Everest | 2018 N Col-NE Ridge

A USA expedition to Everest in 2018 via N Col-NE Ridge, led by Chad Peele. Summit reached on 16th May 2018. 17 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field Value
ID 9868
Imported 2026-03-06 18:04:49.359634
Expedition ID EVER18171
Peak ID EVER
Year 2018
Season 1
Host Country 2
Route 1 N Col-NE Ridge
Route 2 -
Route 3 -
Route 4 -
Nationality USA
Leaders Chad Peele
Sponsor Alpenglow Rapid Ascent Everest Expedition 2018
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 Canada, Ecuador
Approach Lhasa->Tingri->Everest BC
Basecamp Date 2018-04-27
Summit Date 2018-05-16
Summit Time -
Summit Days 19
Total Days 23
Termination Date 2018-05-20
Termination Reason 8
Termination Notes Abandoneded at 8600m due to oxygen tank regulator failures
High Point (m) 8600
Traverse False
Ski False
Paraglide False
Camps 3
Fixed Rope (m) 0
Total Members 8
Summit Members 0
Member Deaths 0
Total Hired 9
Summit Hired 0
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(27/04,5200m),ABC(04/05,6400m),C1(13/05,7000m),C2(14/05,7700m)),C3(15/05,8300m),xxx(16/05,8600m)
Route Notes From Alan Arnette's blog: I spoke live by satellite phone with Adrian Ballinger, founder of Alpenglow, at 6:47 am, Everest time. He was at 8500 meters, near the 2nd Step on the Tibet side when he said they had 10 of 39 oxygen bottle regulators fail and had to turn back. Everyone was safe and below C3 at 8300 meters as of our conversation. The regulator controls the flow of oxygen between the bottle and the mask. If it fails, there is no oxygen in the mask. Alpenglow was using Summit Oxygen (SO) systems. I reached out them but could not connect with such short notice. I have used SO several times with complete success. Adrian was strong to say he was not criticizing SO but wanted to get the word out that there may be a bad manufacturing batch out there in use. He has used SO for 6 years with no problems. The guides and Sherpas are now without supplemental oxygen as they gave up their regulators to the members and all are safely descending. Adrian said the regulators spontaneously failed without warning within 3 minutes. Sherpas (all from Phortse): Panuru Sherpa (Sirdar) Nawang Tenjing Sherpa Fura Chheten Sherpa Pasang Rinji Sherpa Lakpa Nuru Sherpa Kanchha Nuru Sherpa Pasang Sona Sherpa Lhakpa Gyalzen Sherpa Danuru Sherpa
Accidents -
Achievement -
Agency Himalaya Vision
Commercial Route True
Standard Route True
Primary Route False
Primary Member False
Primary Reference False
Primary ID -
Checksum 2461668
Year 2018
Summit Success False
O2 Summary Used
Route (lowercase) n col-ne ridge

Members

17 recorded members.

Name Sex Year of Birth Citizenship Status Residence Occupation
Chad Fleming Peele M 1973 USA Leader Ridgeway, Colorado Alpine guide Details Other expeditions
Jaime Enrique Avila Velez M 1966 Ecuador Climbing Guide Conocoto, Quito, Ecuador Alpine guide Details Other expeditions
David Hugh Creeden M 1953 USA Climber Lake Stevens, Washington Retired Details Other expeditions
James Allen Diani M 1961 USA Climber Sunnyvale, California Engineer Details Other expeditions
Robin Waters Griffith F 1960 USA Climber North Carolina Real estate Details Other expeditions
Kara Lynn Ann Stinson F 1972 USA Climber Bay Village, Ohio Airline pilot Details Other expeditions
Matthew Thomas Tammen M 1960 USA Climber Bremerton, Washington Navy civilian engineer Details Other expeditions
Fatima Williamson F 1962 Canada Climber Toronto, Ontario IT manager Details Other expeditions
Dawa Nuru (Danuru) Sherpa M 1978 Nepal H-A Worker Phortse, Khumbu - Details Other expeditions
Kanchha Nuru Sherpa M 1982 Nepal H-A Worker Phortse, Khumbu - Details Other expeditions
Lakpa Nuru Sherpa M 1962 Nepal H-A Worker Khumjung/Phortse, Khumbu - Details Other expeditions
Lhakpa Gyalzen Sherpa M 1995 Nepal H-A Worker Phortse, Khumbu - Details Other expeditions
Ngawang Tenjing (Nawang Tenzing) Sherpa M 1993 Nepal H-A Worker Phortse, Khumbu - Details Other expeditions
Panuru (Pasang Nuru, Pa Nuru) Sherpa M 1968 Nepal Sirdar Phortse, Khumbu - Details Other expeditions
Pasang Rinji Sherpa M 1977 Nepal H-A Worker Phortse, Khumbu - Details Other expeditions
Pasang Sona Sherpa M 1996 Nepal H-A Worker Phortse, Khumbu - Details Other expeditions
Phura Chhetan (Fura Chhetan) Sherpa M 1990 Nepal H-A Worker Phortse, Khumbu - Details Other expeditions

References

0 recorded references.