Chhopa Bamare | 2015 SE side

A France expedition to Chhopa Bamare in 2015 via SE side, led by Antoine Pecher. Summit reached on 21st October 2015. 8 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field Value
ID 8951
Imported 2026-03-06 18:04:49.359634
Expedition ID CBAM15301
Peak ID CBAM
Year 2015
Season 3
Host Country 1
Route 1 SE side
Route 2 -
Route 3 -
Route 4 -
Nationality France
Leaders Antoine Pecher
Sponsor Enam Chhopa Bamare French Expedition Autumn 2015
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 Gongar->Lamabagar
Basecamp Date 2015-10-13
Summit Date 2015-10-21
Summit Time -
Summit Days 8
Total Days 13
Termination Date 2015-10-26
Termination Reason 5
Termination Notes Abandoned at 5200m due dry conditions and unstable weather conditions
High Point (m) 5200
Traverse False
Ski False
Paraglide False
Camps 1
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(13/10,4100m),C1(20-22/10,4900m),xxx(21/10,5200m)
Route Notes BC 13/10 4100m C1 20-22/10 4900m HPt 21/10 5200m Climb abandoned on 23 Oct 10 due tomountain dry conditions and unstable weather conditions. Youngsters team of French Mountaineering Federation (FFME) coached by Antoine Pecher (FFME) and Dimitry Munoz (French military group, GMHM). First expedition to explore Chhopa Bamare southeastern valley mountaineering possibilities. Had tried to plan at best the expedition, but few pictures of the mountain, used Googl Earth to estimate their BC location plus some pictures of the Chinese side of the mountain. Knew they would have to define once in situ their climbing objectives. Approach: The expedition first met during approach march with post-earthquake effects (epicenter was close from the area) having to trek on the almost completely destroyed road usually linking Gongar to Lamabagar, where they stayed 3 nights. They found also remnants of Chinese workers campsites who went there for the construction of a future dam (800 inhabitants including dam workers before the earthquake, only 70 after). Team put 2 camps in the jungle to reach its base camp at the footstep of the upper valley summits. Also met with village people there and some military guards, the first with whom they had a Buddhist ceremony. Locals had seen so far only a Japanese party trekking the main valley and no westerners at all since the earthquake. Expedition time: Weather was like a clear sky every day then clouds/fog coming from 10 am. Found mountain not in good condition, with a lots of rock falls every day. Would have needed more snow and permafrost to keep ground more secure to progress. Chose instead to try solutions on the borders of the valley. On 19 Oct the team had tried from BC to access an eastern 5700m attractive subpeak. First following some scarce trails, the group then used a thalweg, seeking for some solutions to access another valley giving access to Chhopa Bamare itself. Despite GE and maps preliminary research allowing some hope, reality on the ground showed only proper rock cliffs not allowing to go further. So they stopped around 4300m, just nearby above base camp. Other tries around in the previous days reaching some hills point kairned by yak herders or locals. On 20 Oct the entire group went to C1. From there in the days coming, different parties tried different solutions west side of the whole valley without success. High point on 21 Oct. That day 2 teams attempted respectively 1 secondary summit ridge (Antoine Pecher and Antoine Lang). 1 snowy ramp giving access to the same ridge (Dimitry, Yohan, Kevin, Renaud, third team seeking for a col on the border with China (Mael, Baguet, Eric). First team abandoned facing dangerous rotten rock section at about 5200m. That day Yohan and Kevin went back to BC. On 22 Oct Eric and Dimitry also went to BC. Others reached a lake close to the border. On Friday 23 Oct remnant 4 down to BC. That day they went up a 4900m hill above C1, the only so far without any kairns on it. Globally consider the area interesting for mountaineering, despite quickly facing with committed ground, with long ridges in unstable rock (loose granite). Best conditions for attempts would be snowy one to give cohesion to the rocks. Best solution probably on the right side of the face, trying to link some rockfall exposed gullies in the lowest part to north Eastern ridge in the upper one. Sherpas porter team arrived on 25 Oct, all team left BC on 26 Oct. On return on 27 Oct at Lamabagar, could watch a massive rock fall showing ground still not stable. Then at Gongar, all group felt a notable earthquake effect. Team put 100m of fixed rope during return march between Lamabagar and Gongar. Eric Jamet going to guide on Ama Dablam. Renaud and Antoine to help for reconstruction. All other members going back to France.
Accidents -
Achievement 1st expedition in the SE valley of Chhopa Bamare
Agency Glacier Safari Treks
Commercial Route False
Standard Route False
Primary Route False
Primary Member False
Primary Reference False
Primary ID -
Checksum 2462572
Year 2015
Summit Success False
O2 Summary None
Route (lowercase) se side

Members

8 recorded members.

Name Sex Year of Birth Citizenship Status Residence Occupation
Mael Cedric Baguet M 1989 France Climber St. Michel-de-Maurienne, Savoie, France Alpine guide Details Other expeditions
Renaud Marie Fine M 1988 France Climber Meylan, Isere, France Student Details Other expeditions
Yoann Michael Foulon M 1988 France Climber Chamonix, Haute-Savoie, France Alpine guide Details Other expeditions
Eric Noel Julien Jamet M 1988 France Climber Savoie, Haute-Savoie, France Alpine guide Details Other expeditions
Antoine R. L. C. Lang M 1988 France Climber Die, Drome, France Alpine guide Details Other expeditions
Dimitry Munoz M 1973 France Climber Domanly, France Alpine guide Details Other expeditions
Antoine Pierre Marc Pecher M 1976 France Leader Uriage-des-Bains, Isere, France Alpine guide Details Other expeditions
Kevin Serge Peyre M 1989 France Climber Annecy-le-Vieux, Haute-Savoie, France Alpinist Details Other expeditions

References

3 recorded references.

Expedition ID Journal Author Title Publisher Citation Yak 94
CBAM15301 AAJ Popier, Rodolphe - - 90:337 (2016) -
CBAM15301 - - http://www.ffme.fr/alpinisme/article/enam-en-route-pour-le-nepal.html - - -
CBAM15301 - - http://publications.americanalpineclub.org/articles/13201213683/Chhopa-Bamare-Exploration - - -