Everest | 1995 N Col-NE Ridge

A Taiwan expedition to Everest in 1995 via N Col-NE Ridge, led by Liang Ming-Pen. Summit reached on 12th May 1995. 16 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field Value
ID 1463
Imported 2026-03-06 18:04:49.359634
Expedition ID EVER95103
Peak ID EVER
Year 1995
Season 1
Host Country 2
Route 1 N Col-NE Ridge
Route 2 -
Route 3 -
Route 4 -
Nationality Taiwan
Leaders Liang Ming-Pen
Sponsor 1995 Mt. Everest Expedition
Success 1 True
Success 2 False
Success 3 False
Success 4 False
Ascent 1 204
Ascent 2 -
Ascent 3 -
Ascent 4 -
Claimed False
Disputed False
Countries -
Approach KTM->Tingri->Rongbuk (returned to Lhasa)
Basecamp Date 1995-03-23
Summit Date 1995-05-12
Summit Time 1130
Summit Days 50
Total Days 0
Termination Date -
Termination Reason 1
Termination Notes -
High Point (m) 8849
Traverse False
Ski False
Paraglide False
Camps 3
Fixed Rope (m) 0
Total Members 13
Summit Members 2
Member Deaths 0
Total Hired 7
Summit Hired 3
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(23/03),ABC(08/04,6500m),C1(20/04,7000m),C2(23/04,7900m),C3(30/04,8300m),Smt(12/05)
Route Notes C1 at North Col C2 on North Face C3 just below North Ridge before 1st Step. Were expedition's 1st team to go to ABC, many crevasses between BC & ABC so yaks could not go there, took time to establish ABC. 1st summit bid was on 12th May: left C3 2:40 am, on summit 11:30-11:45 am, before one European, whom they met a second step at 1-1:30 pm; returned to C2 9 pm. 12 oxygen bottles stolen from C3 before summit bid leaving only 12 for Taiwanese. Summit party's Taiwanese: only used to sleep in C3 on oxygen on climb to top. Taiwanese only used oxygen till last 1 hour when Mingma also used it; used down as far as C3 only. Miss Chiang; "not so difficult but some places very dangerous." On descent Tenzing slipped below 2nd step but Miss Chiang caught him & he was okay. All climbing members reached N Col. Only one summit attack because so little oxygen. Oxygen used only by Chen & Chiang sleeping in C3 & climbing above C3; Mingma Tshering only climbing near summit (last 1 hr of ascent); Lhakpa none, Tenzing none. Summit Sherpas: Mingma Tshering, 24, Rolwaling Lhakpa Dorje, 29, Kurima (see note with EVER-961-04) Tenzing, 25, Namche
Accidents None
Achievement 1st Han Chinese woman and 1st Taiwanese
Agency Surya Travel
Commercial Route True
Standard Route True
Primary Route False
Primary Member False
Primary Reference -
Primary ID -
Checksum 2452070
Year 1995
Summit Success True
O2 Summary Used
Route (lowercase) n col-ne ridge

Members

16 recorded members.

Name Sex Year of Birth Citizenship Status Residence Occupation
Kuo-Chun Cheng M 1968 Taiwan Climber Taichung, Taiwan Shopkeeper Details Other expeditions
Hsiu-Chen (Ann) Chiang F 1971 Taiwan Climber Tan-Yung Hsien, Taiwan Accountant Details Other expeditions
Chih-Cheng Hsu M 1967 Taiwan Climber Taipei, Taiwan Shopkeeper Details Other expeditions
Hsiang-Lin Hsu M 1958 Taiwan Climber Taipei, Taiwan Textile business owner Details Other expeditions
Der-Hsiung Huang M 1953 Taiwan Climber Taipei, Taiwan Newspaper reporter Details Other expeditions
Chun-Hsia (Aha) Kuo F 1970 Taiwan Climber Tainan, Taiwan Physical education teacher Details Other expeditions
Man-Chu Lai F 1966 Taiwan Climber Taipei, Taiwan Manager of garment trading business Details Other expeditions
Ming-Pen Liang M 1948 Taiwan Leader Taipei, Taiwan Realty agent Details Other expeditions
I-Ming Lin F 1951 Taiwan BC Manager Taipei, Taiwan Flower arrangement instructor Details Other expeditions
Hsi-Min Liu M 1969 Taiwan Climber Taipei, Taiwan Computer salesman Details Other expeditions
Chueh-Ming Mai M 1965 Taiwan Climber Taipei, Taiwan Auditor Details Other expeditions
Wu-Cheng Tu M 1952 Taiwan Climber Taipei, Taiwan Mechanical engineer Details Other expeditions
Bao-Hwan Yu F 1950 Taiwan Climber Pan-Chian, Taiwan Bus driver Details Other expeditions
Mingma Tshering/Tsiri Sherpa M 1970 Nepal H-A Worker Beding, Dolakha - Details Other expeditions
Lhakpa Dorje Sherpa M 1965 Nepal H-A Worker Chitre, Sotang, Solukhumbu - Details Other expeditions
Tenzing Nuru Sherpa M - Nepal H-A Worker Yilajung (Thami), Khumbu - Details Other expeditions

References

3 recorded references.

Expedition ID Journal Author Title Publisher Citation Yak 94
EVER95103 AAJ Hawley, Elizabeth - - 70:311-312 (1996) -
EVER95103 HIGH - - - 155:14 (Oct 1995) -
EVER95103 - - http://publications.americanalpineclub.org/articles/12199631100/Asia-Tibet-Mount-Everest-Ascents-and-Attempts-Durimg-the-Pre-Monsoon-Season - - -