Anidesh Chuli | 2014 NE Face

A New Zealand expedition to Anidesh Chuli in 2014 via NE Face, led by Paul Hersey. Summit reached on 2nd May 2014. 3 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field Value
ID 8465
Imported 2026-03-06 18:04:49.359634
Expedition ID ANID14101
Peak ID ANID
Year 2014
Season 1
Host Country 1
Route 1 NE Face
Route 2 -
Route 3 -
Route 4 -
Nationality New Zealand
Leaders Paul Hersey
Sponsor New Zealand Anidesh Chuli Expedition 2014
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 Australia
Approach Bus to Taplejung->Ghunsa->Kangbachen
Basecamp Date 2014-04-21
Summit Date 2014-05-02
Summit Time -
Summit Days 11
Total Days 17
Termination Date 2014-05-08
Termination Reason 4
Termination Notes Abandoned at 5600m due to snow conditions and weather conditions
High Point (m) 5600
Traverse False
Ski False
Paraglide False
Camps 2
Fixed Rope (m) 0
Total Members 3
Summit Members 0
Member Deaths 0
Total Hired 0
Summit Hired 0
Hired Deaths 0
No Hired True
O2 Used False
O2 None True
O2 Climb False
O2 Descent False
O2 Sleep False
O2 Medical False
O2 Taken False
O2 Unknown False
Other Summits -
Campsites BC(21/04,4900m),C1(01/05,5200m),C2(25/04,5400m),xxx(02/05,5600m)
Route Notes On 24th the entire team went to acclimatize at C1 and made a deposit there. Paul Hersey was feeling the first symptoms of HAS, so the team went back to the BC. Paul Hersey would stay at BC from the 25th being not as well acclimatized as his partners; he couldn't climb along with them anymore (his high point C1). On 25 April Shelley and John went back to C1, then up to 5400m where they put C2 and slept there (safe bivouac place in the icefall). Then on the 26th the weather turned bad and the pair had to come back to BC. On the 1 May Shelley and John went to sleep at C1, then the day after pushed again 3 hours up to 5600m, finding a better way through the icefall, but eventually struggling one hour to gain 30m, with deep snow up to the chest and now no more visibility. They could only consider the same day it was impossible to go further in such snow conditions and decided to abandon. It snowed almost every day 15 cm of fresh snow during the expedition, with snow up to the chest during the second attempt. The icefall conditions changed in 1 yr: from C1 the right-hand side gully nearing the rocks border of the icefall wasn't anymore existing: one Ben Dare's team could use unroped the previous year.
Accidents Low effects of HAS for Paul Hersey on 24th
Achievement -
Agency Dream Himalaya Adventures
Commercial Route False
Standard Route True
Primary Route False
Primary Member False
Primary Reference False
Primary ID -
Checksum 2461719
Year 2014
Summit Success False
O2 Summary None
Route (lowercase) ne face

Members

3 recorded members.

Name Sex Year of Birth Citizenship Status Residence Occupation
Paul Leonard Hersey M 1967 New Zealand Leader Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand Author Details Other expeditions
Shelley Marie Hersey F 1976 New Zealand Climber Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand Educator (online technician) Details Other expeditions
John Robert Price M 1986 Australia Climber Canberra, ACT, Australia Rope access technician Details Other expeditions

References

3 recorded references.

Expedition ID Journal Author Title Publisher Citation Yak 94
ANID14101 - - http://shelleyhersey.wordpress.com/anidesha-chuli-2014-expedition/ - - -
ANID14101 - - https://vimeo.com/131588972 - - -
ANID14101 NZAJ Price, John Anidesha Chuli - 66:114-115 (2014) -