Baruntse | 2004 SE Ridge

A Switzerland expedition to Baruntse in 2004 via SE Ridge, led by Charles Mori. Summit reached on 20th October 2004. 5 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field Value
ID 4731
Imported 2026-03-06 18:04:49.359634
Expedition ID BARU04301
Peak ID BARU
Year 2004
Season 3
Host Country 1
Route 1 SE Ridge
Route 2 -
Route 3 -
Route 4 -
Nationality Switzerland
Leaders Charles Mori
Sponsor Baruntse 2004
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 Germany
Approach Lukla->Mera La
Basecamp Date 2004-10-17
Summit Date 2004-10-20
Summit Time -
Summit Days 3
Total Days 6
Termination Date 2004-10-23
Termination Reason 10
Termination Notes Abandoned at 6850m due to partner's weakness (Charles was climbing alone)
High Point (m) 6850
Traverse False
Ski False
Paraglide False
Camps 1
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 Climbed Island Peak (by 3 members on 26 Oct)
Campsites BC(17/10,5400m),C1(19/10,6100m),xxx(20/10,6850m)
Route Notes BC at lake C1 at top of West Col Highpoint at 6850m at middle of SE Ridge. Felix Engler, Samuel Stettler, Gustav Wuestenmann abandoned climb at West Col. They stayed one night on West Col and descended due to exhaustion. Mori and Peter Hody left C1 at 8:30 on 20 October. Peter Hody turned back at 6600m due to exhaustion. Mori continued to 6850m. He decided to turn back because he was on his own and it was quite late in the day (2 pm). He returned to BC the same day. Team walked out via the Amphu Lapcha.
Accidents -
Achievement -
Agency Himalayan Journeys
Commercial Route False
Standard Route False
Primary Route False
Primary Member False
Primary Reference False
Primary ID -
Checksum 2458453
Year 2004
Summit Success False
O2 Summary None
Route (lowercase) se ridge

Members

5 recorded members.

Name Sex Year of Birth Citizenship Status Residence Occupation
Felix Engler M 1971 Switzerland Climber Zurich, Switzerland Carpenter Details Other expeditions
Peter Hody M 1968 Germany Climber Zurich, Switzerland Journalist Details Other expeditions
Charles Mori M 1971 Switzerland Leader Zurich, Switzerland Climbing wall administrator & student Details Other expeditions
Samuel Stettler M 1973 Switzerland Climber Thalwil, Zurich, Switzerland Teacher Details Other expeditions
Gustav Wuestenmann M 1966 Switzerland Climber Zurich, Switzerland Architect Details Other expeditions

References

0 recorded references.