Baruntse | 2015 SE Ridge

A USA expedition to Baruntse in 2015 via SE Ridge, led by Dan Mazur. Summit reached on 4th November 2015. 12 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field Value
ID 8969
Imported 2026-03-06 18:04:49.359634
Expedition ID BARU15302
Peak ID BARU
Year 2015
Season 3
Host Country 1
Route 1 SE Ridge
Route 2 -
Route 3 -
Route 4 -
Nationality USA
Leaders Dan Mazur
Sponsor SummitClimb Baruntse Expedition 2015
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, Finland, Sweden
Approach Lukla->Chutang->Kote->Mera La->Baruntse BC->Amphu Laptsa
Basecamp Date 2015-10-29
Summit Date 2015-11-04
Summit Time -
Summit Days 6
Total Days 8
Termination Date 2015-11-06
Termination Reason 10
Termination Notes Abandoned at 7000m due to impassable crevasse
High Point (m) 7000
Traverse False
Ski False
Paraglide False
Camps 0
Fixed Rope (m) 0
Total Members 9
Summit Members 0
Member Deaths 0
Total Hired 3
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 Summited Mera Peak on 25 Oct
Campsites BC(29/10,5450m),C1(02/11,6100m),C2(03/11,6350m),xxx(04/11,7000m)
Route Notes SummitClimb Baruntse & Mera Peak Expedition 2015: 14 Oct - flight to Lukla, trekked to Chutang (3500m) 16 Oct - trekked to top of Chetra La (4600m) 17 Oct - trekked to Kote 20 Oct - trekked to Khare (4900m) 22 Oct - trekked to Naulekh Tsho 23 Oct - glacier training on Naulekh Glacier 24 Oct - climbed to Mera Peak high camp (5800m) 25 Oct - summited Mera Peak (9 members and 4 Sherpas) 29 Oct - arrived at Baruntse BC (5450m) 31 Oct - climbed to C1 site to acclimatize, back to BC 02 Nov - climbed to C1 (6200m) 03 Nov - climbed to C2 (6350m) (8 members and 4 Sherpas) 04 Nov - climbed to 7000m (who climbed?) 05 Nov - descended to BC in high winds and snow 06 Nov - left BC and trekked to Amphu Laptsa high camp (5670m) 07 Nov - crossed Amphu Laptsa and descended to Chhukung village
Accidents -
Achievement -
Agency Everest Parivar
Commercial Route False
Standard Route False
Primary Route False
Primary Member False
Primary Reference -
Primary ID -
Checksum 2462541
Year 2015
Summit Success False
O2 Summary None
Route (lowercase) se ridge

Members

12 recorded members.

Name Sex Year of Birth Citizenship Status Residence Occupation
Daniel Lee (Dan) Mazur M 1960 USA Leader Longbranch, Washington Expedition organizer & leader Details Other expeditions
Kari Hasto M 1972 Finland Climber - - Details Other expeditions
Henrik Daniel Forslund M 1978 Sweden Climber - - Details Other expeditions
Charles Scott Clark M 1962 USA Climber Tucson, Arizona Physician Details Other expeditions
Nicole Nadine Clark F 1972 USA/Switzerland Climber Tucson, Arizona Nurse Details Other expeditions
Stuart Gregory Smith M 1959 USA Climber Waco, Texas Attorney Details Other expeditions
Kaikuveikko Hynynen M 1979 Finland Climber - - Details Other expeditions
Rosalie Ann Coelho F 1966 Australia Climber - - Details Other expeditions
Ian Christopher Coelho M 1959 Australia Climber - - 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
Chhewang Karma Sherpa M 1989 Nepal H-A Worker Patle-4, Okhaldhunga - Details Other expeditions

References

1 recorded references.

Expedition ID Journal Author Title Publisher Citation Yak 94
BARU15302 - - http://www.summitclimb.com/new/default.asp?linktype=r&nid=275 - - -