Everest | 2019 N Col-NE Ridge

A Netherlands expedition to Everest in 2019 via N Col-NE Ridge, led by Arnold Coster. Summit reached on 23rd May 2019. 21 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field Value
ID 10238
Imported 2026-03-06 18:04:49.359634
Expedition ID EVER19170
Peak ID EVER
Year 2019
Season 1
Host Country 2
Route 1 N Col-NE Ridge
Route 2 -
Route 3 -
Route 4 -
Nationality Netherlands
Leaders Arnold Coster
Sponsor Arnold Coster Expeditions Everest 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 Australia, Nepal, Romania, Russia, Serbia, USA
Approach Lhasa->Tingri->Everest BC
Basecamp Date 2019-04-15
Summit Date 2019-05-23
Summit Time 0430
Summit Days 38
Total Days 42
Termination Date 2019-05-27
Termination Reason 1
Termination Notes -
High Point (m) 8849
Traverse False
Ski False
Paraglide False
Camps 3
Fixed Rope (m) 0
Total Members 11
Summit Members 8
Member Deaths 0
Total Hired 11
Summit Hired 8
Hired Deaths 0
No Hired False
O2 Used True
O2 None False
O2 Climb True
O2 Descent True
O2 Sleep True
O2 Medical True
O2 Taken False
O2 Unknown False
Other Summits -
Campsites BC(15/04,5700m),ABC(21/04,6400m),C1(29/04,7000m),C2(21/05,7700m),C3(22/05,8300m),Smt(23-24/05)
Route Notes BC 15/04 5700m ABC 21/04 6400m C1 29/04 7000m C2 21/05 7700m C3 22/05 8300m Smt 23/05 by Zucchelli and Changba Sherpa at 4:30 am, Holotik and Karma Sherpa at 4:30 am, Deams, Pem Nurbu, Veldink, Pasang at 5 am, Dekker and Dawa Sange at 6 am, Ciotau and Mingma Norbu at 7 am, Al Shelleh, Nga Tashi Sherpa and Tashi Sherpa at 10:30 am, Maharjan and Pemba Sherpa at 11 am Smt 24/05 by Shakirov and Lakpa Sherpa at 9 am. 23/05 summit team (apart from Kalpana and Pemba, Al Shelleh, Na-Tashi and Tashi Sherpa) left C3 at 8 pm; Al Shelleh, Nga Tashi and Tashi Sherpa at 1 am on 23/05 together with Abramov’s team. Kalpana and Pemba Sherpa had put a camp higher than C2 at 7900m. They wanted to skip C3 and left their high C2 at 7 pm on 22/05 and joined the others from C3 at 11 pm. Straightforward climb. Weather good, windy in the afternoon. Many people on the route. Waiting times at 2nd Step around one hour. Descent to C3, arrived at 8 pm Maharjan and Pemba Descent to C2, arrived at 3 pm Al Shelleh and Nga Tashi and Tashi Dekker and Dawa Sangey Sherpa Descent to C1, arrived at 6 pm All remaining members Kedrowski reached 8700m 23/05. He was low on oxygen as they had been standing in line at 2nd Step and so he turned back. Coster reached 7000m on 29/04 (he never intended to summit). Gilian Kit Wai Lee got rescued from 7700m. He collapsed on his summit push on 22/05 at 9 am. He was with Kalden Sherpa. Nga Tashi was his second Sherpa, but he was already on his way to C3 to set up camp. Kalden dragged Lee back to the tent at 7600m as Lee was unconscious. Kalden kept him warm in the sleeping bag and gave him a lot of oxygen until he gained consciousness again at about 12 noon on 22/05. Meanwhile Nga Tashi and Dawa Sherpa joined Kalden at C2. At about 1 pm they started the rescue. Lee was still unable to walk, he was totally disorientated. The carried him down from 7600m to 7500m which took them 2 hours. The Chinese rope fixing team came down from the summit and five of them offered their assistance. Eight people were involved in the rescue now. They reached C1 at about 8 pm. As the rescue team was very tired and the Chinese doctor who was at C1 said that it would be fine to stay at C1. They continued the rescue on 23/05. Dawa Sherpa had come down to ABC on 22/05 and on 23/05 he ascended again with two Sherpas (Tibetans) to help. They continued the rescue and Lee was down at ABC at 2 pm. Lee was still hallucinating, coughing blood and severe HAPE. His oxygen saturation was 40 per cent even though he was on 3 liters/min of oxygen. At 6 pm they strapped him on a yak to go to CBC, where he arrived at midnight. At 1 am on 24/05 he was driven to Kerung, from where he was put in a helicopter at 10 am and flown to Kathmandu to Grande Hospital. He has kidney failure, liver failure and pneumonia. He was in intensive care for 5 days and was moved to high care where he was still at the time of the interview. Lee was intending to climb Everest without supplemental oxygen. Reset of team left BC on 27/05. Oxygen: Used from C1 to top to C1 by members; C2 to top to C2 by Sherpas. Sherpas (for Coster and Italians): Dawa Dorchi Sherpa Dawa Temba Sherpa Dawa Sangay Sherpa (with Dekker) Nang Tenjee Sherpa Nga Tashi Sherpa (with Al Shellah) Pem Nurbu Sherpa (with Deams) Tashi Sherpa (with Al Shellah) Kalden Phura Sherpa (with Gilian Lee) Karma Dorje Sherpa Lakpa Sherpa (with Shakirov) Pasang Sherpa (with Veldink) Chhangba Sherpa (with Zucchelli) Pemba Sherpa (with Maharjan) Mingma Nurbu Sherpa (with Ciotau) Karma Sherpa (with Holotik)
Accidents -
Achievement -
Agency Seven Summit Treks
Commercial Route True
Standard Route True
Primary Route False
Primary Member False
Primary Reference False
Primary ID -
Checksum 2461546
Year 2019
Summit Success True
O2 Summary Used
Route (lowercase) n col-ne ridge

