Everest | 2019 NE Ridge

A USA expedition to Everest in 2019 via NE Ridge, led by Cory Richards, Topo Mena. Summit reached on 22nd May 2019. 4 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field Value
ID 10232
Imported 2026-03-06 18:04:49.359634
Expedition ID EVER19164
Peak ID EVER
Year 2019
Season 1
Host Country 2
Route 1 NE Ridge
Route 2 -
Route 3 -
Route 4 -
Nationality USA
Leaders Cory Richards, Topo Mena
Sponsor Alpenglow New Route Everest Expedition 2019
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 Ecuador
Approach Lhasa->Tingri->Everest BC
Basecamp Date 2019-04-16
Summit Date 2019-05-22
Summit Time -
Summit Days 36
Total Days 42
Termination Date 2019-05-28
Termination Reason 4
Termination Notes Abandoned at 7600m due to bad weather
High Point (m) 7600
Traverse False
Ski False
Paraglide False
Camps 1
Fixed Rope (m) 0
Total Members 4
Summit Members 0
Member Deaths 0
Total Hired 0
Summit Hired 0
Hired Deaths 0
No Hired True
O2 Used False
O2 None True
O2 Climb False
O2 Descent False
O2 Sleep False
O2 Medical False
O2 Taken False
O2 Unknown False
Other Summits -
Campsites BC(16/04,5200m),ABC(26/04,6400m),C1(22/05,7300m),xxx(22/05,7600m)
Route Notes Richards and Mena acclimatized on the normal route for three rotations. Tagged 7k twice, spent two nights at the North Col and tagged 7600m once. First tag of 7k happened on our intended new route. We spent a night at 7300m on an open bivy on our final attempt. No GPS coordinates were taken. The intended route ascends the central couloir to the base of the second Pinnacle. Conditions were not the problem but proved hard. Not major objective hazard.
Accidents -
Achievement -
Agency Himalaya Vision
Commercial Route False
Standard Route False
Primary Route False
Primary Member False
Primary Reference True
Primary ID EVER19161
Checksum 2461545
Year 2019
Summit Success False
O2 Summary None
Route (lowercase) ne ridge

Members

4 recorded members.

Name Sex Year of Birth Citizenship Status Residence Occupation
Courtney Woodward (Cory) Richards M 1981 USA Leader Boulder, Colorado Photographer, alpinist Details Other expeditions
Esteban Patricio (Topo) Mena Yanez M 1989 Ecuador Deputy Leader Quito, Ecuador Alpine guide Details Other expeditions
Keith Eric Ladzinski M 1975 USA Support Climber Boulder, Colorado Alpine guide Details Other expeditions
Erich Armstrong Roepke M 1993 USA Support Climber Enterprise, Oregon Photographer Details Other expeditions

References

2 recorded references.

Expedition ID Journal Author Title Publisher Citation Yak 94
EVER19164 - - https://www.nationalgeographic.com/adventure/2019/04/cory-richards-attempts-everest/ - - -
EVER19164 - - https://www.planetmountain.com/en/news/alpinism/everest-new-route-attempt-cory-richards-esteban-mena.html - - -