Baruntse | 2013 SE Ridge

A UK expedition to Baruntse in 2013 via SE Ridge, led by Francis Blunt. Summit reached on 4th November 2013. 6 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field Value
ID 8222
Imported 2026-03-06 18:04:49.359634
Expedition ID BARU13301
Peak ID BARU
Year 2013
Season 3
Host Country 1
Route 1 SE Ridge
Route 2 -
Route 3 -
Route 4 -
Nationality UK
Leaders Francis Blunt
Sponsor Adventure Peaks Baruntse Expedition 2013
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 Australia
Approach See route notes
Basecamp Date 2013-10-30
Summit Date 2013-11-04
Summit Time -
Summit Days 5
Total Days 8
Termination Date 2013-11-07
Termination Reason 5
Termination Notes Abandoned at 6600m due to bad conditions, lack of acclimatization, lack of time and tiredness
High Point (m) 6600
Traverse False
Ski False
Paraglide False
Camps 0
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
Campsites BC(30/10,5480m),C1(03/11,6100m),C2(04/11,6400m),xxx(05/11,6600m)
Route Notes Approach: Lukla, Poyang, Pengyang, Maridigma, Salankhola, Khola Kharka, Kogmadigma, Tagnak, Khare, BC Blunt, Staniforth, Phurtemba and Phurba Wangchu climbed up to to 6600m. They had to turn around due to bad snow conditions. Heavy snow in BC that made everything delayed. Snow conditions on the mountain were very bad. Barnes and Dowling went up to 6100m (C1). From Adventure Peaks website: 5th November: The team are all back together in Base Camp now after a great effort from Alex to summit Baruntse. Due to an onset of sickness and upset stomach Alex, Francis and the 2 Sherpas turned around at 6600m, but this still gave Alex valuable experience for his future plans. 4th November: Unfortunately due to an upset stomach and old knee injury 2 of the clients have returned to Base Camp leaving Francis and Alex planning their summit attempt at Camp 1 yesterday. Depending on the wind they plan on setting off around midnight local time. Good luck guys!
Accidents -
Achievement -
Agency Makalu Adventure
Commercial Route False
Standard Route False
Primary Route False
Primary Member False
Primary Reference False
Primary ID -
Checksum 2461809
Year 2013
Summit Success False
O2 Summary None
Route (lowercase) se ridge

Members

6 recorded members.

Name Sex Year of Birth Citizenship Status Residence Occupation
Paul Barnes M 1965 UK Climber Sheffield, S Yorkshire, England Security Details Other expeditions
Francis David Nicholas Blunt M 1984 UK Leader Sedburgh, Cumbria, England Alpine instructor Details Other expeditions
Phillip Michael Dowling M 1975 Australia Climber Canberra, ACT, Australia Telecommunications engineer Details Other expeditions
Alexander Edward Staniforth M 1995 UK Climber Tarpaley, Cheshire, England Student Details Other expeditions
Phuri Temba (Phurtemba) Sherpa M 1986 Nepal H-A Worker Gudel-5, Solukhumbu - Details Other expeditions
Phurba Wangchhu Sherpa M 1975 Nepal H-A Worker Waku-9, Solukhumbu - Details Other expeditions

References

1 recorded references.

Expedition ID Journal Author Title Publisher Citation Yak 94
BARU13301 - - http://www.adventurepeaks.com/news/item/baruntse-and-mera-peak-expedition-12th-october-2013 - - -