Baruntse | 2008 SE Ridge

A Spain expedition to Baruntse in 2008 via SE Ridge, led by Vicente Castro. Summit reached on 6th October 2008. 5 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field Value
ID 6115
Imported 2026-03-06 18:04:49.359634
Expedition ID BARU08304
Peak ID BARU
Year 2008
Season 3
Host Country 1
Route 1 SE Ridge
Route 2 -
Route 3 -
Route 4 -
Nationality Spain
Leaders Vicente Castro
Sponsor Karavaniers Baruntse 2008
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
Approach Mera La
Basecamp Date 2008-09-29
Summit Date 2008-10-06
Summit Time -
Summit Days 7
Total Days 10
Termination Date 2008-10-09
Termination Reason 5
Termination Notes Abandoned at 6950m due to soft snow, impossible to fix rope
High Point (m) 6950
Traverse False
Ski False
Paraglide False
Camps 2
Fixed Rope (m) 0
Total Members 4
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 -
Campsites BC(29/09,5300m),C1(03/10,5900m),C2(05/10,6400m),xxx(06/10,6950m)
Route Notes High point team left C2 at 4 am. Weather was misty. It cleared at about 7:30 am. They reached 6950m at about 10 am. They decided to turn back below the "mushroom" as the snow was too soft and they could not put any security in. They thought it was too dangerous and descended to C2. Arrived at 1 pm. On 7 Oct they descended to BC. They walked out via Amphu Laptsa. Dumont reached C1 on 1 Oct. When he was at BC he rang his family and had to go back due to problems. Sherpa: Dawa Tenzing, Thamo, 22 yrs, 21/3/1986, Ever X1 2006, Cho Oyu 2006 & 2007
Accidents -
Achievement -
Agency Mountain Tribes Trekking
Commercial Route False
Standard Route False
Primary Route False
Primary Member False
Primary Reference False
Primary ID -
Checksum 2459904
Year 2008
Summit Success False
O2 Summary None
Route (lowercase) se ridge

Members

5 recorded members.

Name Sex Year of Birth Citizenship Status Residence Occupation
Vicente Castro Sotos M 1973 Spain Leader Montreal, Quebec Alpine guide Details Other expeditions
Maurice Chouinard M 1959 Canada Climber Latulipe, Quebec Forest technician Details Other expeditions
Pierre Dumont M 1964 Canada Climber Montreal, Quebec Manager of artists' contracts Details Other expeditions
Patrick Gagne M 1980 Canada Climber Chicoutimi, Quebec Mechanic Details Other expeditions
Dawa Tenzing Sherpa M 1986 Nepal H-A Worker Thamo, Khumbu - Details Other expeditions

References

0 recorded references.