Everest | 2017 N Face (Great Couloir)

A Japan expedition to Everest in 2017 via N Face (Great Couloir), led by Nobukazu Kuriki. Summit reached on 3rd May 2017. 1 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field Value
ID 9526
Imported 2026-03-06 18:04:49.359634
Expedition ID EVER17166
Peak ID EVER
Year 2017
Season 1
Host Country 2
Route 1 N Face (Great Couloir)
Route 2 N Col-NE Ridge (to 7350m)
Route 3 -
Route 4 -
Nationality Japan
Leaders Nobukazu Kuriki
Sponsor Kuriki Everest North Expedition 2017
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 -
Basecamp Date 2017-04-19
Summit Date 2017-05-03
Summit Time -
Summit Days 14
Total Days 0
Termination Date -
Termination Reason 5
Termination Notes Abandoned at 7350m due to dangerous ice conditions on N Face
High Point (m) 7350
Traverse False
Ski False
Paraglide False
Camps 0
Fixed Rope (m) 0
Total Members 1
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 False
O2 Unknown False
Other Summits -
Campsites BC(19/04),ABC(6400m),xxx(03/05,7350m)
Route Notes Kuriki's Plan: “Hello, Tibetan Base Camp” Yesterday we got to the Tibetan Base Camp. From here, we head to the Base Camp of The North Wall. Yak carry the luggage. Now, clouds started to hang over Everest. I hope to get to the base camp of the North Wall without problem. After arriving at the base camp, we are going to do a ceremony called "Puja" to pray for the safety of this attempt, then I will move to ABC (Advanced Base Camp) of the Normal Route to leave for 7500m to acclimatize to the altitude. Afterwords, I will go back to the Base Camp of the North Wall to take a rest, then I will move to the Advanced Base Camp of the North Wall, where I start climbing all by myself. I'm going to share my adventure in full-scale. This year, my team has small number of people but they are all accustomed to the severe conditions; Two Japanese staff, three Nepalese staff who carry tripods and telephoto lenses, a cook and his assistant. Before, when I made an attempt from the Nepalese side, I had to bring three groups of teams to share my adventure, because from the Base Camp, they couldn´t see me climbing. I put 2 more teams at Camp 1 and the Base Camp of another mountain called Pu Mori, so we had to be a big group. However last year, I found out that whole the North Wall can be seen from the bottom. This year, I brought only two Japanese staff. They will share my attempt from the Advanced Base Camp, using the telephoto scope. "Welcome to Everest" Finally I could have uploaded the movie of the acclimating. I moved from the base camp of the North Wall to the base camp of the Normal Route, making a half way round Everest. Then I planned to climb North Col to acclimating. All the team member couldn't come with me, so now I'm came back and finally could have uploaded this video. That was a really long way… I headed the altitude of 7500m, but it was too windy so I turned back at the altitude of 7350m.
Accidents -
Achievement -
Agency Bochi Bochi Treks
Commercial Route True
Standard Route True
Primary Route False
Primary Member False
Primary Reference -
Primary ID -
Checksum 2459939
Year 2017
Summit Success False
O2 Summary None
Route (lowercase) n face (great couloir)

Members

1 recorded members.

Name Sex Year of Birth Citizenship Status Residence Occupation
Nobukazu Kuriki M 1982 Japan Leader Tokyo, Japan Alpinist Details Other expeditions

References

0 recorded references.