Everest | 2018 N Col-NE Ridge

A UK expedition to Everest in 2018 via N Col-NE Ridge, led by Phil Crampton. Summit reached on 21st May 2018. 14 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field Value
ID 9871
Imported 2026-03-06 18:04:49.359634
Expedition ID EVER18174
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 Phil Crampton
Sponsor Altitude Junkies Everest 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 USA
Approach Lhasa->Tingri->Everest BC
Basecamp Date 2018-04-28
Summit Date 2018-05-21
Summit Time 2330
Summit Days 23
Total Days 0
Termination Date -
Termination Reason 1
Termination Notes -
High Point (m) 8849
Traverse False
Ski False
Paraglide False
Camps 3
Fixed Rope (m) 0
Total Members 7
Summit Members 5
Member Deaths 0
Total Hired 11
Summit Hired 7
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(28/04,4900m),ABC(05/05,6400m),C1(09/05,7000m),C2(20/05,7800m),C3(21/05,8300m),Smt(21-22/05)
Route Notes CBC 28/04 4900m ABC 05/05 6400m C1 09/05 7000m C2 20/05 7800m C3 21/05 8300m Smt 21/05 by Crampton at 11:30 pm Smt 22/05 by Craig Plescia, Mike Brown, Anna Brown, Pasang Nima all at 3:20 am, Ted Callahan at 5 am. Team left C3 at 8 pm. Straightforward climb. They spent about 15 minutes on the summit and descended to ABC, where they arrived at about 3:30 pm. Norris reached North Col. Anders reached intermediate camp. He had food poisoning 3 times in 5 days and returned to Kathmandu right at the beginning of the expedition. Oxygen: Taken and used from 7300m by members and Sherpas. Phil Crampton's blog (24/05/2018) Our team members along with their respective climbing Sherpas made the climbs to camp one, two and three respectively all in good times as expected. What was not expected, was that they all switched on their turbo switches at camp three before departing for the summit. Seeing as we were the only team on the mountain going for the top on the 22nd, we had some flexibility with our departure time. We all arrived at camp three between 10 am and 1 pm, so we had plenty of time to rest before leaving for the summit. Around 2 pm in the afternoon the Nepalese side of the mountain started to fill with high clouds and this started to alarm me somewhat, based on what the weather forecast models said could happen. Our original plan was to depart at 10 pm, allowing the slower members of the group to reach the summit at sunrise and the faster members at first light, as it’s light near the summit at 4 am, but with the increased clouds we decided to leave a couple of hours early to get a head start on the departure to ABC. We did not want to spend the night on the Col if there was going to be significant snowfall in the evening. What happened on our summit day I have never experienced before. All our team members and Sherpa were focused, departed on time, and reached the summit in mad crazy fast times, all before the sun had rose. The first climbers reached the summit in just over three hours and were back at high camp in five hours round trip. The other climbers were close behind and we all reached the summit and descended to advanced base camp throughout the day. The last Sherpa to clear the mountain and descend reported some light snow in the afternoon, just as we had expected. As it turned out, the European model was way off with its prediction, but we were cautious enough to consult both forecasts and make the appropriate summit plans. From Craig Plescia by email: Pretty sure Green Boots is still in the cave just recessed very far back and covered in rocks. Australian still in green tarp deceased under tarp. Spaniard with broken leg still there deceased by 2nd Step. Deceased Brit still dangling in ropes beyond 2nd Step. Red/pink down suited deceased climber face down in snow also still there (can't remember if that was before or after 3rd Step).
Accidents -
Achievement -
Agency Expedition Himalaya
Commercial Route True
Standard Route True
Primary Route False
Primary Member False
Primary Reference False
Primary ID -
Checksum 2461673
Year 2018
Summit Success True
O2 Summary Used
Route (lowercase) n col-ne ridge

Members

14 recorded members.

Name Sex Year of Birth Citizenship Status Residence Occupation
Philip James (Phil) Crampton M 1970 UK Leader Woodstock, New York Alpine guide Details Other expeditions
Glen Anders M 1958 USA Climber Ashland, Oreg Engineer Details Other expeditions
Anna Elise Brown F 1979 UK Climber La Massana, Andorra - Details Other expeditions
Michael Brown M 1977 UK Climber - - Details Other expeditions
Edward Manning (Ted) Callahan Jr. M 1974 USA Climber Princeton, New Jersey Medical anthropologist Details Other expeditions
Norris Merritt M 1952 USA Climber Del Mar, California Software developer Details Other expeditions
Craig Allen Plescia M 1982 USA Climber River Vale, New Jersey General contractor Details Other expeditions
Da Dendi Sherpa M 1972 Nepal H-A Worker Lokhim-9, Solukhumbu - Details Other expeditions
Kami Nuru Sherpa M 1985 Nepal H-A Worker Chaurikharka-2, Khumbu - Details Other expeditions
Karma Gelgen (Karma Gyalzen) Sherpa M 1978 Nepal H-A Worker Taksindu-7, Solukhumbu - Details Other expeditions
Namgel Sherpa M 1995 Nepal H-A Worker Lokhim-9, Solokhumbu - Details Other expeditions
Pasang Nima Sherpa M 1974 Nepal H-A Worker Chaurikharka-2, Khumbu - Details Other expeditions
Pasang Wangchu (Pasang Ongchhu) Sherpa M 1987 Nepal Sirdar Cheremy, Bung-9, Solukhumbu - Details Other expeditions
Pemba Chhiri Sherpa M 1972 Nepal H-A Worker Pawai-2, Solukhumbu - Details Other expeditions

References

1 recorded references.

Expedition ID Journal Author Title Publisher Citation Yak 94
EVER18174 - - http://www.altitudejunkies.com/dispatcheverest18.html - - -