Baruntse | 2011 SE Ridge

A UK expedition to Baruntse in 2011 via SE Ridge, led by Arnold Coster. Summit reached on 1st November 2011. 22 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field Value
ID 7339
Imported 2026-03-06 18:04:49.359634
Expedition ID BARU11304
Peak ID BARU
Year 2011
Season 3
Host Country 1
Route 1 SE Ridge
Route 2 -
Route 3 -
Route 4 -
Nationality UK
Leaders Arnold Coster
Sponsor SummitClimb Baruntse Expedition 2011
Success 1 True
Success 2 False
Success 3 False
Success 4 False
Ascent 1 112-113
Ascent 2 -
Ascent 3 -
Ascent 4 -
Claimed False
Disputed False
Countries Australia, Belgium, Canada, Finland, Germany, Netherlands, Switzerland, USA
Approach -
Basecamp Date 2011-10-28
Summit Date 2011-11-01
Summit Time 1030
Summit Days 4
Total Days 6
Termination Date 2011-11-03
Termination Reason 1
Termination Notes -
High Point (m) 7152
Traverse False
Ski False
Paraglide False
Camps 2
Fixed Rope (m) 1700
Total Members 17
Summit Members 8
Member Deaths 0
Total Hired 7
Summit Hired 4
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(28/10,5200m),C1(31/10,6100m),C2(01/11,6400m),Smt(01-02/11)
Route Notes BC at north side of lake C1 on West Col C2 just before ridge. Summiters went to the top in two groups, on 1 and 2 November. They negotiated the large crevasse at 6850m by entering it at its far left end, descending into it and climbing back up, still at the far left end. The successful climbers in the first summit party, left C1 at 2:00 am on the 1st, got to the summit at 10:30 am and descended all the way to BC at 5:00 pm. They were Bryars, Staehelin and Van den Bos. Chhewang and Jangbu fixed 1700m of rope as they climbed from C1 that morning. The successful members of the second party consisted of Coster, Graeffe, Smith, Sotaniemi and Wolput, plus Jangbu and Nawang Nuri. This group did not climb together like the first one, Graeffe, Sotaniemi and Jangbu left C2 at 2:00 am, while Coster, Smith, Wolput and Nawang Nuri started out at 3:00 am. The two Finnish women, Graeffe and Sotaniemi, plus Jangbu, were the first to summit at 9:00 am. They were followed by Wolput and Nawang Nuri at 12:00 noon; Coster at 12:30 pm; and Smith at 1:00 pm. Graeffe and Sotaniemi descended all the way to BC at 4:00 pm on the same day; Jangbu stopped at C2 at 4:00 pm. Coster and Smith did not arrive in C2 until 6:30 pm because Smith was quite slow. Everyone was back in BC the next day. The only health problem amongst the team were the mild frostbite that Ogasawara discovered he had on the fingers of his right hand after he had turned around at 7050m because he was too tired to continue (he went down with Lhakpa Kongle from Patle), and Wokka's mild illness, perhaps flu, and got no higher than 5800m on 31 October and left the team that day. Other unsuccessful members: Barclay never went for a summit push, twisted his knee on the approach to BC Bonfert never went for a summit push, stayed in BC Cotes turned around just after C2 on 2nd Nov around 6850m (very slow and weak) Etchen turned around at same point as Ogasawara at 7050m, descended with Pasang Sherpa from Patle Krueger never left C2, he didn't feel good and went down to BC when we where trying for the summit Newton turned around just before the summit (Coster picked him up on the way down from the summit) Pendleton is Cotes boy friend and stayed together with her, so he also turned around at 6850m (they descended with Lakpha Garmu Sherpa from Patle) Wuokka never went for a summit push, had a fever in BC Sherpas: Chhawang Karma Sherpa, 28/1/89, Patle, Okhaldhunga, no 8000ers (in fact no climbs at all, just a kitchen boy) Gyalzen Sherpa, 13/9//90 (28/5/2047), Patle-4, no 8000ers Jangbu Sherpa, 24/7/67, Patle, Okhaldhunga, Everest X6, Cho Oyu X4, Lhotse X1 Lhakpa (Kongle) Sherpa, 27/1/64, Patle, Everest X1 Nawang Nuri Sherpa, 15/5/79 (1/2/2036), Patle-4, Okhaldhunga, no 8000ers
Accidents -
Achievement -
Agency Everest Parivar
Commercial Route False
Standard Route False
Primary Route False
Primary Member False
Primary Reference False
Primary ID -
Checksum 2461073
Year 2011
Summit Success True
O2 Summary None
Route (lowercase) se ridge

Members

22 recorded members.

Name Sex Year of Birth Citizenship Status Residence Occupation
Alan Barclay M 1963 UK Climber London, England Engineer Details Other expeditions
Erich Bonfert M 1941 Germany Climber Rheinfelden, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany Retired teacher Details Other expeditions
Richard Anthony Bryars M 1978 UK Climber Radlett, Hertford, England NGO consultant Details Other expeditions
Viviane Elizabeth Cotes F 1981 UK Climber London, England Barrister Details Other expeditions
Arnold Coster M 1976 Netherlands Leader Kathmandu Alpine guide Details Other expeditions
Steven Barton Etchen M 1981 USA Climber Paris, France Banker Details Other expeditions
Mia Martina Graeffe F 1967 Finland Climber Espoo, Finland Airline purser Details Other expeditions
Robert John Krueger M 1959 USA Climber Hawthorne, California Fitness instructor Details Other expeditions
Daniel James Newton M 1978 Australia Climber Queanbeyan, NSW, Australia IT expert Details Other expeditions
Takeshi Ogasawara M 1944 Canada Climber Quathiski Cove, British Columbia Retired from family retail shops business Details Other expeditions
Andrew Joseph Pendleton M 1980 UK Climber London, England Barrister Details Other expeditions
David James Smith M 1973 UK Climber Aberdeen, Scotland Oil well operations supervisor Details Other expeditions
Noora Tuulia Sotaniemi F 1977 Finland Climber Helsinki, Finland Teacher in special education Details Other expeditions
Markus Peter Staehelin M 1961 Switzerland Climber Binningen, Basel, Switzerland Physicist & teacher Details Other expeditions
Jan Van den Bos M 1955 Netherlands Climber The Hague, Netherlands Consultant on vibration and sound damage Details Other expeditions
Stefan Frans Jozef Wolput M 1967 Belgium Climber Weespelaar, Belgium Member of NATO's special operations air force group Details Other expeditions
Mikko Pekka Wuokko M 1987 Finland Climber Espoo, Finland Engineer Details Other expeditions
Chhewang Karma Sherpa M 1989 Nepal H-A Worker Patle-4, Okhaldhunga - Details Other expeditions
Jangbu Sherpa M 1967 Nepal H-A Worker Patle-4, Okhaldhunga - Details Other expeditions
Nawang Nuri (Nganga Nuri) Sherpa M 1979 Nepal H-A Worker Dhaurkarkha, Patle-4, Okhaldhunga - Details Other expeditions
Gyalzen/Gyalje Sherpa M 1974 Nepal H-A Worker Patle-4, Okhaldhunga - Details Other expeditions
Lhakpa (Kongle) Sherpa M 1964 Nepal H-A Worker Patle-4, Okhaldhunga - Details Other expeditions

References

2 recorded references.

Expedition ID Journal Author Title Publisher Citation Yak 94
BARU11304 - - http://www.summitclimb.com/new/default.asp?linktype=r&nid=170 - - -
BARU11304 - - http://climbeverest.jimdo.com/baruntse-climb/ - - -