Everest | 2018 N Col-NE Ridge

A Netherlands expedition to Everest in 2018 via N Col-NE Ridge, led by Arnold Coster. Summit reached on 20th May 2018. 18 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field Value
ID 9864
Imported 2026-03-06 18:04:49.359634
Expedition ID EVER18167
Peak ID EVER
Year 2018
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 International Everest 2018
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 Belgium, Bulgaria, Denmark, France, New Zealand, Sweden, UK, USA
Approach Lhasa->Tingri-> Everest BC
Basecamp Date 2018-04-18
Summit Date 2018-05-20
Summit Time 0330
Summit Days 32
Total Days 37
Termination Date 2018-05-25
Termination Reason 1
Termination Notes -
High Point (m) 8849
Traverse False
Ski False
Paraglide False
Camps 3
Fixed Rope (m) 0
Total Members 12
Summit Members 6
Member Deaths 0
Total Hired 16
Summit Hired 6
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 CBC(18/04,4900m),ABC(24/04,6400m),C1(30/04,7050m),C2(18/05,7900m),C3(19/05,8200m),Smt(20/05)
Route Notes CBC 18/04 4900m ABC 24/04 6400m C1 30/04 7050m C2 18/05 7900m C3 19/05 8200m Smt 20/05 by Maxwell and Chhangwa Sherpa at 3:30 am, Fuchs and Wangdi Sherpa at 4:15 am, Chapman and Pasang Gelje at 4:45 am, Scholin Voglis and Dawa Chhiring Sherpa at 6:15 am, Stefanov and Kalden Sherpa at 6:30 am, Wittevrongel and Nima Tendu at 8:50 am. Summit team left C3 at 9 pm on 19/05. Straightforward climb. They spent about 20 minutes on the summit and everyone apart from Maxwell and Chhangwa (who stayed at C1) descended to ABC. De Wolf reached 7500m on 18/05. She was going too slowly and was turned around by Coster. Kedrowski and Kragh tried to summit without oxygen on 19/05 from C2, which they left on 7 pm on 18/05. Kedrowski stopped and turned back at around 8500m between the ridge and C3 due to strong winds. Kragh reached about 8600m, but the winds also proved too strong for him and he stopped. Both Kedrowski and Kragh descended to ABC the same day. Fuchs (also separate ON RETURN) also tried without O2 on 19/05. She reached about 8400m. She abandoned her attempt due to strong winds, descended to C3, put on oxygen and waited for the main group to join their summit push, which she did! Maybank, Tracy and Coster never intended to summit as they were on a search mission for Irvine. They left C3 on 19/05 at 8 am and spent about 10 hours searching. However, due to the deep snow there was no way they would find him. After they finished their search they descended to ABC at around 5 pm. Team left BC on 25/05. Oxygen: Taken and used from C1 to top to C1 by members From 7500m to top to 7500m by Sherpas Fuchs from C3 to top to C1 Kragh and Kedrowski did NOT use O2. Sherpas: Karma Sherpa, Makalu Mingma Nurbu Sherpa, Makalu Nima Thinduk Sherpa, Makalu Pasang Gelji Sherpa, Makalu Chhangba Sherpa, Makalu Pastemba Sherpa, Makalu Ngatashi Sherpa, Makalu Lakpa Sherpa, Makalu Pemba Nurbu, Makalu Fursona Sherpa, Kharikhola Wangdi Sherpa, Rolwaling Dawa Chhiring Kalden Sherpa + 3 Additional Sherpas
Accidents -
Achievement -
Agency Seven Summit Treks
Commercial Route True
Standard Route True
Primary Route False
Primary Member False
Primary Reference False
Primary ID -
Checksum 2461672
Year 2018
Summit Success True
O2 Summary Used
Route (lowercase) n col-ne ridge

Members

18 recorded members.

Name Sex Year of Birth Citizenship Status Residence Occupation
Arnold Coster M 1976 Netherlands Leader Moerkapelle, Netherlands Expedition leader Details Other expeditions
Denver James Chapman M 1973 USA Climber Folsom, California Inspection coordinator Details Other expeditions
Sophie De Wolf F 1973 Belgium Climber Beervelde, Belgium Housewife? Details Other expeditions
Carole Fuchs F 1979 France Climber Bangkok, Thailand Professional mountain runner Details Other expeditions
Jonathan James (Jon) Kedrowski M 1979 USA Climber Vail, Colorado Professor, ski-alpinist & Professional ski instructor Details Other expeditions
Rasmus Kullerich Kragh M 1989 Denmark Climber Copenhagen, Denmark Entrepreneur & alpinist Details Other expeditions
Robert James Maxwell M 1967 New Zealand Climber Waikanae Beach, New Zealand Expedition leader & first aid instructor Details Other expeditions
Richard Thomas Maybank M 1977 UK Climber Billericay, Essex, England Private security Details Other expeditions
Evaggelos Georgios Scholin Voglis M 1977 Sweden Climber - Entrepreneur Details Other expeditions
Stefan Ivanov Stefanov M 1968 Bulgaria Climber Sofia, Bulgaria Attorney & judge Details Other expeditions
Michael L. Tracy M 1971 USA Climber Irvine, California Attorney Details Other expeditions
Koenraad Zeno Wittevrongel M 1964 Belgium Climber Spiere, Belgium Manager Details Other expeditions
Chhangwa Sherpa M 1984 Nepal H-A Worker Makalu-5, Makalu-Barun - Details Other expeditions
Dawa Chhiring Sherpa M - Nepal H-A Worker - - Details Other expeditions
Kalden Sherpa M - Nepal H-A Worker - - Details Other expeditions
Nima Tendu (Nima Thenduk) Sherpa M 1973 Nepal H-A Worker Walung, Makalu-9, Makalu-Barun - Details Other expeditions
Pasang Gelji (Pasang Gelze) Sherpa M 1967 Nepal H-A Worker Walung, Makalu-9, Makalu-Barun - Details Other expeditions
Wangdi Sherpa M - Nepal H-A Worker Rolwaling, Dolakha - Details Other expeditions

References

0 recorded references.