Baruntse | 1997 SE Ridge

A Netherlands expedition to Baruntse in 1997 via SE Ridge, led by Robert Kolber, Hendrik Wesselius. Summit reached on 11th October 1997. 12 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field Value
ID 2460
Imported 2026-03-06 18:04:49.359634
Expedition ID BARU97303
Peak ID BARU
Year 1997
Season 3
Host Country 1
Route 1 SE Ridge
Route 2 -
Route 3 -
Route 4 -
Nationality Netherlands
Leaders Robert Kolber, Hendrik Wesselius
Sponsor Dutch Baruntse Expedition 1997
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 -
Basecamp Date 1997-10-01
Summit Date 1997-10-11
Summit Time -
Summit Days 10
Total Days 15
Termination Date 1997-10-16
Termination Reason 5
Termination Notes Abandoned at 7000m due to bad snow conditions and inability to find attractive line of attack
High Point (m) 7000
Traverse False
Ski False
Paraglide False
Camps 2
Fixed Rope (m) 0
Total Members 12
Summit Members 0
Member Deaths 0
Total Hired 8
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(01/10,5400m),C1(05/10,6100m),C2(10/10,6400m),xxx(11/10,7000m)
Route Notes BC south of Swiss BC and south of smaller lake WSW of West Col C1 at West Col C2 east of SE Ridge High point at bottom of small ridge. Planned C2 at 6700m but Swiss camped at 6400m so Dutch Sherpas said their camp at 6400m also. 11th Oct first summit attempt by 3 members and 3 Sherpas; at 6500m (after 1 hour) Timmer not well and turned back. 2 other members [Wesselius and Vreugdenhil] and 2 Sherpas on up to 7000m to small ridge where snow very soft powder very difficult to go further and back to C2. 12th Oct 2 Sherpas went up to find another way to pass difficult part but couldn't find one and did not go above same 7000m place. On 11th hadn't had enough snow bars, rope, etc with them to make ascent, so attempt to reach main summit stopped. 14th 3 members and 2 Sherpas from C2 started for "Little Baruntse" 6730m, south-southeast of main peak and De Boer succeeded with Karma and Tshering; took 8 hours from C2 to this peak (6:00 am to 2:00 pm and down to BC). On 15th Oct watch 3 people (Russians?) go up this teams's route, traverse at 7000m and go to summit and in swift and expert ascent.
Accidents Kolber pneumonia and Smit altitude sickness; sirdar also pneumonia
Achievement -
Agency Iceland Trekking
Commercial Route -
Standard Route -
Primary Route False
Primary Member False
Primary Reference -
Primary ID -
Checksum 2455970
Year 1997
Summit Success False
O2 Summary None
Route (lowercase) se ridge

Members

12 recorded members.

Name Sex Year of Birth Citizenship Status Residence Occupation
Hayo Beertsen M 1970 Netherlands Climber Alkmaar, Netherlands Gardening consultant Details Other expeditions
Ingrid Brandse F 1960 Netherlands Climber Purmerend, Netherlands Physiotherapist Details Other expeditions
Richard De Boer M 1965 Netherlands Climber Laren, Netherlands Aeronautical engineer Details Other expeditions
Robert (Rob) Kolber M 1946 Netherlands Leader Nord Beemster, Netherlands Bookkeeper Details Other expeditions
Winfred Martinus (Winnie) Koning M 1956 Netherlands Climber Haarlem, Netherlands Physiotherapist Details Other expeditions
Jacob Egbert Plas M 1951 Netherlands Climber Purmerend, Netherlands Physiotherapist Details Other expeditions
Ton Rueck M 1939 Netherlands Climber Wassenaar, Netherlands Architect Details Other expeditions
Adrianus (Ad) Smit M 1956 Netherlands Climber Oudorp, Netherlands Civil servant Details Other expeditions
Andreas Timmer M 1959 Netherlands Climber Venhuizen, Netherlands Maintenance engineer Details Other expeditions
Jeremias Van der Geest M 1957 Netherlands Climber Amsterdam, Netherlands Information technology consultant Details Other expeditions
Arie Vreugdenhil M 1953 Netherlands Climber Assen, Netherlands Rural engineer Details Other expeditions
Hendrik (Henk) Wesselius M 1960 Netherlands Deputy Leader Alkmaar, Netherlands Electrical engineer Details Other expeditions

References

1 recorded references.

Expedition ID Journal Author Title Publisher Citation Yak 94
BARU97303 HIGH - - - 188:21 (Jul 1998) -