Baruntse | 2018 SE Ridge

A Romania expedition to Baruntse in 2018 via SE Ridge, led by Adrian Laza. Summit reached on 26th April 2018. 3 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field Value
ID 9782
Imported 2026-03-06 18:04:49.359634
Expedition ID BARU18102
Peak ID BARU
Year 2018
Season 1
Host Country 1
Route 1 SE Ridge
Route 2 -
Route 3 -
Route 4 -
Nationality Romania
Leaders Adrian Laza
Sponsor Romanian Baruntse-Makalu 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 -
Approach Flight to Tumlingar, Jeep to Num, trekked to Makalu BC, then Baruntse BC
Basecamp Date 2018-04-21
Summit Date 2018-04-26
Summit Time -
Summit Days 5
Total Days 11
Termination Date 2018-05-02
Termination Reason 5
Termination Notes Abandoned at 6850m due to impassible crevasse
High Point (m) 6850
Traverse False
Ski False
Paraglide False
Camps 2
Fixed Rope (m) 0
Total Members 1
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 -
Campsites BC(21/04,4800m),C1(25/04,6140m),C2(26/04,6400m),xxx(26/04,6850m)
Route Notes BC 21/04 4800m (Makalu Hillary BC) C1 25/04 6140m (West Col) C2 26/04 6400m HPt 26/04 6850m by Laza, Pemba Sherpa, Dawa Sherpa. High point team reached a big crevasse which they could only cross with a ladder. They did not have a ladder and they descended to C2. The weather was very bad. On 28/04 they returned to Makalu BC to find a ladder, but were not successful. They returned to C2 on 30 April. On 01/05 they were ascending to the crevasse again as they wanted to set up a camp there and try to cross the crevasse with ropes and ice screws. The snow was very deep it took them around five hours to reach it. When they reached about 6700m they were hit by an avalanche. Pemba and Dawa tumbled down for about 800m, Laza was able to self arrest. Pemba bruised his ribs, Dawa and Laza were fine. They had lost all the equipment. After the avalanche, they went straight to Sherpani Col.
Accidents Avalanche at 6700 on Baruntse
Achievement -
Agency Seven Summit Treks
Commercial Route False
Standard Route False
Primary Route False
Primary Member False
Primary Reference False
Primary ID -
Checksum 2464168
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
Adrian Laza M 1963 Romania Leader Piatra Neamt, Romania & Vancouver, British Colombia Forestry engineer Details Other expeditions
Dawa Sherpa M 1989 Nepal H-A Worker Nurbugaon, Makalu-5, Makalu-Barun - Details Other expeditions
Pema Sherpa M 1973 Nepal H-A Worker Ekuwa, Pathivara-1, Makalu-Barun - Details Other expeditions

References

0 recorded references.