Everest | 2016 N Col-NE Ridge

A India expedition to Everest in 2016 via N Col-NE Ridge, led by Shekhar Bachinepally. Summit reached on 20th May 2016. 16 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field Value
ID 9171
Imported 2026-03-06 18:04:49.359634
Expedition ID EVER16172
Peak ID EVER
Year 2016
Season 1
Host Country 2
Route 1 N Col-NE Ridge
Route 2 -
Route 3 -
Route 4 -
Nationality India
Leaders Shekhar Bachinepally
Sponsor Transcend Adventures Everest North Expedition 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 -
Approach Lhasa->Gyantse->Shigatse->Shegar->Tingri
Basecamp Date 2016-04-20
Summit Date 2016-05-20
Summit Time 0620
Summit Days 30
Total Days 34
Termination Date 2016-05-24
Termination Reason 1
Termination Notes -
High Point (m) 8849
Traverse False
Ski False
Paraglide False
Camps 3
Fixed Rope (m) 0
Total Members 8
Summit Members 5
Member Deaths 0
Total Hired 9
Summit Hired 8
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(20/04,5200m,IC(27/04,5900m)ABC(28/04,6400m),C1(03/05,7100m),C2(18/05,7700m),C3(19/05,8300m),Smt(20/05)
Route Notes The team members and Sherpas started their summit push from C3 between 9;30-10 pm on the 19 May. First one to reach summit was Sharma at 6:20 am (NST) and last one Ramamurthy at 9:40 am. They stayed on summit about 30 minutes the descended to C3 between 12 Noon and 8 pm. Sharma went down to ABC where he arrived at 6:30 pm, Prabhakaran and Dhubi stayed in C1. Next day 21 May all went down to ABC. High point for Munne was 8400m as he was slow. Jayswal went up to 6700m on 28 April. Oxygen: Members from C1->summit->C1 Sherpas from C2->summit->C2 Sherpas: Nima Nuru (Thami) Lakpa Nuru Phurita Pemba Tenjing Ming Nuru Gyalgen Dorji Saduk (Pheriche)
Accidents -
Achievement 1st Indian Forest Service Officer Prabhakaran 1st Indian Police Service Officer Ms. Ramamurthy
Agency Arun Treks
Commercial Route True
Standard Route True
Primary Route False
Primary Member False
Primary Reference -
Primary ID -
Checksum 2459590
Year 2016
Summit Success True
O2 Summary Used
Route (lowercase) n col-ne ridge

Members

16 recorded members.

Name Sex Year of Birth Citizenship Status Residence Occupation
Suhail Sharma M 1983 India Deputy Leader Amritsar, Punjab, India Government servant Details Other expeditions
Balan Shivaraman M 1985 India Climber Dubai, United Arab Emirates Emerson Climate Technologies Details Other expeditions
Dhubi Bhadraiah M 1987 India Climber Kothapally, Andra Pradesh, India Agriculture laborer Details Other expeditions
S. Prabakaran M 1987 India Climber Tiruvannamalai, Tamil Nadu, India Government servant Details Other expeditions
Gollapalli Ramamurthy Radhika F 1975 India Climber Anantapur, Andhra Pradesh, India Assistant superintendent of police Details Other expeditions
Ashok Munne M 1983 India Climber Nagpur, Maharashtra, India Marketing director (PRO International) Details Other expeditions
Ngima Nuru (Nima Nuru) Sherpa M 1981 Nepal H-A Worker Tesho, Khumbu - Details Other expeditions
Lhakpa Nuru Sherpa M 1972 Nepal H-A Worker Yilajung, Khumbu - Details Other expeditions
Mingma Nuru Sherpa M 1975 Nepal H-A Worker Thami, Khumbu - Details Other expeditions
Pemba Tenzing Sherpa M 1991 Nepal H-A Worker Tesho, Khumbu - Details Other expeditions
Dorchi/Dorje Sherpa M 1970 Nepal H-A Worker Namche-5, Khumbu - Details Other expeditions
Phurita Sherpa M 1982 Nepal H-A Worker Thami, Khumbu - Details Other expeditions
Pasang Gyalzen Sherpa M 1992 Nepal H-A Worker Thamo, Khumbu - Details Other expeditions
Samduk Dorje (Sanduk Dorje) Tamang M 1983 Nepal H-A Worker Pangboche, Khumbu - Details Other expeditions
Shekhar Babu Bachinepally M 1980 India Leader Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India Director of Transcend Adventure Details Other expeditions
Vimal Kumar Jayswal M 1976 India Climber Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India Medical practice Details Other expeditions

References

2 recorded references.