Everest | 1996 SW Face (Bonington rte)

A Norway expedition to Everest in 1996 via SW Face (Bonington rte), led by Petter Neby. Summit reached on 26th April 1996. 1 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field Value
ID 1743
Imported 2026-03-06 18:04:49.359634
Expedition ID EVER96102
Peak ID EVER
Year 1996
Season 1
Host Country 1
Route 1 SW Face (Bonington rte)
Route 2 -
Route 3 -
Route 4 -
Nationality Norway
Leaders Petter Neby
Sponsor Neby Everest 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 1996-04-01
Summit Date 1996-04-26
Summit Time -
Summit Days 25
Total Days 27
Termination Date 1996-04-28
Termination Reason 14
Termination Notes Abandoned at 7800m due to leader's rushing back to Norway
High Point (m) 7800
Traverse False
Ski False
Paraglide False
Camps 3
Fixed Rope (m) 5000
Total Members 1
Summit Members 0
Member Deaths 0
Total Hired 4
Summit Hired 0
Hired Deaths 0
No Hired False
O2 Used False
O2 None True
O2 Climb False
O2 Descent False
O2 Sleep False
O2 Medical False
O2 Taken True
O2 Unknown False
Other Summits Climbed Island Peak (25th March by Neby and 3 Nepalese)
Campsites BC(01/04,5400m),C1(06/04,5900m),C2(14/04,6500m),C3(20/04,6900m),xxx(26/04,7800m)
Route Notes C1 at top of Icefall C2 in W Cwm C3 on SW Face High point at below Couloir. The four Tamangs reached site for C4 at 7800m on 26th April, but camp never slept in. Leader Neby was in C2 that day, had been to C3 on 22nd. Climb abandoned because Neby received [fax] message at BC that Neby's daughter was seriously ill and he rushed to Norway and climb finished. Dawa Tamang summited SW Face with Koreans on 14 Oct 95. Goren Kropp, Swedish Everest South leader 31 May 96: a Danish member of Duff's expedition said stone fell on Neby's helmet and damaged it - "this thing of his daughters illness came very conveniently so I am a little bit doubtful about it" - no fax at Swedish BC - Neby Duff - 30 May 96 Considerable rock fall on SW Face perhaps encouraged Neby's departure.
Accidents None
Achievement -
Agency Tamang Crossland Trekking
Commercial Route False
Standard Route -
Primary Route False
Primary Member False
Primary Reference -
Primary ID -
Checksum 2452421
Year 1996
Summit Success False
O2 Summary None
Route (lowercase) sw face (bonington rte)

Members

1 recorded members.

Name Sex Year of Birth Citizenship Status Residence Occupation
Petter Neby M 1971 Norway Leader Oslo, Norway Investment banker Details Other expeditions

References

1 recorded references.

Expedition ID Journal Author Title Publisher Citation Yak 94
EVER96102 HIGH - - - 167:72 (Oct 1996) -