Baruntse | 2010 SE Ridge

A Canada expedition to Baruntse in 2010 via SE Ridge, led by Helen Sovdat. Summit reached on 23rd October 2010. 6 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field Value
ID 6933
Imported 2026-03-06 18:04:49.359634
Expedition ID BARU10307
Peak ID BARU
Year 2010
Season 3
Host Country 1
Route 1 SE Ridge
Route 2 -
Route 3 -
Route 4 -
Nationality Canada
Leaders Helen Sovdat
Sponsor -
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 -
Approach Jatrala->Hinku Valley->Mera La->Hinku
Basecamp Date 2010-10-17
Summit Date 2010-10-23
Summit Time -
Summit Days 6
Total Days 10
Termination Date 2010-10-27
Termination Reason 5
Termination Notes Abandoned at 6400m due to bad snow conditions
High Point (m) 6400
Traverse False
Ski False
Paraglide False
Camps 2
Fixed Rope (m) 0
Total Members 4
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 Climbed Mera Peak (all members and 2 Sherpas on 15 October)
Campsites BC(17/10,5450m),C1(22/10,6100m),C2(23/10,6400m),xxx(23/10,6400m)
Route Notes Sovdat, Whyte, Pasang and Ngima went up to 6400m (C2) on 23 Oct. Sovdat got AMS at C2 and also snow conditions were not good. Then the team gave up. Little went up to 5700m; he was tired and did not try to go farther up. Thomas climbed up to C1; he was tired and gave up. Sherpas: Pasang Nima Sherpa, 1/11/71 (05/15/2028), Bakachol-9, Khotang, Everest (north) in 2005 (30/5/05) Nima/Ngima Gyalzen, Ghat, Chaurikharka, Solu, Everest X5, Manaslu in 2009
Accidents Sovdat suffered from AMS (headache, nausea, combination of symptoms)
Achievement -
Agency Kang Kora Treks
Commercial Route False
Standard Route False
Primary Route False
Primary Member False
Primary Reference False
Primary ID -
Checksum 2460698
Year 2010
Summit Success False
O2 Summary None
Route (lowercase) se ridge

Members

6 recorded members.

Name Sex Year of Birth Citizenship Status Residence Occupation
Kenneth Arthur Little M 1957 Canada Climber Kelowa, British Colombia Retired meteorologist Details Other expeditions
Helen Erika Sovdat F 1959 Canada Leader Canmore, Alberta Alpine guide Details Other expeditions
Thomas Murray Randall M 1956 Canada Climber Calgary, Alberta Computer graphics operator and artist Details Other expeditions
Stanley Laurence (Stan) Whyte M 1967 Canada Climber Winnipeg, Manitoba Physician, emergency medicine specialist Details Other expeditions
Pasang Nima Sherpa M 1971 Nepal H-A Worker Bakachol-9, Khotang - Details Other expeditions
Nima Gyalzen Sherpa M 1986 Nepal H-A Worker Ghat, Khumbu - Details Other expeditions

References

0 recorded references.