Baruntse | 1999 SE Ridge

A USA expedition to Baruntse in 1999 via SE Ridge, led by Robert Garneau. Summit reached on 22nd October 1999. 8 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field Value
ID 3408
Imported 2026-03-06 18:04:49.359634
Expedition ID BARU99307
Peak ID BARU
Year 1999
Season 3
Host Country 1
Route 1 SE Ridge
Route 2 -
Route 3 -
Route 4 -
Nationality USA
Leaders Robert Garneau
Sponsor -
Success 1 True
Success 2 False
Success 3 False
Success 4 False
Ascent 1 49th
Ascent 2 -
Ascent 3 -
Ascent 4 -
Claimed False
Disputed False
Countries -
Approach Tumlingtar->Ramra->Makalu BC->Barunste BC
Basecamp Date 1999-10-01
Summit Date 1999-10-22
Summit Time -
Summit Days 21
Total Days 26
Termination Date 1999-10-27
Termination Reason 1
Termination Notes -
High Point (m) 7152
Traverse False
Ski False
Paraglide False
Camps 3
Fixed Rope (m) 0
Total Members 8
Summit Members 2
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),C1(06/10,5600m),C2(16/10,6100m),C3(20/10,6400m),Smt(22/10)
Route Notes C1 at the top of the glacier on the glacier. Bauer, Hart and Durnan started climbing from C3 for summit on 22 Oct at 7 am. Durnan turned around from an altitude of 6600m because of cold and Bauer and Hart continued to climb. They reached the summit at 4 pm and came down to C2 at 6:30 pm. They hardly could stay on the top for 3 minutes. Took photographs from the top. Came down to BC on 27 Oct.
Accidents -
Achievement -
Agency Asian Trekking
Commercial Route False
Standard Route False
Primary Route False
Primary Member False
Primary Reference False
Primary ID -
Checksum 2456713
Year 1999
Summit Success True
O2 Summary None
Route (lowercase) se ridge

Members

8 recorded members.

Name Sex Year of Birth Citizenship Status Residence Occupation
Kurt Bauer M 1966 USA Climber Anchorage, Alaska Civil engineer Details Other expeditions
Winslow Brabson M 1935 USA Exp Doctor Sante Fe, New Mexico Physician Details Other expeditions
Peter Cole M 1951 USA Climber Georges Mills, New Hampshire Web designer Details Other expeditions
Richard Durnan M 1966 USA Climber Montrose, Colorado Photographer Details Other expeditions
Robert Denis Garneau M 1959 USA Leader Kensington, New Hampshire Retail store owner Details Other expeditions
Susan Lynn Garneau F 1963 USA Climber Kensington, New Hampshire Teacher Details Other expeditions
David Hart M 1967 USA Climber Anchorage, Alaska Engineer Details Other expeditions
Donald MacDougall M 1956 USA Climber New Market, New Hampshire Program Coordinator Details Other expeditions

References

1 recorded references.

Expedition ID Journal Author Title Publisher Citation Yak 94
BARU99307 HIGH - - - 212:62-63 (Jul 2000) -