Baruntse | 2018 SE Ridge

A USA expedition to Baruntse in 2018 via SE Ridge, led by Damian Benegas. Summit reached on 29th April 2018. 3 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field Value
ID 9781
Imported 2026-03-06 18:04:49.359634
Expedition ID BARU18101
Peak ID BARU
Year 2018
Season 1
Host Country 1
Route 1 SE Ridge
Route 2 -
Route 3 -
Route 4 -
Nationality USA
Leaders Damian Benegas
Sponsor Benegas Brothers Baruntse Expedition 2018
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 Norway
Approach Lukla->Namche->Zatra La->Mera Peak->Baruntse BC
Basecamp Date 2018-04-24
Summit Date 2018-04-29
Summit Time -
Summit Days 5
Total Days 6
Termination Date 2018-04-30
Termination Reason 5
Termination Notes Abandoned at 6200m due to too much snow
High Point (m) 6200
Traverse False
Ski False
Paraglide False
Camps 1
Fixed Rope (m) 600
Total Members 3
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 Summited Mera Peak
Campsites BC(24/04,5450m),C1(26/04,6140m),xxx(29/04,6200m)
Route Notes BC 24/04 5450m C1 26/04 6140m (West Col) HPt 29/04 6200m by Benegas, Fox, Evensen Climb abandoned on 30/04 due to too much snow. After having climbed Mera Peak team headed to Baruntse BC, but there was too much snow and the conditions were too dangerous. Fixed rope: 600m to West Col Oxygen: not taken, not used Damian Benegas via FB message: From West Col was no one except lots of garbage from previous expedition. We fixed to West Col on the 26 April, C1 (6140m.) Then it started snowing. On 29 April, we tried to head to C2, but bad weather and after reading snow conditions we figured out that the avalanche danger was too high. On the 30 April we decided to pull the plug.
Accidents -
Achievement -
Agency High Altitude Dreams
Commercial Route False
Standard Route False
Primary Route False
Primary Member False
Primary Reference False
Primary ID -
Checksum 2464171
Year 2018
Summit Success False
O2 Summary None
Route (lowercase) se ridge

Members

3 recorded members.

Name Sex Year of Birth Citizenship Status Residence Occupation
Damian Benegas M 1968 USA Leader Sandy, Utah Alpine guide Details Other expeditions
Bjorn Arne Blaauw Evensen M 1967 Norway Climber Asker, Norway Economist Details Other expeditions
Charlotte Conant Fox F 1957 USA Climber Telluride, Colorado Retired ski patroller Details Other expeditions

References

1 recorded references.

Expedition ID Journal Author Title Publisher Citation Yak 94
BARU18101 - - http://benegasbrothers.com/en/n/benegas-brothers-expeditions-2018-himalayan-season-round-up/2852 - - -