Baruntse | 1983 NW Face-N Smt

A Netherlands expedition to Baruntse in 1983 via NW Face-N Smt, led by Joost Ubbink. Summit reached on 4th May 1983. 4 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field Value
ID 1522
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Expedition ID BARU83101
Peak ID BARU
Year 1983
Season 1
Host Country 1
Route 1 NW Face-N Smt
Route 2 -
Route 3 -
Route 4 -
Nationality Netherlands
Leaders Joost Ubbink
Sponsor Baruntse 1983
Success 1 False
Success 2 False
Success 3 False
Success 4 False
Ascent 1 1st of N Smt
Ascent 2 -
Ascent 3 -
Ascent 4 -
Claimed False
Disputed False
Countries -
Approach -
Basecamp Date 1983-04-04
Summit Date 1983-05-04
Summit Time -
Summit Days 30
Total Days 0
Termination Date -
Termination Reason 2
Termination Notes Abandoned at N Smt (7057m) due to running out of time
High Point (m) 7057
Traverse False
Ski False
Paraglide False
Camps 3
Fixed Rope (m) 0
Total Members 4
Summit Members 0
Member Deaths 0
Total Hired 0
Summit Hired 0
Hired Deaths 0
No Hired True
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(04/04,5000m),C1(09/04,5250m),C2(12/04,5500m),C3(27/04,6220m),Biv(03/05,6600m),N-Smt(04/05,7057m)
Route Notes Running out of time and technically climb was finished. "It just was enough" to have gotten to North Summit. We enjoyed this much and it was enough. Had decided on 1 May to go only to this point. Also all the time very strong winds and maybe we didn't like going on ridge in this wind. Hard ice on face and long route. 800-900m quite steep and because of hard ice quite difficult. On upper part of face lot of loose rock which kept falling but hit no one.
Accidents None serious - slight altitude problems
Achievement 1st ascent of North Smt of Baruntse
Agency -
Commercial Route -
Standard Route -
Primary Route False
Primary Member False
Primary Reference False
Primary ID -
Checksum 2450637
Year 1983
Summit Success False
O2 Summary None
Route (lowercase) nw face-n smt

Members

4 recorded members.

Name Sex Year of Birth Citizenship Status Residence Occupation
Stephen DeJong M 1958 Netherlands Climber Amsterdam, Netherlands Student of mathematics Details Other expeditions
Hiltsie Wietske (Hillie) De Vries F 1959 Netherlands Climber Amsterdam, Netherlands Linguistics student Details Other expeditions
Joost Ubbink M 1957 Netherlands Leader Amsterdam, Netherlands Medical student Details Other expeditions
Edwin Van Nieuwkerk M 1960 Netherlands Climber Amsterdam, Netherlands Medical student Details Other expeditions

References

5 recorded references.

Expedition ID Journal Author Title Publisher Citation Yak 94
BARU83101 AAJ Cheney, Michael J. & Hawley, Elizabeth - - 58:233 (1984) -
BARU83101 MM - - - 92:9 (Jul 1983) -
BARU83101 MM - - - 94:12 (Dec 1983) -
BARU83101 DAV - - - 109:197 (1985) -
BARU83101 - - http://publications.americanalpineclub.org/articles/12198423301/Asia-Nepal-Baruntse-North-Summit - - -