp Only	False
Not to BC	False
Support	False
Disabled	False
Hired	False
Sherpa	False
Tibetan	False
Summit Success	True
Claimed	False
Disputed	False
Solo	False
Traverse	False
Ski	False
Paraglide	False
Speed	False
High Point (m)	True
Personal High Point (m)	8849
Summit Date 1	2016-05-19
Summit Date 2	-
Summit Date 3	-
Summit Time 1	1230
Summit Time 2	-
Summit Time 3	-
Route 1	1
Route 2	0
Route 3	0
Ascent 1	0
Ascent 2	0
Ascent 3	0
O2 Used	True
O2 None	False
O2 Climb	True
O2 Descent	False
O2 Sleep	True
O2 Medical	False
O2 Notes	From C1 to smt to C1
Death	False
Death Date	-
Death Time	-
Death Type	0
Death Height (m)	0
Death Class	0
AMS	False
Weather	False
Injury	False
Injury Date	-
Injury Time	-
Injury Type	0
Injury Height (m)	0
Death Notes	-
Member Notes	-
Necrology	-
Summit Bid	5
Summit Term	1
HCN	0
Checksum	2444193
Summit Note 1	-
Summit Note 2	-
Summit Note 3	-
Death Route	-
Name (lowercase)	thomas charles linville
Year of Birth	1985
Year	2016
Age at Expedition	31
Role	Member

Field	Value
ID	66656
Imported	2026-03-06 18:06:05.675609
Expedition ID	EVER16157
Member ID	02
Peak ID	EVER
Year	2016
Season	1
First Name	Kazuya
Last Name	Hiraide
Sex	M
Age	0
Birth Date	-
Year of Birth	1979
Calculated Age	36
Citizenship	Japan
Status	Climber/Cameraman
Residence	Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan
Occupation	Professional cameraman
Leader	False
Deputy	False
Basecamp Only	False
Not to BC	False
Support	False
Disabled	False
Hired	False
Sherpa	False
Tibetan	False
Summit Success	True
Claimed	False
Disputed	False
Solo	False
Traverse	False
Ski	False
Paraglide	False
Speed	False
High Point (m)	True
Personal High Point (m)	8849
Summit Date 1	2016-05-19
Summit Date 2	-
Summit Date 3	-
Summit Time 1	1230
Summit Time 2	-
Summit Time 3	-
Route 1	1
Route 2	0
Route 3	0
Ascent 1	0
Ascent 2	0
Ascent 3	0
O2 Used	True
O2 None	False
O2 Climb	True
O2 Descent	False
O2 Sleep	True
O2 Medical	False
O2 Notes	From C1 to smt to C1
Death	False
Death Date	-
Death Time	-
Death Type	0
Death Height (m)	0
Death Class	0
AMS	False
Weather	False
Injury	False
Injury Date	-
Injury Time	-
Injury Type	0
Injury Height (m)	0
Death Notes	-
Member Notes	-
Necrology	(1979-2024) Died ~25 July 2024 on K2 from falling
Summit Bid	5
Summit Term	1
HCN	0
Checksum	2441918
Summit Note 1	-
Summit Note 2	-
Summit Note 3	-
Death Route	-
Name (lowercase)	kazuya hiraide
Year of Birth	1979
Year	2016
Age at Expedition	37
Role	Member

Field	Value
ID	66657
Imported	2026-03-06 18:06:05.675609
Expedition ID	EVER16157
Member ID	06
Peak ID	EVER
Year	2016
Season	1
First Name	Lhakpa Nuru
Last Name	Sherpa
Sex	M
Age	0
Birth Date	-
Year of Birth	1980
Calculated Age	35
Citizenship	Nepal
Status	H-A Worker
Residence	Phortse, Khumbu
Occupation	-
Leader	False
Deputy	False
Basecamp Only	False
Not to BC	False
Support	False
Disabled	False
Hired	True
Sherpa	True
Tibetan	False
Summit Success	True
Claimed	False
Disputed	False
Solo	False
Traverse	False
Ski	False
Paraglide	False
Speed	False
High Point (m)	True
Personal High Point (m)	8849
Summit Date 1	2016-05-19
Summit Date 2	-
Summit Date 3	-
Summit Time 1	1230
Summit Time 2	-
Summit Time 3	-
Route 1	1
Route 2	0
Route 3	0
Ascent 1	0
Ascent 2	0
Ascent 3	0
O2 Used	True
O2 None	False
O2 Climb	True
O2 Descent	False
O2 Sleep	True
O2 Medical	False
O2 Notes	From C2 to smt to C2
Death	False
Death Date	-
Death Time	-
Death Type	0
Death Height (m)	0
Death Class	0
AMS	False
Weather	False
Injury	False
Injury Date	-
Injury Time	-
Injury Type	0
Injury Height (m)	0
Death Notes	-
Member Notes	9th ascent of Everest
Necrology	-
Summit Bid	5
Summit Term	1
HCN	0
Checksum	2442307
Summit Note 1	-
Summit Note 2	-
Summit Note 3	-
Death Route	-
Name (lowercase)	lhakpa nuru sherpa
Year of Birth	1980
Year	2016
Age at Expedition	36
Role	Hired

