Everest | 1922 N Col-N Face

A UK expedition to Everest in 1922 via N Col-N Face, led by Charles G. Bruce. Summit reached on 27th May 1922. 22 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field Value
ID 2737
Imported 2026-03-06 18:04:49.359634
Expedition ID EVER22101
Peak ID EVER
Year 1922
Season 1
Host Country 2
Route 1 N Col-N Face
Route 2 -
Route 3 -
Route 4 -
Nationality UK
Leaders Charles G. Bruce
Sponsor -
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 Australia
Approach Sikkim->Chumbi Valley->Tibet
Basecamp Date 1922-05-01
Summit Date 1922-05-27
Summit Time -
Summit Days 26
Total Days 44
Termination Date 1922-06-14
Termination Reason 7
Termination Notes Abandoned at 8350m due to exhaustion and [later] avalanche accident
High Point (m) 8320
Traverse False
Ski False
Paraglide False
Camps 5
Fixed Rope (m) 0
Total Members 13
Summit Members 0
Member Deaths 0
Total Hired 30
Summit Hired 0
Hired Deaths 7
No Hired False
O2 Used True
O2 None False
O2 Climb True
O2 Descent False
O2 Sleep False
O2 Medical False
O2 Taken False
O2 Unknown False
Other Summits -
Campsites BC(01/05,5000m),C1(5100m),C2(5800m),C3(6400m),C4(7000m),C5A(20/05,7600m),C5B(26/05,7700m),xxx(27/05,8320m)
Route Notes -
Accidents 7 Sherpas killed in avalanche below N Col
Achievement -
Agency -
Commercial Route -
Standard Route -
Primary Route False
Primary Member False
Primary Reference -
Primary ID -
Checksum 2425214
Year 1922
Summit Success False
O2 Summary Used
Route (lowercase) n col-n face

Members

22 recorded members.

Name Sex Year of Birth Citizenship Status Residence Occupation
Charles Granville Bruce M 1866 UK Leader London, England - Details Other expeditions
Norbu Sherpa M - Nepal H-A Worker - - Details Other expeditions
Lhakpa Sherpa M - Nepal H-A Worker - - Details Other expeditions
Pasang Sherpa M - Nepal H-A Worker - - Details Other expeditions
Pema Sherpa M - Nepal H-A Worker - - Details Other expeditions
Sange Sherpa M - Nepal H-A Worker - - Details Other expeditions
Dorje Sherpa M - Nepal H-A Worker - - Details Other expeditions
Temba Sherpa M - Nepal H-A Worker - - Details Other expeditions
John Geoffrey Bruce M 1896 UK Climber - - Details Other expeditions
Colin Grant (Ferdie) Crawford M 1890 UK Climber - - Details Other expeditions
George Ingle Finch M 1888 Australia Climber - - Details Other expeditions
Thomas George Longstaff M 1875 UK Exp Doctor UK Physician Details Other expeditions
George Herbert Leigh Mallory M 1886 UK Climber Godalming, Surrey, England Schoolmaster at Charterhouse Details Other expeditions
Henry Treise Morshead M 1882 UK Climber - - Details Other expeditions
Charles John Morris M 1895 UK Climber - - Details Other expeditions
Edward Felix Norton M 1884 UK Climber - - Details Other expeditions
John Baptist Lucius Noel M 1890 UK Cameraman - - Details Other expeditions
Theodore Howard Somervell M 1890 UK Climber London, England Physician Details Other expeditions
Edward Lisle (Bill) Strutt M 1874 UK Climber - - Details Other expeditions
Arthur William Wakefield M 1876 UK Climber - - Details Other expeditions
Tejbir Bura M - Nepal Gurkha Officer - Lance Naike (Gurkha NCO) Details Other expeditions
Chettan Sherpa M - Nepal H-A Worker - - Details Other expeditions

References

9 recorded references.

Expedition ID Journal Author Title Publisher Citation Yak 94
EVER22101 - Bruce, Charles G. The Assault on Mount Everest 1922 Edward Arnold, London - B593
EVER22101 - Finch, George Ingle Der Kampf um den Everest F. A. Brockhaus, Leipzig, Germany - F76
EVER22101 - Finch, George Ingle The Making of a Mountaineer Arrowsmith, London - F75
EVER22101 - Longstaff, Tom This Is My Voyage John Murray, London - L279
EVER22101 - Noel, John B. L. The Story of Everest Little, Brown & Co., Boston - N139
EVER22101 - Noel, John B. L. Through Tibet to Everest Edward Arnold, London - N139
EVER22101 - Somervell, T. Howard After Everest Hodder & Stoughton, London - S657
EVER22101 - Finch, George Ingle The Struggle for Everest Carreg, Ross-on-Wye, Hereford, UK - -
EVER22101 AJ Mallory, G. L., et al Mount Everest Expeditions, 1922 - 34:250-303,425-456 (1921-1922) -