Everest | 2018 N Col-NE Ridge

A India expedition to Everest in 2018 via N Col-NE Ridge, led by Shekhar Bachinepally. Summit reached on 16th May 2018. 69 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field Value
ID 9882
Imported 2026-03-06 18:04:49.359634
Expedition ID EVER18185
Peak ID EVER
Year 2018
Season 1
Host Country 2
Route 1 N Col-NE Ridge
Route 2 -
Route 3 -
Route 4 -
Nationality India
Leaders Shekhar Bachinepally
Sponsor Transcend Adventures 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 -
Approach Lhasa->Gyantse->Xigatse->Tingri
Basecamp Date 2018-04-19
Summit Date 2018-05-16
Summit Time 0155
Summit Days 27
Total Days 37
Termination Date 2018-05-26
Termination Reason 1
Termination Notes -
High Point (m) 8849
Traverse False
Ski False
Paraglide False
Camps 3
Fixed Rope (m) 0
Total Members 47
Summit Members 18
Member Deaths 0
Total Hired 54
Summit Hired 22
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(19/04,5000m),IC(26/04,6100m),ABC(27/04,6400m),C1(30/04,7100m),C2(14/05,7900m),C3(15/05,8300m),Smt(16-17/05)
Route Notes CBC 19/04 5000m IC 26/04 ABC 27/04 6400m C1 30/04 7100m C2 14/05 7900m C3 15/05 8300m Smt 16/05 by 11 members and 13 Sherpas Smt 17/05 by 7 members and 9 Sherpas. Left BC on 22 and 26 May. Members at end 13 Records: Father and daughter, Ajeet and Deeya Bajaj from India. Mehul Joshi, first from Gujrat Vikram Chandranaik first from Karnataka. Fixed rope: contributed money. Oxygen: Members from C1-summit-C1, Sherpas from C2-summit-C2. 16 May summit: The team started from C3 between 8:30-9:30 pm (NST) on 15 May. The team first member reached summit at 3:30 am on 16 May; they stayed on summit for about 25 minutes and back to C3. Last one to arrive at C3 was at 11:30 am. Summiters 16 May: Manisha Dharma Dhurve/Ms. Pramesh Sitaram Ale Umakant Surresh Madavi Kavidas Pandurang Katmode Mehul Joshi Ajeet Bajaj Deeya Bajaj/Ms. Asa Kiranrani Koyyi/Ms. Himamsa Shaik Raja Kojja Venkata Surya Prakash Korikala Sherpas 16 May: Phurita, 15/04/1982 Lakpa Tshering, 16/02/1991 Tenzing Chhotar, 24/11/1989 Sonam Tashi, 26/03/1989 Ngima Tashi, 03/11/1992 Mingma Nuru, 22/08/1990 Pemba Tamang, 31/10/1989 Ngimanuru, 24/10/1982 Ngima Nuru, 06/11/1981 Karma Gyalzen, 23/04/1987 Kami Chhiri, 29/08/1982 Ngima Tenji, 07/03/1981 Ngima Rita, 26/08/1994 17 May summit: The summit team started from C3 between 9-10 pm on 16 May and Pravin got to the summit at 4:10 am on 17 May, the last one Venkatesh to reach summit at 7:15 am. They stayed on summit around 5 minutes and back to C3, last one at 1:30 pm; all descended to ABC. Summiters 17 May: Vikas Mahadeo Soyam Venkatesh Indla Prasanna Kumar Bhanu Surya Prakash Podudolu Raju Gosala Praveen Kumar Jujjavaraju Vikram Chandranaaik Sherpas: Ngima Nuru, 14/08/1995 Lakpa Tenzi, 07/09/1990 Karma Gyaljen, 19/05/1991 Sangay Dorje, 14/04/1978 Pemba, 29/06/1985 Phurba Temba, 27/01/1997 Lakpa Temba, 08/10/1988 Ang Nima Rai, 16/07/1974 Phu Chiri, 24/08/1977 Ramababu Lake suffered from AMS at C3 and was brought down to ABC by members of 3rd summit team. Later Ramababu was treated for a blood clot in his brain.
Accidents Rambabu Lake suffered from AMS, hallucination at 8300m during summit push
Achievement -
Agency Arun Treks
Commercial Route True
Standard Route True
Primary Route False
Primary Member False
Primary Reference False
Primary ID -
Checksum 2461668
Year 2018
Summit Success True
O2 Summary Used
Route (lowercase) n col-ne ridge

Members

69 recorded members.