Members

21 recorded members.

Name Sex Year of Birth Citizenship Status Residence Occupation
Arnold Coster M 1976 Netherlands Leader Moerkapelle, Netherlands Expedition leader Details Other expeditions
Dolores Hesham Abdelminem Al Shelleh F 1990 Serbia/Jordan Climber Dubai, United Arab Emirates Marketing Details Other expeditions
Otilia Ciotau F 1980 Romania Climber Washington, DC Senior portfolio manager Details Other expeditions
Sander Deams M 1970 Netherlands Climber Bussum, Netherlands Therapist/holistic trainer Details Other expeditions
Wilco Dekker M 1969 Netherlands Climber Bussum, Netherlands Technolog strategist Details Other expeditions
Merry Ann Holotik F 1980 USA Climber Panama City, Florida Nurse Details Other expeditions
Jonathan James (Jon) Kedrowski M 1979 USA Climber Vail, Colorado Professor, ski-alpinist & Professional ski instructor Details Other expeditions
Gilian Kit Wai Lee M 1976 Australia Climber Belconnen, ACT, Australia IT director Details Other expeditions
Kalpana Maharjan F 1986 Nepal Climber Lalitpur Mega TV Details Other expeditions
Maxim Shakirov M 1967 Russia Climber Ngoinsk, Moscow, Russia Manager & alpine guide for 7 Summits Club Details Other expeditions
Bart Veldink M 1971 Netherlands Climber Netherlands Adventurer Details Other expeditions
Dawa Sangay Sherpa M 1987 Nepal H-A Worker Makalu-5, Makalu-Barun - Details Other expeditions
Karma Sherpa M 1986 Nepal H-A Worker Balakharka, Makalu-Barun - Details Other expeditions
Mingma Nurbu Sherpa M 1986 Nepal H-A Worker Makalu-6, Makalu-Barun - Details Other expeditions
Nga Tashi Sherpa M 1980 Nepal H-A Worker Yaphu-9, Makalu-Barun - Details Other expeditions
Pasang Sherpa M 1993 Nepal H-A Worker Makalu-5, Makalu-Barun - Details Other expeditions
Pem Nurbu Sherpa M 1992 Nepal H-A Worker Makalu-5, Makalu-Barun - Details Other expeditions
Pemba Sherpa M 1980 Nepal H-A Worker Patle-4, Okhaldhunga - Details Other expeditions
Tashi Changba Sherpa M 1996 Nepal H-A Worker Makalu-5, Makalu-Barun - Details Other expeditions
Kalden Phura Sherpa M 1987 Nepal H-A Worker Pangboche, Khmbu - Details Other expeditions
Dawa Sherpa M - Nepal H-A Worker - - Details Other expeditions

References

0 recorded references.