Annapurna I | 2012 N Face

A India expedition to Annapurna I in 2012 via N Face, led by Basanta Kumar Singha Roy. Summit reached on 20th April 2012. 3 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field Value
ID 7408
Imported 2026-03-06 18:04:49.359634
Expedition ID ANN112102
Peak ID ANN1
Year 2012
Season 1
Host Country 1
Route 1 N Face
Route 2 -
Route 3 -
Route 4 -
Nationality India
Leaders Basanta Kumar Singha Roy
Sponsor West Bengal Annapurna I Expedition
Success 1 True
Success 2 False
Success 3 False
Success 4 False
Ascent 1 -
Ascent 2 -
Ascent 3 -
Ascent 4 -
Claimed False
Disputed True
Countries -
Approach Lete->Thulobugin Pass->Hom Khola->Mristi Khola
Basecamp Date 2012-04-09
Summit Date 2012-04-20
Summit Time 1000
Summit Days 11
Total Days 15
Termination Date 2012-04-24
Termination Reason 1
Termination Notes -
High Point (m) 8091
Traverse False
Ski False
Paraglide False
Camps 4
Fixed Rope (m) 0
Total Members 2
Summit Members 2
Member Deaths 0
Total Hired 1
Summit Hired 1
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(09/04,4190m),C1(12/04,5000m),C2(14/04,6000m),C3(18/04,6800m),C4(19/04,7300m),Smt(20/04)
Route Notes Singha Roy, Biswas and Pemba left C4 at 10 pm on 19 April for summit. They arrived at 10 am on 20 April, stayed on summit for 10 minutes and returned to C4 at 3 pm. Next day on 21 April they spent the night at C2. On 22 April they descended to BC. Summit day weather was good. Chinese climbers Yang, Rao and their Sherpa were ahead of Singha Roy team. The American woman with Sherpas were behind the Indian team. Sherpa: Pemba Chhuti Sherpa, 15/07/73, Yaphu-9, Makalu, Everest X5, Makalu X1 Note: Several photos and comments have surfaced that give doubts to the status of all the summiters on 20 April 2012 for Annapurna I. One set of photos show the Indian team of Debasish Biswas and Basanta Singha Roy standing 50-60m below the top of the summit ridge with a climber dressed in red climbing towards the summit ridge high in the background. Another set of photos show the Chinese team of Yang Chun-Feng and Rao Jian-Feng (dressed in red) near the crest of the summit ridge. One Chinese and two Sherpas are shown on top of the crest and one Chinese and one Sherpa are shown as stopping below the crest. It also appears that the Chinese team did not proceed along the crest of the summit ridge to the true summit that is 20-50m further away in an upwardly horizontal direction. The widow of Rao states that her husband told her that Rao summited, but not Yang. Both Rao and Yao were killed in June 2013 when the base camp at Nanga Parbat was attacked by terrorists. Other comments put the American team of Cleo Weidlich and her Sherpa either above or below the Indian team, but not at the summit ridge. For the above reasons, these ascents are being marked as “disputed.”
Accidents -
Achievement -
Agency Loben Expeditions
Commercial Route False
Standard Route True
Primary Route False
Primary Member False
Primary Reference False
Primary ID -
Checksum 2461020
Year 2012
Summit Success True
O2 Summary Used
Route (lowercase) n face

Members

3 recorded members.

Name Sex Year of Birth Citizenship Status Residence Occupation
Debasish Biswas M 1971 India Climber Kolkata (Calcutta), India Indian government income tax officer Details Other expeditions
Basanta Kumar Singha Roy M 1961 India Leader Kolkata (Calcutta), India Banker Details Other expeditions
Pemba Chhuti (Pemba Chhoti) Sherpa M 1973 Nepal H-A Worker Yaphu-9, Makalu-Barun - Details Other expeditions

References

0 recorded references.