Everest | 2018 N Col-NE Ridge

A Japan expedition to Everest in 2018 via N Col-NE Ridge, led by Hiroyuki Kuraoka. Summit reached on 17th May 2018. 22 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field Value
ID 9869
Imported 2026-03-06 18:04:49.359634
Expedition ID EVER18172
Peak ID EVER
Year 2018
Season 1
Host Country 2
Route 1 N Col-NE Ridge
Route 2 -
Route 3 -
Route 4 -
Nationality Japan
Leaders Hiroyuki Kuraoka
Sponsor Hiro Everest North 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 Indonesia
Approach Lhasa->Tingri->Everest BC
Basecamp Date 2018-04-18
Summit Date 2018-05-17
Summit Time 0550
Summit Days 29
Total Days 33
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 13
Summit Members 9
Member Deaths 0
Total Hired 15
Summit Hired 9
Hired Deaths 0
No Hired False
O2 Used True
O2 None False
O2 Climb True
O2 Descent False
O2 Sleep True
O2 Medical True
O2 Taken False
O2 Unknown False
Other Summits -
Campsites CBC(18/04,4900m),ABC(27/04,6400m),C1(01/05,7050m),C2(15/05,7650m),C3(16/05,8200m),Smt(17/05)
Route Notes CBC 18/04 4900m ABC 27/04 6400m C1 01/05 7050m C2 15/05 7650m C3 16/05 8200m Smt 17/05 by 9 Sherpas and Fransiska, Mathilda, Oshiro, Motoike at 5:50 am, Maeyama, Kamiyama, Ito at 6:10 am, Nakajima, Kuraoka at 6:15 am. Summit team and Nukita left C3 at 11:30 pm on 16/05. There were some little traffic jams on the 2nd Step, but otherwise straightforward climb. They spent about 30 minutes on the summit. They descended to ABC, where they arrived at 7 pm. Motoike arrived at 3 pm. Nukita reached 8500m (bottom of 2nd Step) when his regulator failed at about 2:30 pm. He was waiting for Hiro and they changed the back-up regulator, but as it was the same model, Nukita was worried that it would happen again. He descended to ABC. Motoi reached North Col on 01/05. He suffered from low blood pressure. Monica Piris, the doctor of Alpenglow Expeditions, looked at him and told him to go down. Noriaki reached ABC. He had a heart problem and again Monica Piris told him to go down. Team left ABC on 19/05 and BC on 21/05. Oxygen: Taken and used at BC by Noriaki to sleep. Motoi used O2 at interim camp Seven members used oxygen to sleep at ABC (0.5l) Taken and used from ABC to top to ABC by Fransiska, Mathilda, Ito, Kamiyama, Maeyama; from C1 to top to C1 by all other members; from C2 to top to C2 by Sherpas.
Accidents -
Achievement -
Agency Himalaya Vision
Commercial Route True
Standard Route True
Primary Route False
Primary Member False
Primary Reference False
Primary ID -
Checksum 2461669
Year 2018
Summit Success True
O2 Summary Used
Route (lowercase) n col-ne ridge

Members

22 recorded members.

Name Sex Year of Birth Citizenship Status Residence Occupation
Hiroyuki Kuraoka M 1961 Japan Leader Abiko, Chiba, Japan Alpine guide Details Other expeditions
Dimitri Fransiska F 1993 Indonesia Climber Tangerang Selatan, Banten, Indonesia Student Details Other expeditions
Nahoko Hayama F 1968 Japan ABC Staff Hakuba, Kamishiro, Nagano, Japan Ski guide Details Other expeditions
Takahiro Ito M 1991 Japan Climber Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan Office worker Details Other expeditions
Kohei Kamiyama M 1981 Japan Climber Tokyo, Japan Office worker Details Other expeditions
Toshiyuki Maeyama M 1959 Japan Climber Zama, Kanagawa, Japan Office worker Details Other expeditions
Dwi Lastari Mathilda F 1993 Indonesia Climber Tangerang Selatan, Banten, Indonesia Student Details Other expeditions
Noriaki Matsuda M 1958 Japan Climber Yokohama, Japan Retired Details Other expeditions
Masuro Motoi M 1946 Japan Climber Tokyo, Japan Self-employed Details Other expeditions
Susumu Motoike M 1959 Japan Climber Aso-gun, Kumamoto, Japan Physician Details Other expeditions
Kenro Nakajima M 1984 Japan Climber Tokyo, Japan Alpine guide Details Other expeditions
Muneo Nukita M 1951 Japan Climber Tokyo, Japan Expedition organizer Details Other expeditions
Kazue Oshiro F 1967 Japan Climber Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan Physician Details Other expeditions
Da Gelje Sherpa M 1969 Nepal H-A Worker Gudel-4, Solukhumbu - Details Other expeditions
Lhakpa Nuru Sherpa M 1972 Nepal H-A Worker Yilajung, Khumbu - Details Other expeditions
Nima Kancha Sherpa M 1975 Nepal H-A Worker Pare, Khumbu - Details Other expeditions
Pasang Tendi Sherpa M 1988 Nepal H-A Worker Yilajung, Khumbu - Details Other expeditions
Pemba Gyalzen/Geljen Sherpa M 1969 Nepal H-A Worker Thami, Khumbu - Details Other expeditions
Pemba Nuru (Kaila) Sherpa M 1973 Nepal H-A Worker Pare, Khumbu - Details Other expeditions
Pemba Tenzing Sherpa M 1991 Nepal H-A Worker Tesho, Khumbu - Details Other expeditions
Phura Tenzing Sherpa M 1993 Nepal H-A Worker Yilajung, Khumbu - Details Other expeditions
Phurba Tshering Sherpa M 1973 Nepal H-A Worker Thami, Khumbu - Details Other expeditions

References

0 recorded references.