Name Sex Year of Birth Citizenship Status Residence Occupation
Shekhar Babu Bachinepally M 1980 India Leader Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India Director of Transcend Adventure Details Other expeditions
Pramesh Sitaram Ale M 1999 India Climber Chandrapur, Maharashtra, India Student Details Other expeditions
Akshay Malaka Atram M 1997 India Climber Chandrapur, Maharashtra, India Student Details Other expeditions
Chhaya Suresh Atram F 1999 India Climber Chandrapur, Maharashtra, India Student Details Other expeditions
Ajeet Bajaj M 1965 India Climber Gurgaon, Haryana, India Runs adventure company Details Other expeditions
Deeya Suzannah Bajaj F 1994 India Climber Gurgaon, Haryana, India Runs adventure company Details Other expeditions
Vikram Chandra Naik M 1993 India Climber Davanagere, Karnataka, India Senior officer in Karnataka Forest Department Details Other expeditions
Manisha Dharma Dhurve F 2000 India Climber Chandrapur, Maharashtra, India Student Details Other expeditions
Raju Gosala M 2000 India Climber Golugonda, Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, India Andhra Pradesh State Social Welfare Educational Institutions Details Other expeditions
Venkatesh Maheshwari Indla M 2000 India Climber Chittedu, Nellore, Andhra Pradesh, India Andhra Pradesh Welfare Residential School Details Other expeditions
Ramana Murthy Janni M 1999 India Climber Srikakulam, Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh, India - Details Other expeditions
Mehul Pravinchandra Joshi M 1982 India Climber Himmatnagar, Gujarat, India Medical instrument dealer Details Other expeditions
Praveen Kumar Jujjavarapu M 1999 India Climber Pedavegi, West Godavari, Andhra Pradesh, India Andhra Pradesh State Social Welfare Educational Institutions Details Other expeditions
Indu Bhaurao Kannake F 1999 India Climber Chandrapur, Maharashtra, India Student Details Other expeditions
Kavidas Pandurang Katmode M 2000 India Climber Chandrapur, Maharashtra, India Student Details Other expeditions
Raja Kojja M 1994 India Climber Guntur, Andhra Pradesh, India Andhra Pradesh Youth Service Details Other expeditions
Renuka Kondagorri F 2001 India Climber Srikakulam, Andhra Pradesh, India - Details Other expeditions
Mariya Vani Konduri F 1999 India Climber Andra Pradesh, India - Details Other expeditions
Venkata Surya Prakash Korikala M 1994 India Climber Nellore, Andhra Pradesh, India - Details Other expeditions
Asha Kiran Rani Koyyi F 1996 India Climber Srikakulam, Andhra Pradesh, India - Details Other expeditions
Aditya Kulkarni M 1993 India Photographer Madhya Pradesh, India - Details Other expeditions
Bandaru Prasanna Kumar M 2000 India Climber Andra Pradesh, India - Details Other expeditions
Borage Prasanna Kumar M 1996 India Climber Addateegala, East Godavari, Andhra Pradesh, India - Details Other expeditions
Pramesh Kumar M 1976 India Support Telengana, India - Details Other expeditions
Bhaskar Kuppala M 2000 India Climber Andhra Pradesh, India - Details Other expeditions
Rambabu Lake M 2000 India Climber Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, India - Details Other expeditions
Veera Babu Madakam M 2000 India Climber Nellore, Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh, India - Details Other expeditions
Akash Chinnu Madavi M 1997 India Climber Chandrapur, Maharashtra, India Student Details Other expeditions
Umakant Suresh Madavi M 1999 India Climber Chandrapur, Maharashtra, India Student Details Other expeditions
Satyanarayana Madem M 2000 India Climber Andhra Pradesh, India - Details Other expeditions
Vasudeva Malisetti M 2000 India Climber Sileru, Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, India - Details Other expeditions
