Baruntse | 1999 SE Ridge

A Italy expedition to Baruntse in 1999 via SE Ridge, led by Ruggero Pallanca. Summit reached on 17th October 1999. 8 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field Value
ID 3407
Imported 2026-03-06 18:04:49.359634
Expedition ID BARU99306
Peak ID BARU
Year 1999
Season 3
Host Country 1
Route 1 SE Ridge
Route 2 -
Route 3 -
Route 4 -
Nationality Italy
Leaders Ruggero Pallanca
Sponsor Genova in Himalayan High Mountain Group to Baruntse
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 1999-10-17
Summit Date 1999-10-17
Summit Time -
Summit Days 0
Total Days 5
Termination Date 1999-10-22
Termination Reason 5
Termination Notes Abandoned due to deep snow; did no climbing
High Point (m) 5400
Traverse False
Ski False
Paraglide False
Camps 0
Fixed Rope (m) 0
Total Members 8
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(17/10,5400m)
Route Notes BC west of West Col on Hunku Glacier normal site. Impossible to reach C1 because for 3 nights and 2 days continous snow with 2m snow at BC. Did no climbing and could not return to Lukla over Amphu Labtsa, so had helicopter from BC to Lukla.
Accidents -
Achievement -
Agency Cho Oyu Trekking
Commercial Route False
Standard Route False
Primary Route False
Primary Member False
Primary Reference False
Primary ID -
Checksum 2456708
Year 1999
Summit Success False
O2 Summary None
Route (lowercase) se ridge

Members

8 recorded members.

Name Sex Year of Birth Citizenship Status Residence Occupation
Armando Antola M 1954 Italy Climber Genova, Italy Electrician Details Other expeditions
Massimo Barbieri M 1973 Italy Climber Genova, Italy Office staff of street-cleaning company Details Other expeditions
Maria Grazia Canepa F 1959 Italy Climber Genova, Italy Bank employee Details Other expeditions
Enzo Coletta M 1964 Italy Climber Genova, Italy Paint factory worker Details Other expeditions
Ruggero Pallanca M 1951 Italy Leader Genova, Italy Bus company's human resources department office worker Details Other expeditions
Andres Sanguineti M 1956 Italy Climber Chiavari, Genoa, Italy Bank employee Details Other expeditions
Pier Enzo Scian M 1949 Italy Climber Genoa, Italy Bank employee Details Other expeditions
Franco Romagnoli M 1944 Italy Climber Genoa, Italy Telephone engineer Details Other expeditions

References

0 recorded references.