Baruntse | 2025 SE Ridge

A Germany expedition to Baruntse in 2025 via SE Ridge, led by Steffen Kiefer. Summit reached on 19th October 2025. 25 members recorded.

Expedition Details

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Field Value
ID 2485
Imported 2026-11-04 22:32:23.994980
Expedition ID BARU25301
Peak ID BARU
Year 2025
Season 3
Host Country 1
Route 1 SE Ridge
Route 2 -
Route 3 -
Route 4 -
Nationality Germany
Leaders Steffen Kiefer
Sponsor Seven Summut Treks (SST) Baruntse Expedition 2025
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 Austria, Romania, Russia, Sweden
Approach -
Basecamp Date -
Summit Date 2025-10-19
Summit Time 0900
Summit Days 0
Total Days 0
Termination Date -
Termination Reason 1
Termination Notes -
High Point (m) 7152
Traverse False
Ski False
Paraglide False
Camps 2
Fixed Rope (m) 0
Total Members 22
Summit Members 1
Member Deaths 0
Total Hired 14
Summit Hired 3
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,C1,C2,Smt(19,22/10)
Route Notes Report from Cristina Podocea & Jenni Jalonen: Approach: Flight to Lukla and trek to BC via Khare BC 24/10 5400m HPt 26/10 6430m Climb abandoned on 30/10 due to buried ropes, damaged route, lots of snow. Did a reconnaissance to C2 on 26/10 (high point). Touched C2 and down to BC. Members had planned to do a single push BC-summit-BC in one day. Then cyclone hit them and covered everything in deep snow. After cyclone conditions on the mountain improved a lot, but all commercial expeditions abandoned their climbs, leaving the ropes buried in the snow and the route heavily damaged. There was no way for members to do a single push to the summit, with the fixed ropes deeply buried and the other expeditions leaving the mountain. Left BC on 30/10. Trekked out of BC over the Mera La with some other climbers, breaking trail through huge amounts of snow and through avalanche prone terrain. Spent some more days in the Khumbu before returning to KTM. Other peaks: Mera Peak for acclimatization by both members, Jalonen climbed Island Peak afterwards. Report from Kristin Zaumsegel: Approach: Flight to Lukla, trekking to BC via Khare and Mera Peak BC 24/10 5450m HPt 26/10 5800m on the way to West Col Climb abandoned on 02/11 due to too much snow, bad conditions. Climbed Mera peak for acclimatization. First days at BC with high winds, but Ok weather, then snow came, making any efforts on the mountain hopeless. Zaumsegel to highpoint at 5800m on the way to West Col for acclimatization on 26/10. Left BC on 02/11. Way back: heli from BC-Dingboche. Trek Dingboche-Lukla, flight back to KTM. Hired: Dawa Thikepa Bhote (BC)
Accidents -
Achievement -
Agency Seven Summit Treks
Commercial Route False
Standard Route False
Primary Route False
Primary Member False
Primary Reference False
Primary ID -
Checksum 2464028
Year 2025
Summit Success True
O2 Summary None
Route (lowercase) se ridge

Members

25 recorded members.

Name Sex Year of Birth Citizenship Status Residence Occupation
Steffen Kiefer M 1970 Germany Leader Leipzig, Saxony, Germany - Details Other expeditions
Klaus Dieter Boehme M 1958 Germany Climber Melz, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany Painter Details Other expeditions
Sergei Chulkin M 1977 Russia Climber - - Details Other expeditions
Juergen Heinrich Diez M 1966 Germany Climber Ingolstadt, Bavaria, Germany Software engineer Details Other expeditions
Michael Paul Dilgert M 1965 Germany Climber - - Details Other expeditions
Marika Susanne Dunka F 1992 Germany Climber - - Details Other expeditions
Hermann Georg Fealing M 1962 Germany Climber - - Details Other expeditions
Jenni Katariina Jalonen F 1993 Sweden Climber Chamonix, Haute-Savoie, France - Details Other expeditions
Maxmilian Kraus M 1969 Germany Climber - - Details Other expeditions
Nicole Kresse F 1973 Germany Climber - - Details Other expeditions
Helmut Alfons Lanzinger M 1957 Germany Climber - - Details Other expeditions
Rico Frank Leipner M 1973 Germany Climber - - Details Other expeditions
Klaus Stefan Malik M 1961 Austria Climber - - Details Other expeditions
Ingrid Mittermueller M 1971 Austria Climber - - Details Other expeditions
Rainer Orywa M 1958 Germany Climber Walzbachtal, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany Mathematician Details Other expeditions
Cristina Podocea F 1986 Romania Climber - - Details Other expeditions
Christian Anton Reiner M 1971 Germany Climber - - Details Other expeditions
Walter Ernst Dieter Schenk M 1967 Germany Climber - - Details Other expeditions
Juergen Schuetz M 1960 Germany Climber Lemberg, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany Laboratory chemist Details Other expeditions
Florian Germund Stapf M 1979 Germany Climber - - Details Other expeditions
Andreas Michael Uth M 1996 Germany Climber - - Details Other expeditions
Kristin Zaumsegel F 1992 Germany Climber Hermsdorf. Thuringia, Germany Self employed accountant Details Other expeditions
Gelje (Gelze) Sherpa M 1990 Nepal H-A Worker Patle, Okhaldhunga - Details Other expeditions
Pemba Sherpa M 1989 Nepal H-A Worker Patle, Okhaldhunga - Details Other expeditions
Sushant Shrestha M 1994 Nepal H-A Worker Kathmandu - Details Other expeditions

References

0 recorded references.