Everest | 2018 N Col-NE Ridge

A UK expedition to Everest in 2018 via N Col-NE Ridge, led by David O'Brien. Summit reached on 19th May 2018. 15 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field Value
ID 9865
Imported 2026-03-06 18:04:49.359634
Expedition ID EVER18168
Peak ID EVER
Year 2018
Season 1
Host Country 2
Route 1 N Col-NE Ridge
Route 2 -
Route 3 -
Route 4 -
Nationality UK
Leaders David O'Brien
Sponsor SummitClimb Everest North Expedition 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 Australia, Finland, Germany, Paraguay, Sweden, USA
Approach Lhasa->Tingri-> Everest BC
Basecamp Date 2018-04-16
Summit Date 2018-05-19
Summit Time 0820
Summit Days 33
Total Days 35
Termination Date 2018-05-21
Termination Reason 1
Termination Notes -
High Point (m) 8849
Traverse False
Ski False
Paraglide False
Camps 3
Fixed Rope (m) 0
Total Members 10
Summit Members 7
Member Deaths 0
Total Hired 9
Summit Hired 5
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(16/04,4900m),ABC(21/04,6400m),C1(04/05,7000m),C2(17/05,7850m),C3(18/05,8300m),Smt(19/05)
Route Notes CBC 16/04 4900m (Chinese BC) ABC 21/04 6400m C1 04/05 7050m C2 17/05 7650m C3 18/05 8300m Smt 19/05 by Lawrie, Madden, Maughan, McKnight, Szwed, O’Brien, Rassl, Ang Dorji Sherpa, Gelze Sherpa, Gyalje Sherpa, Jangbu Sherpa, Chhewang Karma Sherpa between 8:20 am and 8:50 am. Summit team left C3 at 11:50 pm on 18/05. Weather clear, but winds stronger than forecast. Visibility 100%. They spent about 10 minutes on the summit. Rassl, o’Brian, Szwed, Nerve and Maughan descended to C3, where they arrived at 3pm. Lawrie, Madden, Renshaw, McKnight descended to C2, where they arrived at 6 pm. At about 50m below the top on the descent, Rassl sat down and said he could no longer continue and had lost his vision (due to snowblindness). He had not put on his sunglasses on the way up, even though O’Brien had told him several times. O’Brien and Jangbu Sherpa helped him down by short-roping, moving his feet with their hands. It took about 12 hours and they reached C3 at 9 pm. On 20/05 Rassl was feeling a bit better and was able to get down to ABC by himself. Kallio reached 6500m on 04/05, but the climb was too hard for him so he left the expedition. Magnus Nerve reached 8730m. He decided to turn back at that point as he was tired and knew that he would run into trouble on the way down. Renshaw turned back at 8450m (mushroom ridge). He was too tired to continue. Team left ABC on 21/05. Oxygen: Taken and used from North Col to top to North Col by members and Sherpas. Sherpas: SummitClimb Sherpas from Patle.
Accidents -
Achievement -
Agency Everest Parivar
Commercial Route True
Standard Route True
Primary Route False
Primary Member False
Primary Reference False
Primary ID -
Checksum 2461671
Year 2018
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
David Joseph O'Brien M 1966 UK Leader London, England Expedition leader & alpine guide Details Other expeditions
Heikki Kalevi Kallio M 1956 Finland Climber Turku, Finland Engineer Details Other expeditions
Jonathan James Lawrie M 1984 Australia Climber Warrandyte, Victoria, Australia Traveller Details Other expeditions
Brenden Thomas Madden M 1977 USA Climber Qingdao, China Physics teacher Details Other expeditions
Grant Maughan M 1964 Australia Climber Dudley, NSW, Australia Ship captain Details Other expeditions
Patrick Everett McKnight M 1966 USA Climber Fairfax, Virginia University professor of statistics Details Other expeditions
Ola Magnus Nerve M 1972 Sweden Climber Hong Kong Sales representative Details Other expeditions
Franz Pierre Rassl M 1988 Paraguay/Germany Climber Asuncion, Paraguay Diplomat & economist Details Other expeditions
Dominic Renshaw M 1972 UK Climber Henley-on-Thames, Oxford, England Management consultant Details Other expeditions
Martin Szwed M 1981 Germany Climber Balingen, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany Alpinist Details Other expeditions
Ang Dorje Sherpa M 1984 Nepal H-A Worker Patle-4, Okhaldhunga - Details Other expeditions
Chhewang Karma Sherpa M 1989 Nepal H-A Worker Patle-4, Okhaldhunga - Details Other expeditions
Gelje (Gelze) Sherpa M 1990 Nepal H-A Worker Patle, Okhaldhunga - Details Other expeditions
Gyalzen/Gyalje Sherpa M 1974 Nepal H-A Worker Patle-4, Okhaldhunga - Details Other expeditions
Jangbu Sherpa M 1967 Nepal H-A Worker Patle-4, Okhaldhunga - Details Other expeditions

References

1 recorded references.

Expedition ID Journal Author Title Publisher Citation Yak 94
EVER18168 - - https://www.summitclimb.com/news/recent/everest-tibet-news/ - - -