Bhemdang Ri | 2022 E Face of S Ridge

A France expedition to Bhemdang Ri in 2022 via E Face of S Ridge, led by Maud Vanpoulle. Summit reached on 29th September 2022. 4 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field Value
ID 10920
Imported 2026-03-06 18:04:49.359634
Expedition ID BHEM22301
Peak ID BHEM
Year 2022
Season 3
Host Country 1
Route 1 E Face of S Ridge
Route 2 -
Route 3 -
Route 4 -
Nationality France
Leaders Maud Vanpoulle
Sponsor Himalayan Travellers Ganchenpo Expedition 2022
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 Austria, Germany
Approach Langtang Valley
Basecamp Date 2022-09-16
Summit Date 2022-09-29
Summit Time -
Summit Days 13
Total Days 19
Termination Date 2022-10-05
Termination Reason 7
Termination Notes Abandoned at 6000m due to AMS of Billon
High Point (m) 6000
Traverse False
Ski False
Paraglide False
Camps 0
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 Attempted Ganchenpo (GANC-223-01)
Campsites BC(16/09,3830m),ABC(28/09,5300m),xxx(29/09,6000m)
Route Notes Report from Lise Billon: Approach: Langtang Valley BC 16/09 3830m at Kyanjin Gompa ABC 28-29/09 5300m at footstep of Bhemdang Ri’s E Face Hpt 29/09 6000m on S Ridge of Bhemdang Ri by all members except Vigl. Fixed rope: none Climb abandoned on 29 Sept due to Lise Billon’s AMS. Left BC on 5 Oct. Oxygen: Not taken, not used Other peaks: Bhemdang Ri Accidents, etc: - Pulmonary edema’s beginning for Babsi Vigl during the acclimatization. - AMS at circa 6000m (5950m according to Fat Map) for Lise Billon during the climb on Bhemdang Ri. On Bhemdang Ri: Lise Billon, 6000m on 29 Sept Maud Vanpoulle, 6000m on 29 Sept Raphaela Haug, 6000m on 29 Sept Babsi Vigl, 5500m during round trips to Yala Peak. The team initially aimed to go for Pakistan, but following a visa problem, choose Nepal instead. Had a small duration of expedition (20 days round trip from KTM), so that the acclimatization process got pretty squeezed. Trekked from 14 to 16 Sept to Kyanjin Gompa. 23-24 Sept: reconnaissance trips, back to Kyanjin on the next day, Babsi Vigl sick. Had some daily roundtrips to Yala Peak (5500m), sleeping maximum to 4800m. First intended various peaks and routes options, including Ganchenpo via its NE Face. Conditions there were bad (very dry), so the team went to search for another option. Attempt on Bhemdang Ri/Morimoto: The team intended this traverse: East Face of the South Ridge of Bhemdang Ri, by a line further to the right of FFME 2012 (which reached the main col); south to north traverse of Bhemdang Ri, then SSW Ridge of Kyungka Ri 1, with descent via its East Ridge. Expected weather window to be 5 days (from 30 Sept to 4 Oct) actually turned to be 3 days actually. 27 Sept: all members except Vigl up to Morimoto BC, approaching with heavy loads. 28 Sept: reconnaissance of the glacier, then back to high camp/ABC (5300m), still with heavy loads. Conditions were too dry afoot of the 2012 expedition’s line*, so the trio selected instead a line further to the right. *In 2012, a French FFME team already climbed the East Face to the col afoot of the South Ridge of Bhemdang Ri: https://www.ffme.fr/montagne-canyon/montagne/equipes-nationales/enaf-2010-2012/ Lise was meant to be part of the team back then, but couldn’t join it eventually. 29 Sept: reached the South Ridge of Bhemdang Ri in warm temperatures. On the face, the trio had found remnants of old gear (which expedition?), one helmet, one piton, nylon ropes (Asian peak). Not ideal conditions from the ridge, but kept going on. At around 6000m (5950m according to Fat Map), Lise began to feel AMS, her getting to lose memory of the events (Raphaela was watching her). Climbed back down to sleep at high camp (5300m). Thought at first to be 50m close from the summit, but realized afterwards it was more than 100m. “The ridge was looking still long and much more technical than expected on a higher altitude”. 30 Sept: back to Morimoto BC. Babsi Vigl joined the trio. 1st Oct: back to Kyanjin, the weather forecast turned very bad on this day, raining like hell, with thunderstorms. All-in-all, Billon’s AMS wasn’t a big deal in comparison with what the trio would have fought on Kyungka Ri’s expected summit day. After some rest days, on 5 Oct the quartet waited for the mules under the rain then walked back to Syabru Besi in the day. Maud Vanpoulle Facebook (7 Oct) It says that on expeditions you should be prepared to be surprised by the unexpected - and this is how our adventure began! Changing destination last-minute, from scarfs to short pants, from a remote basecamp to Italian-style cappuccino and the warm hospability of a nepali family and from a well researched goal to an area we knew nothing about, we faced surprises almost every day. The challenge to adapt to high altitude in limited time, the new experience to deal with monsoon and the animals of the jungle, the curiosity to dive into a new culture and the life of the locals, the joy to deepen new and persisting friendships, the flexibility and creativity to explore unknown conditions and come up with new goals, facing altitude sickness and taking good decisions together and choose our well-being over summit success. So…what had happened? Since Raphaela’s visa for Pakistan didn't arrive we shifted everything to Nepal in one day. As changing plans consumed some time, we had only a short time of acclimatization and therefore only one chance for the summit. This season in Nepal was far from good, retrospective we had a lot of rain...until a 5 day window arrived. We started super motivated, unfortunately without Babsi - she turned sick before. We turned around just before the summit as Lise got sick of altitude. But then we learned that we would have had to bail the next day anyways, as our 5 days window got shortened to 3 days. That's life. Nevertheless we had a great time. Always remember that the summit is just the cherry on the cake! Lots of laughing, lovely discussions and definitely a time to remember!
Accidents Vigl and Billon AMS
Achievement -
Agency Himalayan Travellers Nepal
Commercial Route False
Standard Route False
Primary Route False
Primary Member False
Primary Reference True
Primary ID GANC22301
Checksum 2466104
Year 2022
Summit Success False
O2 Summary None
Route (lowercase) e face of s ridge

Members

4 recorded members.

Name Sex Year of Birth Citizenship Status Residence Occupation
Maud Cecile Vanpoulle F 1993 France Leader - - Details Other expeditions
Lise Noemie Billon F 1988 France Climber Chamonix, Haute-Savoie, France Alpine guide Details Other expeditions
Raphaela Maria Haug F 1994 Germany Climber - - Details Other expeditions
Barbara (Babsi) Vigl F 1989 Austria Climber - - Details Other expeditions

References

0 recorded references.