Baruntse | 2011 SE Ridge

A UK expedition to Baruntse in 2011 via SE Ridge, led by David Bunting. Summit reached on 21st November 2011. 19 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field Value
ID 7340
Imported 2026-03-06 18:04:49.359634
Expedition ID BARU11305
Peak ID BARU
Year 2011
Season 3
Host Country 1
Route 1 SE Ridge
Route 2 -
Route 3 -
Route 4 -
Nationality UK
Leaders David Bunting
Sponsor Himalayan Research Expedition 2011
Success 1 True
Success 2 False
Success 3 False
Success 4 False
Ascent 1 117
Ascent 2 -
Ascent 3 -
Ascent 4 -
Claimed False
Disputed False
Countries -
Approach Lukla->Chutang->Thuli Kharka->Gondishung->Tangnag
Basecamp Date 2011-11-17
Summit Date 2011-11-21
Summit Time 1130
Summit Days 4
Total Days 6
Termination Date 2011-11-23
Termination Reason 1
Termination Notes -
High Point (m) 7152
Traverse False
Ski False
Paraglide False
Camps 0
Fixed Rope (m) 0
Total Members 14
Summit Members 4
Member Deaths 0
Total Hired 5
Summit Hired 3
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(17/11,5400m),ABC(19/11,6000m),C1(20/11,6500m),Smt(21/11)
Route Notes Cooke, Golding, Jacobs, Martin, Ralph Scott, Endra, Roshan, Nuru, Rinji, and Nga left C1 at 3 am on 21 Nov for summit. Cooke turned around from 6800m, with due to exhaustion. Ralph turned around from 6800m to BC due to tiredness. Golding, Jacobs, Martin, Scott, Endra, Roshan and Nuru continued their climb and got to the top at 11:30 am. They stayed on summit for 30 minutes, then returned to C1 at 4 pm. Endra, Roshan and Nuru went down to BC whereas the four summiting members spent the night at C1. Next day all four members went down to BC. The summit day weather was perfect. Brightmore and Coulson went up to 5700m on 19 Nov; they were tired and did not try to go to summit. Bunting got chest infection and left expedition on 14th; he left Kathmandu on 19 Nov. Fletcher climbed up to 6300m and gave up due to exhaustion. Freeman went up to 4800m on 16 Nov and suffered from AMS. Hand suffered from AMS on 22 Nov at 6500m and went down with Nga; she was flown to Kathmandu by helicopter and left Nepal on 26 Nov. Holdsworth went up to 6500m; she was exhausted and did not try to go further up. Seims too went up to 6500m and did not try for summit due to exhaustion. Rinji suffered from chest pain at 6500m and went down to BC. Phu [Nuru] remained at BC. Hired: Endra Bahadur Rai, 17/07/75, Belsot, Tribeni, Udayapur, Everest 15/5/06 Nuru Wangchu, 18/08/77 (2/5/2034), Pangboche, Everest X7, Cho Oyu X3, Manaslu X1 Dipendra Roshan Bhattarai, 16/02/85 (5/11/2041), Hangdewa-6, Taplejung Rinji Sherpa, 10/03/85 (27/11/2041), Nurbugaon, Makalu-9, Everest X5, Manaslu X1 Nga Tenji, 28/2/80 (16/11/2036), Nurbugaon, Makalu-9, Everest X5, Manaslu X1 Phu Nuru, 18/11/1972 (3/8/2029), Yaphu-9, Sankhuwasabha
Accidents -
Achievement -
Agency Himalayan Ecstasy Treks
Commercial Route False
Standard Route False
Primary Route False
Primary Member False
Primary Reference False
Primary ID -
Checksum 2461093
Year 2011
Summit Success True
O2 Summary None
Route (lowercase) se ridge

Members

19 recorded members.

Name Sex Year of Birth Citizenship Status Residence Occupation
Amy Marie Brightmore F 1983 UK Climber Leeds, W Yorkshire, England Sports scientist Details Other expeditions
David (Dave) Bunting M 1968 UK Leader Leeds, W Yorkshire, England Outdoor trainer Details Other expeditions
Mark James Cooke M 1991 UK Climber Leeds, W Yorkshire, England Student Details Other expeditions
Anna Louise Coulson F 1986 UK Climber Leeds, W Yorkshire, England Sports supports officer Details Other expeditions
Stephen Fletcher M 1963 UK Climber Warrington, Cheshire, England Dry cleaner Details Other expeditions
Elizabeth Louise Freeman F 1986 UK Climber York, N Yorkshire, England Student Details Other expeditions
Peter Golding M 1956 UK Climber Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk, England Freelance trainer Details Other expeditions
Laura Jayne Hand F 1985 UK Climber Warrington, Cheshire, England Physician Details Other expeditions
Rachael Clare Holdsworth F 1990 UK Climber Bradford, W Yorkshire, England Lecturer Details Other expeditions
Sean Andrew Jacobs M 1984 UK Climber Leeds, W Yorkshire, England Electronics company director Details Other expeditions
Ewen Maclean Martin M 1961 UK Climber Bjellend, Norway Caretaker Details Other expeditions
Timothy William (Tim) Ralph M 1954 UK Climber Harrogare, N Yorkshire, England Retired fire officer Details Other expeditions
Richard Matthew Scott M 1969 UK Climber Derby, Derbyshire, England Firefighter Details Other expeditions
Amanda Louise Seims F 1978 UK Climber Leeds, W Yorkshire, England Student Details Other expeditions
Endra Bahadur Rai M 1975 Nepal H-A Worker Belsot, Tribeni, Udayapur - Details Other expeditions
Roshan (Dipen) Bhattarai M 1985 Nepal H-A Worker Hangdewa-6, Taplejung - Details Other expeditions
Nuru Wangchu Sherpa M 1977 Nepal H-A Worker Pangboche, Khumbu - Details Other expeditions
Nga Tenji Sherpa M 1980 Nepal H-A Worker Nurbugaon, Makalu-Barun - Details Other expeditions
Rinji Sherpa M 1985 Nepal H-A Worker Nurbugaon, Makalu-Barun - Details Other expeditions

References

1 recorded references.

Expedition ID Journal Author Title Publisher Citation Yak 94
BARU11305 - - http://www.himalayan.org.uk/ - - -