Everest | 2017 N Col-NE Ridge

A UK expedition to Everest in 2017 via N Col-NE Ridge, led by Sean James. Summit reached on 16th May 2017. 7 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field Value
ID 9545
Imported 2026-03-06 18:04:49.359634
Expedition ID EVER17182
Peak ID EVER
Year 2017
Season 1
Host Country 2
Route 1 N Col-NE Ridge
Route 2 -
Route 3 -
Route 4 -
Nationality UK
Leaders Sean James
Sponsor Adventure Peaks Everest North Expedition 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 Slovenia, USA
Approach Lhasa->Tingri
Basecamp Date 2017-04-12
Summit Date 2017-05-16
Summit Time 0230
Summit Days 34
Total Days 39
Termination Date 2017-05-21
Termination Reason 1
Termination Notes -
High Point (m) 8849
Traverse False
Ski False
Paraglide False
Camps 3
Fixed Rope (m) 0
Total Members 5
Summit Members 4
Member Deaths 0
Total Hired 2
Summit Hired 2
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(12/04,5200m),ABC(15/04,6400m),C1(25/04,7000m),C2(14/05,7650m),C3(15/05,8300m),Smt(16/05)
Route Notes BC 12/04 5350m ABC 15/04 6400m C1 25/04 7000m C2 14/05 7650m C3 15/05 8300m Smt 16/05 by Starling, Christensen, James, Rotar, Phurba and Ang Dawa at about 2:30 am. Summit team and Mills left C3 at 7:30 pm on 15 May. It was calm up to about 11 pm. At 8600m it got very cold with slight winds. They spent about 10 minutes on the summit and descended to ABC, where they reached between 5 pm and 8 pm. Mills reached about 8000m on 15 May. He was too tired to carry on and descended to C1, where he spent the night. Everyone down at ABC on 16 May. Left BC on 21 May. Sherpas: Phurba Wangchhu Sherpa, Waku-9 Solukhumbu, 12/05/1975 Ang Dawa Sherpa, Sedua, Makalu, 07/02/1978 Oxygen: Taken and used from 7000 to 8000m to 7000m by Mills From 7450m to summit to 7100m by Christensen and Starling From 7650m to summit 7800m [by others].
Accidents -
Achievement -
Agency Makalu Adventure
Commercial Route True
Standard Route True
Primary Route False
Primary Member False
Primary Reference -
Primary ID -
Checksum 2459952
Year 2017
Summit Success True
O2 Summary Used
Route (lowercase) n col-ne ridge

Members

7 recorded members.

Name Sex Year of Birth Citizenship Status Residence Occupation
Sean Joseph David James M 1970 UK Leader Sheffield, S Yorkshire, England Alpine leader & guide Details Other expeditions
Tomaz Rotar M 1972 Slovenia Climber Lesce, Slovenia - Details Other expeditions
Mark Wesley Starling M 1973 UK Climber Canterbury, Kent, England Safety manager on building sites Details Other expeditions
Anthony David (Tony) Mills M 1968 UK Climber Nottingham, E Midlands, England Funeral Director owner Details Other expeditions
Martin J. Christensen M 1983 USA Climber Salem, Massachusetts Project manager for construction Details Other expeditions
Phurba Wangchhu Sherpa M 1975 Nepal H-A Worker Waku-9, Solukhumbu - Details Other expeditions
Ang Dawa Sherpa M 1978 Nepal H-A Worker Sedua, Makalu-Barun - Details Other expeditions

References

1 recorded references.

Expedition ID Journal Author Title Publisher Citation Yak 94
EVER17182 - - https://www.adventurepeaks.com/trip-report-everest-2017/ - - -