Field	Value
ID	66658
Imported	2026-03-06 18:06:05.675609
Expedition ID	EVER16157
Member ID	05
Peak ID	EVER
Year	2016
Season	1
First Name	Ang Pasang
Last Name	Sherpa
Sex	M
Age	0
Birth Date	-
Year of Birth	1967
Calculated Age	48
Citizenship	Nepal
Status	H-A Worker
Residence	Thami, Khumbu
Occupation	-
Leader	False
Deputy	False
Basecamp Only	False
Not to BC	False
Support	False
Disabled	False
Hired	True
Sherpa	True
Tibetan	False
Summit Success	True
Claimed	False
Disputed	False
Solo	False
Traverse	False
Ski	False
Paraglide	False
Speed	False
High Point (m)	True
Personal High Point (m)	8849
Summit Date 1	2016-05-19
Summit Date 2	-
Summit Date 3	-
Summit Time 1	1230
Summit Time 2	-
Summit Time 3	-
Route 1	1
Route 2	0
Route 3	0
Ascent 1	0
Ascent 2	0
Ascent 3	0
O2 Used	True
O2 None	False
O2 Climb	True
O2 Descent	False
O2 Sleep	True
O2 Medical	False
O2 Notes	From C2 to smt to C2
Death	False
Death Date	-
Death Time	-
Death Type	0
Death Height (m)	0
Death Class	0
AMS	False
Weather	False
Injury	False
Injury Date	-
Injury Time	-
Injury Type	0
Injury Height (m)	0
Death Notes	-
Member Notes	14th ascent of Everest
Necrology	-
Summit Bid	5
Summit Term	1
HCN	0
Checksum	2437572
Summit Note 1	-
Summit Note 2	-
Summit Note 3	-
Death Route	-
Name (lowercase)	ang pasang sherpa
Year of Birth	1967
Year	2016
Age at Expedition	49
Role	Hired

Field	Value
ID	66659
Imported	2026-03-06 18:06:05.675609
Expedition ID	EVER16157
Member ID	07
Peak ID	EVER
Year	2016
Season	1
First Name	Mingma
Last Name	Sherpa
Sex	M
Age	0
Birth Date	-
Year of Birth	1977
Calculated Age	38
Citizenship	Nepal
Status	H-A Worker
Residence	Thamo, Khumbu
Occupation	-
Leader	False
Deputy	False
Basecamp Only	False
Not to BC	False
Support	False
Disabled	False
Hired	True
Sherpa	True
Tibetan	False
Summit Success	True
Claimed	False
Disputed	False
Solo	False
Traverse	False
Ski	False
Paraglide	False
Speed	False
High Point (m)	True
Personal High Point (m)	8849
Summit Date 1	2016-05-19
Summit Date 2	-
Summit Date 3	-
Summit Time 1	1230
Summit Time 2	-
Summit Time 3	-
Route 1	1
Route 2	0
Route 3	0
Ascent 1	0
Ascent 2	0
Ascent 3	0
O2 Used	True
O2 None	False
O2 Climb	True
O2 Descent	False
O2 Sleep	True
O2 Medical	False
O2 Notes	From C2 to smt to C2
Death	False
Death Date	-
Death Time	-
Death Type	0
Death Height (m)	0
Death Class	0
AMS	False
Weather	False
Injury	False
Injury Date	-
Injury Time	-
Injury Type	0
Injury Height (m)	0
Death Notes	-
Member Notes	9th ascent of Everest
Necrology	-
Summit Bid	5
Summit Term	1
HCN	0
Checksum	2441319
Summit Note 1	-
Summit Note 2	-
Summit Note 3	-
Death Route	-
Name (lowercase)	mingma sherpa
Year of Birth	1977
Year	2016
Age at Expedition	39
Role	Hired

