Everest 2003 North Face Rescue
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Everest 2003 Philip James February 2009
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Slide show of the Everest North Face rescue - by Philip James
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Everest 2003Philip James
February 2009
Founder of Snooth- Worlds largest wine site- Price comparison shopping site- 500,000 users per month
MChem Oxford University, MA Oxford, MBA Columbia Business School
Former iBanker at Merrill Lynch
“Adventure” Capitalist- Sailed across the Atlantic- Lived on 4 continents and travelled to 50+
countries- Everest in 2003
Height: 29,045 feet / 8,850 metersSummit Temperature: -40F / -40CSummit Air Pressure: 300mbar
(compare to 1,000 at sea level)
First climbed in 1953:- Sir Edmund Hilary- Sherpa Tenzig Norgay
North Face, 1st ascent: 1955- Chinese expedition using ladders
Spring 2003 Expedition- 6 Climbers- 3 Sherpas- 2 Nimas- 4 tons of equipment- 40 Yaks
Bid to become Britain’s youngest to climb the North Face
Day: 1-3Kathmandu, NepalAltitude: 2,000 feetTemperature: 70F
Day: 5Nepal / China BorderAltitude: 4,000 feetTemperature: 60F
Day: 8Tibetan PlateauAltitude: 12,000 feetTemperature: 20F
Day: 10First Everest sightingAltitude: 15,000 feetTemperature: 20F
Day: 17Beer tentAltitude: 18,000 feetTemperature: 20F
Day: 20Puja ceremonyAltitude: 18,000 feetTemperature: 20F
Day: 20Base CampAltitude: 18,000 feetTemperature: 20F
Day: 21-23BC – Interim – ABC
25 miles
Moraine “Super-Highway”
Day: 24-27ABCAltitude: 21,000 feetTemperature: 5F
Day: 35West WallAltitude: 22,000 feetTemperature: 0F
2,000 ice wall
Basic Equipment: - Ascender
- Harness- Ice axe- Carabineer
Keeping me on the fixed line
Day: 42North ColAltitude: 23,000 feetTemperature: -10F
Camp I
Day: 53N RidgeAltitude: 25,000 feetTemperature: -15F
Camp I – Camp II
Day: 54N RidgeAltitude: 26,000 feetTemperature: -20F
Camp II
Day: 55NE RidgeAltitude: 27,000 feetTemperature: -30F
Camp III
Day: 56NE RidgeAltitude: 27,750 feetTemperature: -40F
Summit Attempt / Rescue Mission
Death Zone Time: 17 hours9:00am
Day: 56NE RidgeAltitude: 27,500 feetTemperature: -40F
Summit Attempt / Rescue Mission
Death Zone Time: 20 hours12:00pm
Day: 56NE RidgeAltitude: 27,250 feetTemperature: -40F
Summit Attempt / Rescue Mission
Death Zone Time: 24 hours4:00pm
Day: 61Nepal / Tibet borderAltitude: 10,000 feetTemperature: 60F
Casualties:- 3 frostbitten fingers- 2 cracked ribs- Dysentery- Pulmonary edema- Compound leg fracture- 3 fatalities
Day: 100Australia
Effects of frostbite
Everest 2003Philip James
February 2009