Navya Mamidi F 2001 India Climber Andra Pradesh, India - Details Other expeditions
Sushma Mandapati F 1999 India Climber SC Colony, West Godavari, Andhra Pradesh, India - Details Other expeditions
Rahul Mistry M 1995 India Climber Mumbai, India - Details Other expeditions
Bharat Naik Nenavath M 1999 India Climber Andhra Pradesh, India - Details Other expeditions
Narayan Reddy Pallala M 2000 India Climber East Godavari, Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh, India - Details Other expeditions
Simhachalam Pangi M 1998 India Climber Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, India - Details Other expeditions
Subham Pendor M 1999 India Climber Chandrapur, Maharashtra, India Student Details Other expeditions
Bhanu Surya Prakash Podudolu M 2000 India Climber Kothuru, East Godavari, Andhra Pradesh, India - Details Other expeditions
Baburao Rakoti M 2000 India Climber Andhra Pradesh, India - Details Other expeditions
Kumar Sake M 2000 India Climber Andhra Pradesh, India - Details Other expeditions
Himamsa Shaik M 1995 India Climber Prakasam, Andhra Pradesh, India Andhra Pradesh Youth Service Details Other expeditions
Pedda Venkata Ramana Siddavatam M 2000 India Climber Andhra Pradesh, India - Details Other expeditions
Vikas Mahadeo Soyam M 1996 India Climber Chandrapur, Maharashtra, India Student Details Other expeditions
Raghunath Reddy Unadi M 1988 India Support Andhra Pradesh, India - Details Other expeditions
Anmish Nagendra Sarat Varma Bhupathitraju M 1992 India Climber Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, India - Details Other expeditions
Ravi Ramchandra Waikar M 1959 India Exp Doctor Nagpur, Maharashtra, India Physician Details Other expeditions
Ang Nima Rai M 1974 Nepal H-A Worker Pangboche, Khumbu - Details Other expeditions
Kami Chhiri Sherpa M 1982 Nepal H-A Worker Bupsa, Jubing-5, Solukhumbu - Details Other expeditions
Karma Gyalzen Sherpa M 1991 Nepal H-A Worker Namche-5, Khumbu - Details Other expeditions
Karma Gyalzen (Karma Gelgen) Sherpa M 1987 Nepal H-A Worker Phortse, Khumbu - Details Other expeditions
Lakpa Temba Sherpa M 1988 Nepal H-A Worker Chaurikharka-1, Khumbu - Details Other expeditions
Lakpa Tenzi Sherpa M 1990 Nepal H-A Worker Thamiteng, Khumbu - Details Other expeditions
Lhakpa Tshering Sherpa M 1991 Nepal H-A Worker Phurte, Khumbu - Details Other expeditions
Mingma Nuru Sherpa M 1990 Nepal H-A Worker Pangboche, Khumbu - Details Other expeditions
Ngima Nuru Sherpa M 1982 Nepal H-A Worker Bakachol-9, Khotang - Details Other expeditions
Ngima Nuru Sherpa M 1995 Nepal H-A Worker Thami, Khumbu - Details Other expeditions
Ngima Nuru (Nima Nuru) Sherpa M 1981 Nepal Sirdar Tesho, Khumbu - Details Other expeditions
Ngima Rita Sherpa M 1994 Nepal H-A Worker Phortse, Khumbu - Details Other expeditions
Ngima Tashi Sherpa M 1992 Nepal H-A Worker Thami, Khumbu - Details Other expeditions
Nima Tenji (Nima Tenzing) Sherpa M 1980 Nepal H-A Worker Paiya, Jubing-7, Solukhumbu - Details Other expeditions
Pemba Sherpa M 1985 Nepal H-A Worker Sisuwa-9, Makalu-Barun - Details Other expeditions
Phu Tshering Sherpa M 1977 Nepal H-A Worker Phortse, Khumbu - Details Other expeditions
Phura Temba Sherpa M 1997 Nepal H-A Worker Phortse, Khumbu - Details Other expeditions
Phurita Sherpa M 1982 Nepal H-A Worker Thami, Khumbu - Details Other expeditions
Sange Dorje Sherpa M 1978 Nepal H-A Worker Khumjung, Khumbu - Details Other expeditions
Sonam Tashi Sherpa M 1989 Nepal H-A Worker Thami, Khumbu - Details Other expeditions
Tenzing Chhotar Sherpa M 1989 Nepal H-A Worker Namche-4, Khumbu - Details Other expeditions
Pemba Tamang M 1973 Nepal H-A Worker Taksindu, Solukhumbu - Details Other expeditions

References

11 recorded references.