Field	Value
ID	66660
Imported	2026-03-06 18:06:05.675609
Expedition ID	EVER16157
Member ID	08
Peak ID	EVER
Year	2016
Season	1
First Name	Ngima Tashi
Last Name	Sherpa
Sex	M
Age	0
Birth Date	-
Year of Birth	1992
Calculated Age	23
Citizenship	Nepal
Status	H-A Worker
Residence	Thami, Khumbu
Occupation	-
Leader	False
Deputy	False
Basecamp Only	False
Not to BC	False
Support	False
Disabled	False
Hired	True
Sherpa	True
Tibetan	False
Summit Success	True
Claimed	False
Disputed	False
Solo	False
Traverse	False
Ski	False
Paraglide	False
Speed	False
High Point (m)	True
Personal High Point (m)	8849
Summit Date 1	2016-05-19
Summit Date 2	-
Summit Date 3	-
Summit Time 1	1230
Summit Time 2	-
Summit Time 3	-
Route 1	1
Route 2	0
Route 3	0
Ascent 1	0
Ascent 2	0
Ascent 3	0
O2 Used	True
O2 None	False
O2 Climb	True
O2 Descent	False
O2 Sleep	True
O2 Medical	False
O2 Notes	From C2 to smt to C2
Death	False
Death Date	-
Death Time	-
Death Type	0
Death Height (m)	0
Death Class	0
AMS	False
Weather	False
Injury	False
Injury Date	-
Injury Time	-
Injury Type	0
Injury Height (m)	0
Death Notes	-
Member Notes	1st 8000er
Necrology	-
Summit Bid	5
Summit Term	1
HCN	0
Checksum	2446816
Summit Note 1	-
Summit Note 2	-
Summit Note 3	-
Death Route	-
Name (lowercase)	ngima tashi sherpa
Year of Birth	1992
Year	2016
Age at Expedition	24
Role	Hired

Field	Value
ID	66833
Imported	2026-03-06 18:06:05.675609
Expedition ID	EVER16157
Member ID	09
Peak ID	EVER
Year	2016
Season	1
First Name	Tshering Wangchu (Tshering Ongchuk)
Last Name	Sherpa
Sex	M
Age	0
Birth Date	-
Year of Birth	1983
Calculated Age	33
Citizenship	Nepal
Status	H-A Worker
Residence	Thamo, Khumbu
Occupation	-
Leader	False
Deputy	False
Basecamp Only	False
Not to BC	False
Support	False
Disabled	False
Hired	True
Sherpa	True
Tibetan	False
Summit Success	True
Claimed	False
Disputed	False
Solo	False
Traverse	False
Ski	False
Paraglide	False
Speed	False
High Point (m)	True
Personal High Point (m)	8849
Summit Date 1	2016-05-19
Summit Date 2	-
Summit Date 3	-
Summit Time 1	1230
Summit Time 2	-
Summit Time 3	-
Route 1	1
Route 2	0
Route 3	0
Ascent 1	0
Ascent 2	0
Ascent 3	0
O2 Used	True
O2 None	False
O2 Climb	True
O2 Descent	False
O2 Sleep	True
O2 Medical	False
O2 Notes	From C2 to smt to C2
Death	False
Death Date	-
Death Time	-
Death Type	0
Death Height (m)	0
Death Class	0
AMS	False
Weather	False
Injury	False
Injury Date	-
Injury Time	-
Injury Type	0
Injury Height (m)	0
Death Notes	-
Member Notes	6th ascent of Everest
Necrology	-
Summit Bid	5
Summit Term	1
HCN	0
Checksum	2443305
Summit Note 1	-
Summit Note 2	-
Summit Note 3	-
Death Route	-
Name (lowercase)	tshering wangchu (tshering ongchuk) sherpa
Year of Birth	1983
Year	2016
Age at Expedition	33
Role	Hired

