Baruntse | 2004 W Col-SE Ridge

A Sweden expedition to Baruntse in 2004 via W Col-SE Ridge, led by Krister Jonnson. Summit reached on 22nd October 2004. 4 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field Value
ID 4733
Imported 2026-03-06 18:04:49.359634
Expedition ID BARU04302
Peak ID BARU
Year 2004
Season 3
Host Country 1
Route 1 W Col-SE Ridge
Route 2 -
Route 3 -
Route 4 -
Nationality Sweden
Leaders Krister Jonnson
Sponsor Alpine Madness 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 Australia
Approach -
Basecamp Date 2004-10-20
Summit Date 2004-10-22
Summit Time -
Summit Days 2
Total Days 4
Termination Date 2004-10-24
Termination Reason 8
Termination Notes Abandoned at 6250m due to problems with equipment and porters
High Point (m) 6250
Traverse False
Ski False
Paraglide False
Camps 1
Fixed Rope (m) 0
Total Members 3
Summit Members 0
Member Deaths 0
Total Hired 0
Summit Hired 0
Hired Deaths 1
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(20/10,5400m),C1(22/10,5800m),xxx(22/10,6250m)
Route Notes High point between West Col and foot of SE Ridge. Andersson and Jonsson climbed up to 6250m "without any problems, but we never had any chance to make summit attempt." We never had any chance to do any climbing because of problems with porters, food - porters did not do a good carry, bad equipment such as tents, badly equipped porters, and in the end after doing his job about carrying load, a dismissed porter died in Khare [near Mera La] (on his way home, says trekking agent). Agent says this death, reported to team, unnerved members. An another reason for abandoning climb, says agent, was one Swedish member (he doesn't know name) said he was sick, but agent thinks illness might have been imaginary (psychosomatic).
Accidents Porter Norbu Borjirel, 35, died on his way from BC (altitude sickness 22 Oct)
Achievement -
Agency Destination Nepal
Commercial Route False
Standard Route False
Primary Route False
Primary Member False
Primary Reference False
Primary ID -
Checksum 2458455
Year 2004
Summit Success False
O2 Summary None
Route (lowercase) w col-se ridge

Members

4 recorded members.

Name Sex Year of Birth Citizenship Status Residence Occupation
Johan Andersson M 1974 Sweden Climber Goteborg, Sweden Technician Details Other expeditions
Krister Jonsson M 1970 Sweden Leader Beedtrask, Sweden Alpine guide Details Other expeditions
John Marshall M 1955 Australia Climber Nairne, SA, Australia Biochemistry teacher Details Other expeditions
Norbu Bahadur Jirel M 1969 Nepal Porter Jiri, Kavre - Details Other expeditions

References

0 recorded references.