Everest | 1999 N Col-NE Ridge

A Russia expedition to Everest in 1999 via N Col-NE Ridge, led by Viatsheslav Skripko. Summit reached on 25th May 1999. 4 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field Value
ID 3342
Imported 2026-03-06 18:04:49.359634
Expedition ID EVER99135
Peak ID EVER
Year 1999
Season 1
Host Country 2
Route 1 N Col-NE Ridge
Route 2 -
Route 3 -
Route 4 -
Nationality Russia
Leaders Viatsheslav Skripko
Sponsor International Everest Expedition 1999
Success 1 True
Success 2 False
Success 3 False
Success 4 False
Ascent 1 327
Ascent 2 -
Ascent 3 -
Ascent 4 -
Claimed False
Disputed False
Countries Bulgaria
Approach KTM->Tingri->Rongbuk BC
Basecamp Date 1999-04-16
Summit Date 1999-05-25
Summit Time -
Summit Days 39
Total Days 47
Termination Date 1999-06-02
Termination Reason 1
Termination Notes -
High Point (m) 8849
Traverse False
Ski False
Paraglide False
Camps 3
Fixed Rope (m) 0
Total Members 4
Summit Members 2
Member Deaths 0
Total Hired 0
Summit Hired 0
Hired Deaths 0
No Hired True
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(16/04,5100m),ABC(20/04,6400m),C1(22/04,7000m),C2A(27/04,7600m),C2B(11/05,7900m),C3A(23/05,8300m),C3B(25/05,8400m),Smt(25-26/05)
Route Notes C1 at North Col C3A (2 tents) C3B (2 tents). 25 May Korshunov left C3A (8300m) about 3:00 am Chinese time with Zoran, and Korshunov went ahead after 10 minutes to make trail while Zoran waited for route to be made. He says he summited but no one believes it: had only 14 litre bottle with old masks and others think he reached 2nd Step top and somewhere below 3rd Step at about 8700m (he was seen coming down from 2nd Step - he describes ladder on 2nd Step). His oxygen system broken and was unable to understand it - he now lost his mind. Slept at 7800m for 4 nights total in various people's tents on way up and down and 4 nights in 8300m (was found naked in Georgian tent at 8300m when Georgians returned but hot in tent). 26 May 2:00 am Chinese time Louchnikov left C3B at 8400m and up with others from other expedition and on top 10:30 NST/12:45 Chinese time, 1st foreigner after Apa and other Sherpa with Gheorghe. Louchnikov descended to 7600m camp about 9:00 pm Chinese time. Louchikov to ABC on 27th and left ABC 28th to BC. Korshunov was very fast climber till about 8000m - stayed too many days above 8000m. Fabrizio Zangrilli - 1 June 99 Korshunov (aged 63) had paid to be on this team and thus able to become oldest summiter, by agreeing to be a load carrier and was pushed up the mountain. Reached bottom of 2nd Step but went crazy at BC, where he was howling at moon and in Georgian's C3 tent was naked and defecated on sleeping bag. Went down to C2 to Brice's tent and made himself at home. Brice 9 June confirms Korshunov occupied his tent at C3. Korshunov wandered all over mountain and "for days on end no one knew where he was, but leader didn't care and made no attempt to find him." Brice - 3 June 2002 Korshunov "might well have" reached summit during the period in which he disappeared. Brice doesn't know. Simone Moro, Italian climber - 30 May 02 He (Moro) made investigation of Korshunov's summit claim and is convinced the Russian did get to the top. He bought back a S Korean flag and small Bible in German from top. He (Korshunov) carried oxygen bottle but regulator did not work, which could explain his peculiar behavior at high altitude. He was not pushed up the mountain. Moro has written an article about this. Korshunov (via interpreter Denis Urubko) - 30 March 04 He did summit Everest on 25 May 99 and without oxygen and brought back from top a Ukraine flag left there in May '99 and a mini-Bible with an Australian name written in one of the front pages [an Australian summited on 22 May 99]. But Skripko said Korshunov did not summit because: (1) bad relations between Korushunov and Skripko - Skripko had let him go on this climb, but since he couldn't pay full fee, Skripko made him work like a Sherpa and regarded him as such. (2) Skripko could not accept that a man other than he himself could reach the top without oxygen while Skripko couldn't succeed with it. 18 Jan 2005 - Korshunov's daughter came to KTM on tour and brought items he said he found on the summit: (1) a tiny paper booklet titled "Minibibel" containing Biblical passages in German - inside front cover written in ink: Burtscher, Franz Karl A-6714 Nueziders, Austria. (2) small stuffed toy panda (3) banner of Ukrainian Mountaineering Federation. 22 Mar 2005 - Mrs. Christiane Schupp, sister of Miss Billi Bierling, spoke by telephone with Burtscher, who said that whenever he went to the mountains, he distributed his red "Minibibels" and he remembered having met a man named Boris in the Tien Shen in Kazakhstan in 1990 and gave him a Minibibel. He was very pleased that one of his Minibibels made a way to the top of the world.
Accidents -
Achievement -
Agency Sea to Summit Trekking
Commercial Route True
Standard Route True
Primary Route False
Primary Member False
Primary Reference False
Primary ID -
Checksum 2453593
Year 1999
Summit Success True
O2 Summary Used
Route (lowercase) n col-ne ridge

Members

4 recorded members.

Name Sex Year of Birth Citizenship Status Residence Occupation
Borislav Mihaylov Dimitrov M 1967 Bulgaria Deputy Leader Sofia, Bulgaria Businessman Details Other expeditions
Boris Korshunov M 1935 Russia Climber Moscow, Russia Engineer Details Other expeditions
Andrei Loushnikov M 1956 Russia Climber Moscow, Russia Real estate business Details Other expeditions
Viatcheslav (Slava) Skripko M 1952 Russia Leader Moscow, Russia Alpine instructor Details Other expeditions

References

0 recorded references.