Field	Value
ID	66952
Imported	2026-03-06 18:06:05.675609
Expedition ID	EVER16157
Member ID	04
Peak ID	EVER
Year	2016
Season	1
First Name	Edmund Philip (Ed)
Last Name	Wardle
Sex	M
Age	0
Birth Date	-
Year of Birth	1970
Calculated Age	45
Citizenship	UK
Status	BC Manager
Residence	Cardross, Scotland
Occupation	TV producer & cameraman
Leader	False
Deputy	False
Basecamp Only	True
Not to BC	False
Support	False
Disabled	False
Hired	False
Sherpa	False
Tibetan	False
Summit Success	False
Claimed	False
Disputed	False
Solo	False
Traverse	False
Ski	False
Paraglide	False
Speed	False
High Point (m)	False
Personal High Point (m)	0
Summit Date 1	-
Summit Date 2	-
Summit Date 3	-
Summit Time 1	-
Summit Time 2	-
Summit Time 3	-
Route 1	0
Route 2	0
Route 3	0
Ascent 1	0
Ascent 2	0
Ascent 3	0
O2 Used	False
O2 None	False
O2 Climb	False
O2 Descent	False
O2 Sleep	False
O2 Medical	False
O2 Notes	-
Death	False
Death Date	-
Death Time	-
Death Type	0
Death Height (m)	0
Death Class	0
AMS	False
Weather	False
Injury	False
Injury Date	-
Injury Time	-
Injury Type	0
Injury Height (m)	0
Death Notes	-
Member Notes	-
Necrology	-
Summit Bid	1
Summit Term	17
HCN	0
Checksum	2438859
Summit Note 1	-
Summit Note 2	-
Summit Note 3	-
Death Route	-
Name (lowercase)	edmund philip (ed) wardle
Year of Birth	1970
Year	2016
Age at Expedition	46
Role	BC Only

9 recorded members.

Name	Sex	Year of Birth	Citizenship	Status	Residence	Occupation
Timothy Wayne (Tim) Medvetz	M	1970	USA	Leader	Los Angeles, California	Founder and president of the Heroes Project	Details Other expeditions
Thomas Charles Linville	M	1985	USA	Climber	Boise, Idaho	Retired military	Details Other expeditions
Kazuya Hiraide	M	1979	Japan	Climber/Cameraman	Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan	Professional cameraman	Details Other expeditions
Lhakpa Nuru Sherpa	M	1980	Nepal	H-A Worker	Phortse, Khumbu	-	Details Other expeditions
Ang Pasang Sherpa	M	1967	Nepal	H-A Worker	Thami, Khumbu	-	Details Other expeditions
Mingma Sherpa	M	1977	Nepal	H-A Worker	Thamo, Khumbu	-	Details Other expeditions
Ngima Tashi Sherpa	M	1992	Nepal	H-A Worker	Thami, Khumbu	-	Details Other expeditions
Tshering Wangchu (Tshering Ongchuk) Sherpa	M	1983	Nepal	H-A Worker	Thamo, Khumbu	-	Details Other expeditions
Edmund Philip (Ed) Wardle	M	1970	UK	BC Manager	Cardross, Scotland	TV producer & cameraman	Details Other expeditions

References

Field	Value
ID	9663
Imported	2026-03-06 18:06:36.307770
Expedition ID	EVER16157
Reference ID	01
Year	2016
Type	5
Journal	-
Author	-
Title	www.theheroesproject.org
Publisher	-
Publication Date	-
Language	-
Citation	-
Yak 94	-
Notes	-

Field	Value
ID	9664
Imported	2026-03-06 18:06:36.307770
Expedition ID	EVER16157
Reference ID	02
Year	2016
Type	5
Journal	-
Author	-
Title	http://climbalaya.com/index.php?option=news_det&news_id=30
Publisher	-
Publication Date	-
Language	-
Citation	-
Yak 94	-
Notes	-

Field	Value
ID	9693
Imported	2026-03-06 18:06:36.307770
Expedition ID	EVER16157
Reference ID	03
Year	2016
Type	5
Journal	-
Author	-
Title	http://www.militarytimes.com/story/military/2016/05/19/top-world-marine-amputee-makes-history-everest-climb/84612328/
Publisher	-
Publication Date	-
Language	-
Citation	-
Yak 94	-
Notes	-

Field	Value
ID	9694
Imported	2026-03-06 18:06:36.307770
Expedition ID	EVER16157
Reference ID	04
Year	2016
Type	5
Journal	-
Author	-
Title	http://www.military.com/daily-news/2016/05/22/boise-man-becomes-first-combat-wounded-veteran-summit-everest.html
Publisher	-
Publication Date	-
Language	-
Citation	-
Yak 94	-
Notes	-

4 recorded references.

Expedition ID	Journal	Author	Title	Publisher	Citation	Yak 94
EVER16157	-	-	www.theheroesproject.org	-	-	-
EVER16157	-	-	http://climbalaya.com/index.php?option=news_det&news_id=30	-	-	-
EVER16157	-	-	http://www.militarytimes.com/story/military/2016/05/19/top-world-marine-amputee-makes-history-everest-climb/84612328/	-	-	-
EVER16157	-	-	http://www.military.com/daily-news/2016/05/22/boise-man-becomes-first-combat-wounded-veteran-summit-everest.html	-	-	-