Annapurna III | 2016 SE Ridge

A Austria expedition to Annapurna III in 2016 via SE Ridge, led by David Lama. Summit reached on 28th April 2016. 5 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field Value
ID 9035
Imported 2026-03-06 18:04:49.359634
Expedition ID ANN316101
Peak ID ANN3
Year 2016
Season 1
Host Country 1
Route 1 SE Ridge
Route 2 -
Route 3 -
Route 4 -
Nationality Austria
Leaders David Lama
Sponsor Austrian Annapurna III Expedition 2016
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 Switzerland
Approach -
Basecamp Date 2016-04-08
Summit Date 2016-04-28
Summit Time -
Summit Days 20
Total Days 32
Termination Date 2016-05-10
Termination Reason 4
Termination Notes Abandoned at 6500m due to bad weather during the attempt and bad weather forecast for the following days
High Point (m) 6500
Traverse False
Ski False
Paraglide False
Camps 0
Fixed Rope (m) 0
Total Members 5
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(08/04,4600m),Biv1(26/04,6000m),Biv2(27/04),Biv3(28/04,6500m),xxx
Route Notes After acclimatizing on the E Ridge of Annapurna III, we rested a few days in BC and then started our attempt on 26 April. We had a reasonable weather forecast and the first day up to about 6000m went without any problems. We climbed fast and belayed less than 200m that day. The next morning we started climbing on the actual ridge. We climbed 7 pitches in pretty bad weather and the terrain proved to be tricky and difficult. Almost all pitches required some aid climbing, but most of all the weather and bad snow conditions we found on the ridge slowed us down. On day three we climbed 6 slightly more difficult pitches in the same weather and snow conditions up to the break/shoulder at about 6500m. We spend the night there and then the whole next day to get back to BC.
Accidents -
Achievement -
Agency Shangri-La Nepal Treks
Commercial Route False
Standard Route False
Primary Route False
Primary Member False
Primary Reference -
Primary ID -
Checksum 2462583
Year 2016
Summit Success False
O2 Summary None
Route (lowercase) se ridge

Members

5 recorded members.

Name Sex Year of Birth Citizenship Status Residence Occupation
David Lama M 1990 Austria Leader Goetzens, Tirol, Austria Alpinist Details Other expeditions
Alexander Bluemel M 1987 Austria Climber Moetz, Tirol, Austria Alpine guide Details Other expeditions
Hansjoerg Auer M 1984 Austria Climber Oetz, Tirol, Austria Alpinist Details Other expeditions
Melchior (Menk) Rufibach M 1988 Switzerland Cameraman Guttannen, Bern, Switzerland Cameraman Details Other expeditions
Martin Hanslmayr M 1978 Austria Cameraman Andorf, Upper Austria, Austria Cameraman Details Other expeditions

References

3 recorded references.

Expedition ID Journal Author Title Publisher Citation Yak 94
ANN316101 - - http://www.david-lama.com/en/news.html?tx_coonews_newsdetail%5Bnewsitem%5D=332&tx_coonews_newsdetail%5Baction%5D=detail&tx_coonews_newsdetail%5Bcontroller%5D=News&cHash=e006f4d727191144baf74c45c9e22436 - - -
ANN316101 AAJ Griffin, Lindsay Annapurna III, Southeast Ridge, Attempt - 91:318 (2017) -
ANN316101 - - http://publications.americanalpineclub.org/articles/13201214150/Annapurna-III-Southeast-Ridge-Attempt - - -