Baruntse | 1997 SE Ridge

A Germany expedition to Baruntse in 1997 via SE Ridge, led by Christoph Hoerster. Summit reached on 15th October 1997. 6 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field Value
ID 2459
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Expedition ID BARU97302
Peak ID BARU
Year 1997
Season 3
Host Country 1
Route 1 SE Ridge
Route 2 -
Route 3 -
Route 4 -
Nationality Germany
Leaders Christoph Hoerster
Sponsor German Baruntse Expedition
Success 1 True
Success 2 False
Success 3 False
Success 4 False
Ascent 1 44th
Ascent 2 -
Ascent 3 -
Ascent 4 -
Claimed False
Disputed False
Countries -
Approach -
Basecamp Date 1997-10-01
Summit Date 1997-10-15
Summit Time -
Summit Days 14
Total Days 19
Termination Date 1997-10-20
Termination Reason 1
Termination Notes -
High Point (m) 7152
Traverse False
Ski False
Paraglide False
Camps 2
Fixed Rope (m) 0
Total Members 6
Summit Members 3
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(01/10,5200m),Biv(5600m),C1(06/10,6000m),C2(07/10,6600m),Smt(15/10)
Route Notes BC south of Barun Glacier, east of point 6095m on Schneider Khumbu map C1 west of Sherpani Col and east of West Col C2 on SE Ridge. 1st summit attempt on 8 Oct from C2 Descher, Hoerster and Helbig, but not able to go above camp because mild altitude sickness, so down to BC in 2 days. 2nd attempt by Bock, Bracker and Descher from C2 on 15th to top via last ridge where they had large snow bars that enabled them to succeed in deep powder snow where Dutch without snowbars could not.
Accidents Schreck pneumonia and evacuated; Bracker also pneumonia
Achievement -
Agency Himalayan Sherpa Adventure
Commercial Route -
Standard Route -
Primary Route False
Primary Member False
Primary Reference False
Primary ID -
Checksum 2455974
Year 1997
Summit Success True
O2 Summary None
Route (lowercase) se ridge

Members

6 recorded members.

Name Sex Year of Birth Citizenship Status Residence Occupation
Silke Bock F 1971 Germany Climber Meckenbeuren, Bavaria, Germany Technical engineer Details Other expeditions
Jan Bracker M 1964 Germany Climber Hamburg, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany Research chemist Details Other expeditions
Falk Descher M 1967 Germany Climber Munich, Bavaria, Germany Air conditioning engineer Details Other expeditions
Katrin Helbig F 1967 Germany Climber Munich, Bavaria, Germany Environmental engineer Details Other expeditions
Christoph Hoerster M 1959 Germany Leader Munich, Bavaria, Germany Mechanical engineer Details Other expeditions
Mathias Schreck M 1967 Germany Climber Biberach, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany Geologist Details Other expeditions

References

1 recorded references.

Expedition ID Journal Author Title Publisher Citation Yak 94
BARU97302 HIGH - - - 188:21 (Jul 1998) -