Everest | 1989 N Col-N Face (Great Couloir)

A USA expedition to Everest in 1989 via N Col-N Face (Great Couloir), led by Keith Brown. Summit reached on 14th October 1989. 2 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field Value
ID 383
Imported 2026-03-06 18:04:49.359634
Expedition ID EVER89306
Peak ID EVER
Year 1989
Season 3
Host Country 2
Route 1 N Col-N Face (Great Couloir)
Route 2 -
Route 3 -
Route 4 -
Nationality USA
Leaders Keith Brown
Sponsor US Chomolungma Expedition
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 -
Approach -
Basecamp Date 1989-08-21
Summit Date 1989-10-14
Summit Time -
Summit Days 54
Total Days 55
Termination Date 1989-10-15
Termination Reason 4
Termination Notes Abandoned at 7800m due to wind
High Point (m) 7800
Traverse False
Ski False
Paraglide False
Camps 2
Fixed Rope (m) 0
Total Members 2
Summit Members 0
Member Deaths 0
Total Hired 0
Summit Hired 0
Hired Deaths 0
No Hired True
O2 Used True
O2 None False
O2 Climb False
O2 Descent False
O2 Sleep True
O2 Medical False
O2 Taken False
O2 Unknown False
Other Summits -
Campsites BC(21/08,5200m),ABC(25/08,6400m),C1(28/08,7000m),C2(08/09,7500m),Biv1(13/10,7700m),Biv2(14/10,7800m),xxx(14/10,7800m)
Route Notes BC at road C1 at North Col High point on North Face. At 7600m placed deposit camp 7th Sept and then couldn't return for rest of Sept because of snow and in Oct it was wind. Brown did manage to reach 7600m camp on 13th Oct from N Col and from there took gear across face to 7700m to get out of wind. 14th Oct took gear at 7800m further across face; winds got worse during night of 14/15th so on 15th down to ABC, 17th to BC and left on 20th Oct. Jan Harris left N Col on 13th giving up climb because he was run down; had done many trips BC-ABC and several trips to N Col and above. Maurice Wilson's body has been at ABC since 1986, when Spanish brought him there; just a pile of bones, perhaps 25% of total body. Americans buried the bones this autumn.
Accidents None
Achievement -
Agency None
Commercial Route False
Standard Route False
Primary Route False
Primary Member False
Primary Reference -
Primary ID -
Checksum 2449938
Year 1989
Summit Success False
O2 Summary Used
Route (lowercase) n col-n face (great couloir)

Members

2 recorded members.

Name Sex Year of Birth Citizenship Status Residence Occupation
Keith Brown M 1958 USA Leader Charlottesville, Virginia Textile businessman Details Other expeditions
Jan Harris M 1963 USA Climber Olympia, Washington Alpinist Details Other expeditions

References

2 recorded references.

Expedition ID Journal Author Title Publisher Citation Yak 94
EVER89306 AAJ Brown, Keith - - 64:304 (1990) -
EVER89306 - - http://publications.americanalpineclub.org/articles/12199030401/Asia-Tibet-Everest-Attempt - - -