Baruntse | 2012 SE Ridge

A Germany expedition to Baruntse in 2012 via SE Ridge, led by Goetz Wiegand. Summit reached on 8th October 2012. 6 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field Value
ID 7802
Imported 2026-03-06 18:04:49.359634
Expedition ID BARU12308
Peak ID BARU
Year 2012
Season 3
Host Country 1
Route 1 SE Ridge
Route 2 -
Route 3 -
Route 4 -
Nationality Germany
Leaders Goetz Wiegand
Sponsor German 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 -
Approach Khumbu->Chhukung->Ampha Laptsa
Basecamp Date 2012-10-06
Summit Date 2012-10-08
Summit Time -
Summit Days 2
Total Days 6
Termination Date 2012-10-12
Termination Reason 5
Termination Notes Abandoned at 6000m due to bad snow conditions
High Point (m) 6000
Traverse False
Ski False
Paraglide False
Camps 0
Fixed Rope (m) 0
Total Members 6
Summit Members 0
Member Deaths 0
Total Hired 0
Summit Hired 0
Hired Deaths 0
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(06/10,5400m),xxx(08/10,6000m)
Route Notes BC near lake High point at bottom of West Col's west side. The team approached Baruntse from Khumbu in the west, as most team do, but found it very difficult: there is no glacier left, so getting up onto the West Col is a problem because it now is steep bare rock, so one must go half a kilometer to the right to the right to reach some ice. But this approach is very steep and requires the installation of fixed rope. The Germans had no climbing Sherpas with them, but they did have two Sherpa guides to show them the way to and from BC. The team established their BC in the normal place near a lake on the 6th of October. After the team had rested on the 7th, the Sherpa guides helped them on the 8th to transport their gear to a deposit at the bottom of the Col on its west side. Everyone slept that night at BC. On the 9th heavy snowfall started in the morning and lasted for a day and a half, dumping 30-40 cm of new snow. Discouraging the Germans further were some large seracs between C1 and C2 which they could see from BC. They decided to abandon the climb. On the 10th they went back to their deposit and brought all their gear down to BC. They packed up on the 11th and left BC on the 12th to go to Mera Peak's BC. Here, too, they could make no climbing progress because there was too much powder snow covering everything. They went to Lukla and flew to Kathmandu.
Accidents -
Achievement -
Agency Multi Adventure
Commercial Route False
Standard Route False
Primary Route False
Primary Member False
Primary Reference False
Primary ID -
Checksum 2461416
Year 2012
Summit Success False
O2 Summary None
Route (lowercase) se ridge

Members

6 recorded members.

Name Sex Year of Birth Citizenship Status Residence Occupation
Michael Leonhard Koehler M 1964 Germany Climber Willich, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany Pianist Details Other expeditions
Ronny Frank Liebal M 1974 Germany Climber Ralbitz-Rosethal, Saxony, Germany Builder Details Other expeditions
Joachim Simon Mietsch M 1955 Germany Climber Wittichenau, Saxony, Germany Teacher Details Other expeditions
Bernd Reinhard Richter M 1956 Germany Climber Schoenteichen, Saxony, Germany Auto mechanic Details Other expeditions
Goetz Wiegand M 1959 Germany Leader Dresden, Saxony, Germany Alpinist Details Other expeditions
Sabine Langer Wiegand F 1978 Germany Climber Dresden, Saxony, Germany Biologist Details Other expeditions

References

0 recorded references.