Baruntse | 2003 SE Ridge

A Austria expedition to Baruntse in 2003 via SE Ridge, led by Wilhelm Berkowitsch. Summit reached on 7th October 2003. 4 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field Value
ID 4435
Imported 2026-03-06 18:04:49.359634
Expedition ID BARU03302
Peak ID BARU
Year 2003
Season 3
Host Country 1
Route 1 SE Ridge
Route 2 -
Route 3 -
Route 4 -
Nationality Austria
Leaders Wilhelm Berkowitsch
Sponsor International 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 Belgium
Approach -
Basecamp Date 2003-10-03
Summit Date 2003-10-07
Summit Time -
Summit Days 4
Total Days 10
Termination Date 2003-10-13
Termination Reason 5
Termination Notes Abandoned at 6400m due to heavy snowfall and lack of time
High Point (m) 6400
Traverse False
Ski False
Paraglide False
Camps 1
Fixed Rope (m) 200
Total Members 3
Summit Members 0
Member Deaths 0
Total Hired 2
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 -
Campsites BC(03/10,5400m),C1(06/10,6100m),xxx(07-08/10,6400m)
Route Notes BC at 5400m at lake west of West Col C1 at 6100m, 10m from West Col High point at C2 site. Late in getting to BC because of Lukla flights irregular due to bad weather (cloud, rain) and snow in pass enroute to BC. Pitched C2 on 7th and 8th Oct but did not sleep there, as weather started changing and retreated, slept in C1 during heavy snowfall period. Back to BC 9 Oct and 10 Oct 2 Sherpas and De Houwer went up to bring down C2 and C1 gear: climb finished because would take at least a weak for snow to settle and team did not have enough tme to wait. Also 1 Sherpa with a Latvian independent climber had been on Baruntse and spoke of crevasses high on ridge which could not now be seen, so dangerous to go there [refers to Prem Lhakpa with Serbian climber in spring 2003?].
Accidents -
Achievement -
Agency Asian Trekking
Commercial Route False
Standard Route False
Primary Route False
Primary Member False
Primary Reference False
Primary ID -
Checksum 2458073
Year 2003
Summit Success False
O2 Summary None
Route (lowercase) se ridge

Members

4 recorded members.

Name Sex Year of Birth Citizenship Status Residence Occupation
Wilhelm Berkowitsch M 1950 Austria Leader Vienna, Austria Business executive Details Other expeditions
Herwig De Houwer M 1960 Belgium Climber Massenhoven, Belgium Dentist Details Other expeditions
Monica Schholtner F 1956 Austria Climber Vienna, Austria Clinical research associate Details Other expeditions
Prem Lhakpa Sherpa M 1969 Nepal H-A Worker Yaphu-5, Makalu-Barun - Details Other expeditions

References

0 recorded references.