Annapurna II | 2007 NW Ridge via Annapurna IV's NW Face

A Germany expedition to Annapurna II in 2007 via NW Ridge via Annapurna IV's NW Face, led by Philipp Kunz. Summit reached on 4th February 2008. 4 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field Value
ID 5920
Imported 2026-03-06 18:04:49.359634
Expedition ID ANN207401
Peak ID ANN2
Year 2007
Season 4
Host Country 1
Route 1 NW Ridge via Annapurna IV's NW Face
Route 2 -
Route 3 -
Route 4 -
Nationality Germany
Leaders Philipp Kunz
Sponsor Winter 2007 Season's Expedition
Success 1 True
Success 2 False
Success 3 False
Success 4 False
Ascent 1 -
Ascent 2 -
Ascent 3 -
Ascent 4 -
Claimed False
Disputed False
Countries -
Approach Besisahar->Marshyangdi River->Hongde->BC
Basecamp Date 2008-01-16
Summit Date 2008-02-04
Summit Time -
Summit Days 19
Total Days 23
Termination Date 2008-02-08
Termination Reason 1
Termination Notes -
High Point (m) 7937
Traverse False
Ski False
Paraglide False
Camps 0
Fixed Rope (m) 2500
Total Members 1
Summit Members 1
Member Deaths 0
Total Hired 3
Summit Hired 3
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 False
O2 Unknown False
Other Summits -
Campsites BC(16/01,5000m),ABC(28/01,5800m),Biv(31/01,4600m),Biv(02/02,7400m),C1(03/02,7600m),Smt(04/02)
Route Notes BC on moraine north of mountain ABC on glacier Biv on rocks near bottom of NW Face of Annapurna IV Biv on NW Face C1 on NW Face. First German Winter Annapurna II Expedition - 20 Feb 2008 The team had originally planned to pitch six camps above BC, but that was not possible because of lack of places to put camps. Instead they made an advance base camp, two bivouacs and one high camp. They arrived at BC on 16 January at 5000m on moraine north of the mountain, but strong wind and heavy snowfall prevented them from climbing higher for days. However the three climbing Sherpas did manage to make a route that didn't get obliterated by bad weather, and after they had fixed rope to ABC, Kunz occupied it with them on 28 January at 5800m on the glacier at the foot of Annapurna IV, which abuts Annapurna II. Above ABC they made two bivouacs at 6600m and on the 6th were back in BC. Their only other fixed camp was pitched on 3 February at 7600m on the NW Face, and from here Kunz and the three Sherpas climbed to the NW Ridge and summited the next morning. They left the camp at 5:00 am on the 4th, were on the top very tired at 10:20 am and descended to the site of their second bivouac at 7400m at 5:30 pm. On the 5th they went down to 6000m and on the 6th were back in BC. The route was not easy: the most difficult part was over mixed rock and ice that was 55 degrees steep in places above 7100m. They used 20 ice screws, and also a number of snow bars just below the summit. Because of the very cold weather, fixing any rope was a hard work, but the Sherpas managed to fix 2500m of it in the areas where they had their two bivouacs, which were at 6600m and 7400m. Kunz said that it would have been [easier] if there had been more Sherpas to share the job of fixing rope so that the three men would not have become so very tired. The team had no bottled oxygen with them. Summit Sherpas: Lhakpa Wangel, 19/8/66 (3/5/2023), Nurbugaon, Makalu-5, Makalu 13/5/01, Manaslu 10/5/02, Everest 29/5/04 Lhakpa Thinduk, 17/4/63 (4/1/2020), Upper Walung, Makalu-9, summited trekking peaks only Temba Nuru, 27/4/80 (15/1/2037), Tashigaon, Makalu-5, no previous summits
Accidents -
Achievement 1st winter and 1st German ascent
Agency Yala Adventure
Commercial Route False
Standard Route False
Primary Route False
Primary Member False
Primary Reference False
Primary ID -
Checksum 2459523
Year 2007
Summit Success True
O2 Summary None
Route (lowercase) nw ridge via annapurna iv's nw face

Members

4 recorded members.

Name Sex Year of Birth Citizenship Status Residence Occupation
Philipp Kunz M 1975 Germany Leader Haar, Bavaria, Germany Firefighter & student of computer technology Details Other expeditions
Lhakpa Ongyal (Lhakpa Wangel) Sherpa M 1966 Nepal H-A Worker Nurbugaon, Makalu-Barun - Details Other expeditions
Lhakpa Thinduk Sherpa M 1963 Nepal H-A Worker Walung, Makalu-9, Makalu-Barun - Details Other expeditions
Temba Nurbu/Nuru Sherpa M 1980 Nepal H-A Worker Tashigaon, Makalu-Barun - Details Other expeditions

References

2 recorded references.

Expedition ID Journal Author Title Publisher Citation Yak 94
ANN207401 AAJ Griffin, Lindsay & Salisbury, Richard - - 82:388-389 (2008) -
ANN207401 - - http://publications.americanalpineclub.org/articles/12200838800/Asia-Nepal-Upper-Dolpo-Annapurna-Himal-Annapurna-II-First-Winter-Ascent - - -