Baruntse | 2012 SE Ridge

A USA expedition to Baruntse in 2012 via SE Ridge, led by Dan Mazur. Summit reached on 4th November 2012. 24 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field Value
ID 7803
Imported 2026-03-06 18:04:49.359634
Expedition ID BARU12309
Peak ID BARU
Year 2012
Season 3
Host Country 1
Route 1 SE Ridge
Route 2 -
Route 3 -
Route 4 -
Nationality USA
Leaders Dan Mazur
Sponsor SummitClimb Baruntse Expedition 2012
Success 1 True
Success 2 False
Success 3 False
Success 4 False
Ascent 1 -
Ascent 2 -
Ascent 3 -
Ascent 4 -
Claimed False
Disputed False
Countries Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Germany, Netherlands, UK
Approach -
Basecamp Date 2012-10-30
Summit Date 2012-11-04
Summit Time 1000
Summit Days 5
Total Days 7
Termination Date 2012-11-06
Termination Reason 1
Termination Notes -
High Point (m) 7152
Traverse False
Ski False
Paraglide False
Camps 2
Fixed Rope (m) 0
Total Members 16
Summit Members 10
Member Deaths 0
Total Hired 8
Summit Hired 8
Hired Deaths 0
No Hired False
O2 Used True
O2 None False
O2 Climb False
O2 Descent False
O2 Sleep False
O2 Medical True
O2 Taken False
O2 Unknown False
Other Summits Climbed Mera Peak on 26 Oct by all members except Maurer and all Sherpas
Campsites BC(30/10,5400m),C1(02/11,6100m),C2(03/11,6373m),Smt(04/11)
Route Notes BC on northside of middle of lake C2 on SE Ridge. This expedition had no problem crossing the notorious crevasse on the SE Ridge, Mazur said. It was no longer very wide, as it had been in recent years. The summit party left C2 for the top at 2:00 am on 4 November. They were Budge, Davis, Deelen, Downie, James Kaminski and his brother Joel, Lohaus, Mazur, Moritz and Seidel, plus Sherpas Ang Pasang, Chhewang Karma, Dawa Jangbu, Jangbu, Karma, Lhakpa Tendu, Mingma and Nawang Nuri. All of them reached the summit at 10:00 am and were back in C3 by 7:00 pm. The weather was very good but very cold. Oxygen was used only by Seidel, who developed high altitude sickness on 5 November. He returned to Kathmandu by helicopter on the 6th. Non-summiting members: Brophy, Cotter, Klich and Moura chose to stop in C2 and not go for the top. Maurer, who was 69 years old, did not go above BC. Saario, who had a bad head cold, also did not try for the summit. Sherpas: Ang Pasang, 15/6/84, Patle-4, Okhaldhunga, Everest X2 Chhewang Karma, 28/1/89, Patle, Everest X1 Dawa Jangbu, 4/6/79, Patle-4, Cho Oyu X3, Everest X1, Lhotse X1 Jangbu, 24/5/67, Patle, Cho Oyu X4, Everest X7, Lhotse X1 Karma Lhakpa Tendu Mingma Nawang Nuri, 15/5/79, Patle, Lhotse X1
Accidents -
Achievement -
Agency Everest Parivar
Commercial Route False
Standard Route False
Primary Route False
Primary Member False
Primary Reference False
Primary ID -
Checksum 2461443
Year 2012
Summit Success True
O2 Summary Used
Route (lowercase) se ridge

Members

24 recorded members.

Name Sex Year of Birth Citizenship Status Residence Occupation
Paul Brophy M 1969 Australia Climber Rockhampton, QLD, Australia Fitter (coal miner) Details Other expeditions
Holly Claire Budge F 1978 UK Climber Alton, Hampshire, England Web designer Details Other expeditions
Richard Cotter M 1961 UK Climber Billingham, Durham, England Company director Details Other expeditions
Andrew Edmunds Davis M 1969 USA Climber St. Louis Park, Minnesota Retired business executive Details Other expeditions
Corne Deelen M 1960 Netherlands Climber Singapore Aircraft sheet metal worker/mechanic Details Other expeditions
Peter Downie M 1948 USA Climber Golden, Colorado Retired high school teacher Details Other expeditions
James Ernest Michael Kaminski M 1969 Canada Climber Saskatoon, Saskatchewan Educator Details Other expeditions
Joel Daniel Emil Kaminski M 1972 Canada Climber Vernon, British Columbia Postal worker Details Other expeditions
Jennifer Kay Klich F 1973 USA Climber Gulfport, Florida Acupuncturist Details Other expeditions
Jonas Stephan Raymond August Lohaus M 1967 Belgium Climber Kapellen, Belgium Primary school administration staff member Details Other expeditions
Robert Alan Maurer M 1944 USA Climber Coyote, New Mexico Retired emergency room physician Details Other expeditions
Daniel Lee (Dan) Mazur M 1960 USA Leader Lake Bay, Washington Expedition operator Details Other expeditions
Michael Moritz M 1974 Germany Climber Engavagen, Nordland, Norway Teacher Details Other expeditions
Luis Felipe Mendes de Moura M 1958 Brazil Climber Sao Paulo, Brazil Professor Details Other expeditions
Frank Guenther Seidel M 1979 Germany Climber Berlin, Germany IT specialist Details Other expeditions
Teuvo Saario M 1973 Canada Climber St. Amable, Quebec Aerospace manager Details Other expeditions
Ang Pasang Sherpa M 1984 Nepal H-A Worker Patle-4, Okhaldhunga - Details Other expeditions
Chhewang Karma Sherpa M 1989 Nepal H-A Worker Patle-4, Okhaldhunga - Details Other expeditions
Dawa Jangbu (Da Jangbu) Sherpa M 1979 Nepal H-A Worker Patle-4, Okhaldhunga - Details Other expeditions
Jangbu Sherpa M 1967 Nepal H-A Worker Patle-4, Okhaldhunga - Details Other expeditions
Karma Gyalje Sherpa M 1982 Nepal H-A Worker Patle-4, Okhaldhunga - Details Other expeditions
Lhakpa Tendu (Lhakpa Kormu) Sherpa M 1977 Nepal H-A Worker Patle-4, Okhaldhunga - Details Other expeditions
Mingmar Sherpa M 1969 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

References

1 recorded references.

Expedition ID Journal Author Title Publisher Citation Yak 94
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