Everest | 2017 N Col-NE Ridge

A Netherlands expedition to Everest in 2017 via N Col-NE Ridge, led by Arnold Coster. Summit reached on 21st May 2017. 15 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field Value
ID 9533
Imported 2026-03-06 18:04:49.359634
Expedition ID EVER17170
Peak ID EVER
Year 2017
Season 1
Host Country 2
Route 1 N Col-NE Ridge
Route 2 -
Route 3 -
Route 4 -
Nationality Netherlands
Leaders Arnold Coster
Sponsor Arnold Coster Expeditions Everest 2017
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 Australia, Brazil, Denmark
Approach Lhasa->Tingri
Basecamp Date 2017-04-18
Summit Date 2017-05-21
Summit Time 0700
Summit Days 33
Total Days 39
Termination Date 2017-05-27
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 2
Member Deaths 0
Total Hired 8
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 BC(18/04,4900m),ABC(25/04,6400m),C1()02/05,7000m,C2(19/05,7650m),C3(20/05,8200m),Smt(21/05)
Route Notes BC 18/04 4900m ABC 25/04 6400m C1 02/05 7000m C2 19/05 7650m C3 20/05 8200m Smt 21/05 by Oliani, Phurba Kusang, Pemba at 7 am; Rigotti, Mingma Nurbu at 8 am. Summit team and van 't Hof left C3 on 20 May at about 9.30 pm. van 't Hof turned back at the mushroom rock at about 8600m at 3 am. He was too slow and turned back after the Sherpas told him to. He descended C3, where he arrived at 7:30 am. Rest of the team continued. Straightforward climb. They spent about half an hour on the summit and descended to C3, where they arrived at 11 am. Oliani descended to ABC, where she arrived at 6 pm. Rigotti to C1 at about 6 pm. Reijerse and Coster reached 7300m on 19 May. Reijerse had HACE and Coster turned him around. They reached ABC, and Reijerse felt better, but abandoned the expedition. Van Bilderbeek reached 7200m on 19 May. He was too slow and gave up. Rabelo reached 7000m on the acclimatization. He never started the summit push as he had been having an upset stomach all the way through the expedition. Kragh was attempting without oxygen. He aimed to summit on 22 May. He left C3 at 6 am on 22 May. He had already suffered from cold hand and feet the previous day and that's why he left it so late. He was on his own. He reached mushroom rock (8600m) at about 1 pm, but the weather was deteriorating and his extremities were too cold. He descended to C2 (7700m), where he arrived at 6 pm. It was very windy that night. When he woke up the next morning and was putting on his boots at about 5 am, the wind took his tent and he was lifted inside the tent and moved for about 20 meters. It got caught at a rock and stopped. Kragh grabbed the most important belongings and then the tent flew away. He then started his descent to ABC. The first part was still very windy, but then it got better. He reached ABC at about midday. Pasang Nurbu suffered from a chest infection. He was with van 't Hof, but decided to stay at C3 and not go for the summit. He and van 't Hof descended together after van 't Hof's summit attempt. Team left ABC on 27 May. Oxygen: Taken and used from C1 to top or high point to C1 by members and Sherpas Kragh did NOT use any oxygen or Sherpa support. Report from Karina Oliani: BC 02/05 5200m IC 03/05 5800m ABC 04/05 6400m C1 08/05 7100m C2 19/05 7800m C3 20/05 8300m Smt 21/05 Oliani, Pemba Sherpa at 6:45 am. Oliani and Pemba started at C3 at 10:45 pm on 20 May. They stayed on the summit for 15 minutes. Weather was good, sunny, blue skies, -35°C. They descended all the way to ABC on summit day, reaching it at 4:30 pm. Next day they went down to BC. Rabelo got sick at the start of the expedition and only reached C1 before abandoning the climb. Email from Mark van t' Hof - 30 May 2017 My attempt for Everest North was blocked by a sick Sherpa who didn't want to be replaced, although already several weeks a cold and no voice. The sirdar insisted [him] on staying with me. But in C3 at 8200m, after already days of vomiting and solid coughing, he had to give up. Fell asleep and I had to care for him. And his radio didn't work. So no communication possible between me and Arnold in ABC. At night, I went to summit without him, together with two pair of members and their Sherpa's. At nearby Second Step the speed differs between us, I had to go further alone. According to my GPS I came to 8567m. https://connect.garmin.com/modern/activity/1759820652?share_unique_id=57 After thorough competition inside me between ambition and wanted joy of climbing, versus ratio about safety alone in a risky area I decided, with pain in my heart, to return before the Second Step. No second try was possible in the next days, for several reasons. I am very disappointed that my try to get to the summit was blocked now for twice, earthquake 2015 and sick, unwilling Sherpa in 2017. No database Everest for me this year.
Accidents -
Achievement -
Agency Seven Summit Treks
Commercial Route True
Standard Route True
Primary Route False
Primary Member False
Primary Reference -
Primary ID -
Checksum 2459957
Year 2017
Summit Success True
O2 Summary Used
Route (lowercase) n col-ne ridge

Members

15 recorded members.

Name Sex Year of Birth Citizenship Status Residence Occupation
Arnold Coster M 1976 Netherlands Leader Moerkapelle, Netherlands Expedition leader Details Other expeditions
Rasmus Kullerich Kragh M 1989 Denmark Climber Aarhus, Denmark Entrepreneur & alpinist Details Other expeditions
Andrea Rigotti M 1975 Australia Climber South Yarra, Victoria, Australia IT project manager Details Other expeditions
Mark Jan Van 't Hof M 1965 Netherlands Climber Heilig Landstichting, Netherlands Government worker Details Other expeditions
Marcelo Alexandre Rabelo M 1979 Brazil Climber Sao Paulo, Brazil Banker Details Other expeditions
Karina Ragazzo Oliani F 1982 Brazil Climber Sao Paolo, Brazil ER physician Details Other expeditions
Peter Jan Reijerse M 1964 Netherlands Climber Bergschenhoek, Netherlands Owner of construction company Details Other expeditions
Hendrik (Henk) Van Bilderbeek M 1947 Netherlands Climber The Hague, Netherlands Retired Royal Dutch marine Details Other expeditions
Ang Temba Sherpa M 1979 Nepal Sirdar Makalu-9, Makalu-Barun - Details Other expeditions
Pasang Nurbu Sherpa M 1990 Nepal H-A Worker Makalu-9, Makalu-Barun - Details Other expeditions
Phurbu Kusang Sherpa M 1973 Nepal H-A Worker Makalu-9, Makalu-Barun - Details Other expeditions
Dawa Nurbu Sherpa M 1998 Nepal H-A Worker Makalu-9, Makalu-Barun - Details Other expeditions
Mingma Nurbu Sherpa M 1986 Nepal H-A Worker Makalu-6, Makalu-Barun - Details Other expeditions
Nima Sherpa M 1987 Nepal H-A Worker Makalu-5, Makalu-Barun - Details Other expeditions
Pemba Sherpa M 1980 Nepal H-A Worker Patle-4, Okhaldhunga - Details Other expeditions

References

1 recorded references.

Expedition ID Journal Author Title Publisher Citation Yak 94
EVER17170 - - http://www.arnoldcosterexpeditions.com/blog - - -