Annapurna IV | 2018 NW Ridge

A UK expedition to Annapurna IV in 2018 via NW Ridge, led by Diahanne Gilbert. Summit reached on 10th November 2018. 14 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field Value
ID 10021
Imported 2026-03-06 18:04:49.359634
Expedition ID ANN418301
Peak ID ANN4
Year 2018
Season 3
Host Country 1
Route 1 NW Ridge
Route 2 -
Route 3 -
Route 4 -
Nationality UK
Leaders Diahanne Gilbert
Sponsor Adventure Peaks Annapurna IV Expedition 2018
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 Canada, Spain, USA
Approach Drive Pokara->Chame->Honge->Sabej Khola->BC
Basecamp Date 2018-10-27
Summit Date 2018-11-10
Summit Time -
Summit Days 14
Total Days 17
Termination Date 2018-11-13
Termination Reason 7
Termination Notes Abandoned at 7300m due to exhaustion and still too far from top
High Point (m) 7300
Traverse False
Ski False
Paraglide False
Camps 3
Fixed Rope (m) 6000
Total Members 8
Summit Members 0
Member Deaths 0
Total Hired 6
Summit Hired 0
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 True
O2 Unknown False
Other Summits -
Campsites BC(27/10,4815m),C1(31/10,5450m),C2(02/11,5800m),C3(09/11,6500m),xxx(10/11,7300m)
Route Notes Team of Gilbert, Ulyett, Hernando Blazquez, Phurba, Norbu, Norbu, Biri, Lakpa stopped at 7300m after 10 hours push in breakable crust in very cold temperatures (the true summit was at least another 4 hours away which would have caused problems). Very little information was available to team. More technical and longer than envisioned. Team used 30 rolls of polypropylene to fix for example. Perhaps too ambitious for one commercial expedition. Sherpas: Phurba Ongel Sherpa (think he was on Cho Oyu recently) Phursemeba Sherpa (last year Everest with AP's) Norbu Sherpa (Everest summiter both sides) Bire Tamang (Everest summiter) Lakpa Sherpa (Everest, Cho Oyu summiter) Sherpas: Phursemba Sherpa, 32, Makalu, Everest 2018 with Adventure Peaks Lhakpa Sherpa, 37, Makalu, Everest 2018 summit with 7 Summit Adv Biri Tamang, Himlung summit in 2017 with Adventure Peaks Norbu Sherpa, 40, Makalu, Everest 2018 C3 with a Chinese team Norbu Chhiring, 36, Makalu, Everest summit 2018 with 7 Summit Adv Phurba Sherpa, 35, Makalu, Everest summit 2018 with Trekking Camp Nepal
Accidents -
Achievement -
Agency Makalu Adventure
Commercial Route False
Standard Route False
Primary Route False
Primary Member False
Primary Reference False
Primary ID -
Checksum 2464006
Year 2018
Summit Success False
O2 Summary None
Route (lowercase) nw ridge

Members

14 recorded members.

Name Sex Year of Birth Citizenship Status Residence Occupation
Diahanne (Di) Gilbert F 1973 UK Leader Grantown-on-Spey, Moray, Scotland Alpine instructor/guide Details Other expeditions
Alain Caron M 1979 Canada Climber Sherbrooke, Quebec Attorney Details Other expeditions
David Malcolm Forture M 1987 UK Climber Edinburgh, Scotland Diver Details Other expeditions
Nicholas Roger Hateley M 1965 UK Climber Birmingham, W Midlands, England Consultant Details Other expeditions
Pablo Hernando Blazquez M 1957 Spain Climber UK Retired Details Other expeditions
Deborah Jane Hicks F 1956 UK Climber Bath, Somerset, England Consultant Details Other expeditions
George William Rodway M 1959 USA Climber Columbus, Ohio Physcian & university professor Details Other expeditions
Simon Ulyett M 1982 UK Climber York, N Yorkshire, England Physician Details Other expeditions
Lakpa Sherpa M 1982 Nepal H-A Worker Makalu-Barun - Details Other expeditions
Nurbu Sherpa M 1975 Nepal H-A Worker Makalu-Barun - Details Other expeditions
Nurbu Chhiring Sherpa M 1980 Nepal H-A Worker Balakharka, Makalu-Barun - Details Other expeditions
Phurba Ongel Sherpa M 1981 Nepal H-A Worker Sedua, Makalu-Barun - Details Other expeditions
Phursemba (Phur Temba) Sherpa M 1979 Nepal H-A Worker Robesa, Makalu-5, Makalu-Barun - Details Other expeditions
Bir Bahadur Tamang M 1993 Nepal H-A Worker Makalu-9, Makalu-Barun - Details Other expeditions

References

0 recorded references.