Chandi Himal | 2023

A UK expedition to Chandi Himal in 2023, led by Julian Freeman-Attwood. 4 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field Value
ID 11222
Imported 2026-03-06 18:04:49.359634
Expedition ID CHND23301
Peak ID CHND
Year 2023
Season 3
Host Country 1
Route 1 -
Route 2 -
Route 3 -
Route 4 -
Nationality UK
Leaders Julian Freeman-Attwood
Sponsor British Chandi Himal Expedition 2023
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 Simikot->Dojam Khola->Chuwa Khola->BC
Basecamp Date 2023-10-09
Summit Date -
Summit Time -
Summit Days 0
Total Days 0
Termination Date -
Termination Reason 12
Termination Notes -
High Point (m) 0
Traverse False
Ski False
Paraglide False
Camps 0
Fixed Rope (m) 0
Total Members 4
Summit Members 0
Member Deaths 0
Total Hired 1
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 Climbed Ganglung Kangri 2 (6182m) on 16 Oct
Campsites BC(09/10,5050m),ABC(11/10,5550m),C1(14/10,5750m),Smt.Ganglung-Kangri-2(16/10,6182m)
Route Notes The Report of the British Ganglung Kangri 2 Expedition 2023 2019, 2022 and 2023 Expeditions. All access to these source mountains is politically impossible from Tibet and we decided to find a way from the Nepal side via an unnamed glacier which we found in 2019. Julian and Nick Colton became the first onto the Angsi glacier but failed to cross it and access the mountain. We also tried to access from the west side in 2022 (via Chandi peak) but very severe snowfall all across Nepal and India during that post monsoon, put paid to that attempt. So, in 2023 we decided to go back, again in post monsoon period, to the 2019 base camp and push forward what we had already found out from there. This time Nick Colton and I were joined by Jim Lowther and Jim Fotheringham, both seasoned climbers and greater range expeditioners from the Lake District. Fotheringhim and Lowther climbed Ganglung Kangri 2, a 6182m peak east of Chandi Himal on the Tibetan border, on 16 Oct.
Accidents -
Achievement -
Agency Royal Mountain Travel
Commercial Route False
Standard Route False
Primary Route False
Primary Member False
Primary Reference False
Primary ID -
Checksum 2113
Year 2023
Summit Success False
O2 Summary None
Route (lowercase) -

Members

4 recorded members.

Name Sex Year of Birth Citizenship Status Residence Occupation
Julian David Warren Freeman-Attwood M 1953 UK Leader Oswestry, Shropshire, England Forester & alpinist Details Other expeditions
Nicholas Francis (Nick) Colton M 1954 UK Climber Manchester, England CEO of British Mountaineering Council Details Other expeditions
James Francis Crispin (Jim) Fotheringham M 1952 UK Climber Brampton, Cumbria, England Dentist Details Other expeditions
James Nicholas Lowther M 1964 UK Climber Penrith, Cumbria, England - Details Other expeditions

References

3 recorded references.

Expedition ID Journal Author Title Publisher Citation Yak 94
CHND23301 - - https://www.mef.org.uk/expeditions/british-ganglung-kangri-2023 - - -
CHND23301 AAJ Freeman-Attwood, Julian Ganglung Kangri II, First Ascent and Geographic Sleuthing - 98:305-306 (2024) -
CHND23301 - - http://publications.americanalpineclub.org/articles/13201216811 - - -