Baruntse | 2002 SE Ridge

A UK expedition to Baruntse in 2002 via SE Ridge, led by Chris Mann. Summit reached on 25th April 2002. 7 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field Value
ID 3989
Imported 2026-03-06 18:04:49.359634
Expedition ID BARU02102
Peak ID BARU
Year 2002
Season 1
Host Country 1
Route 1 SE Ridge
Route 2 -
Route 3 -
Route 4 -
Nationality UK
Leaders Chris Mann
Sponsor British Independent Baruntse Expedition
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 France, Ireland
Approach Mera La->West Col
Basecamp Date 2002-04-17
Summit Date 2002-04-25
Summit Time -
Summit Days 8
Total Days 10
Termination Date 2002-04-27
Termination Reason 10
Termination Notes Abandoned at 6750m due to route problem
High Point (m) 6750
Traverse False
Ski False
Paraglide False
Camps 2
Fixed Rope (m) 200
Total Members 7
Summit Members 0
Member Deaths 0
Total Hired 1
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 False
O2 Unknown False
Other Summits Climbed Mera Peak (14 April)
Campsites BC(17/04,5450m),C1(20/04,6100m),C2(24/04,6400m),xxx(25/04,6750m)
Route Notes BC near lake southwest of West Col C1 just over top of West Col C2 at bottom of SE Ridge High point at 6750m at SE Ridge. 25 April summit bid from C2 by Dinsdale, Mann, Muir, Trommsdorff and Pemba Gyalzen Sherpa at 4:00 am (wanted to leave earlier but also did not want to get to technical ground starting at 6500m before could use it in daylight). An hour across glacier to actual start of ridge in one foot fresh snow and then up ridge till 8:00 am where ridge was crossed by wide crevasse barrier. To overcome this barrier would have had to go over to steep South Face, where slab avalanche danger too great. Crevasse 30 feet wide with overhanging lip; so with risk too great, decide to abandon climb. Same day down to BC, clearing camps on descent. Fixed 170m to West Col and start of technical part on mountain fixed 30m.
Accidents Allan amoebic dysentery below Mera Peak
Achievement -
Agency Thamserku Trekking
Commercial Route False
Standard Route False
Primary Route False
Primary Member False
Primary Reference False
Primary ID -
Checksum 2457542
Year 2002
Summit Success False
O2 Summary None
Route (lowercase) se ridge

Members

7 recorded members.

Name Sex Year of Birth Citizenship Status Residence Occupation
Guy Dinsdale M 1971 UK Climber Mill End, Oxford, England Aerospace Details Other expeditions
Christopher (Chris) Mann M 1969 UK Leader Gillingham, Kent, England Computer analyst Details Other expeditions
Neil McKearney M 1973 Ireland Climber Lausanne, Switzerland Software quality manager Details Other expeditions
Andrew Muir M 1971 UK Climber Bolton, Lancashire, England Policy analyst for local govt housing department Details Other expeditions
Sarah Thain F 1972 UK Climber Lausanne, Switzerland Information technology consultant Details Other expeditions
Christian Trommsdorff M 1964 France Climber Chamonix, Haute-Savoie, France Alpine guide Details Other expeditions
David Graham Allan M 1975 UK Climber Perth, Tayside, Scotland Designer Details Other expeditions

References

0 recorded references.