Dhaulagiri I | 2007 NE Ridge

A Spain expedition to Dhaulagiri I in 2007 via NE Ridge, led by Inaki Ochoa. Summit reached on 24th April 2007. 7 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field Value
ID 5625
Imported 2026-03-06 18:04:49.359634
Expedition ID DHA107111
Peak ID DHA1
Year 2007
Season 1
Host Country 1
Route 1 NE Ridge
Route 2 -
Route 3 -
Route 4 -
Nationality Spain
Leaders Inaki Ochoa
Sponsor Inaki Dhaulagiri Expedition
Success 1 True
Success 2 False
Success 3 False
Success 4 False
Ascent 1 123,129
Ascent 2 -
Ascent 3 -
Ascent 4 -
Claimed False
Disputed False
Countries Romania, Switzerland, USA
Approach -
Basecamp Date 2007-04-07
Summit Date 2007-04-24
Summit Time 1505
Summit Days 17
Total Days 28
Termination Date 2007-05-05
Termination Reason 1
Termination Notes -
High Point (m) 8167
Traverse False
Ski False
Paraglide False
Camps 3
Fixed Rope (m) 300
Total Members 7
Summit Members 4
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 Annapurna I (ANN1-071-04)
Campsites BC(07/04,4700m),C1(10/04,5800m),C2(15/04,6640m),C3(30/04,7500m),Smt(26/04,01/05)
Route Notes Inaki Ochoa - 30 May 2007 Ochoa and Egocheaga summited on 26 April. They made their successful summit push from C2 at 1:00 am; Ochoa was on the top at 3:05 pm and Egocheaga at 4:00 pm. They were later hit by a violent storm. Ochoa descended to C2 at 11:00 pm, but Egocheaga spent the night out. Ochoa went down to C1 the next day and found Egocheaga there already; Ochoa hadn't known where his teammate was since they had no walkie-talkie. Ochoa had made their route above C2 via a couloir that had been used by Spaniards in 1979 and others after them. The couloir is shaped like an open book: the left hand page is rock and the right hand page is snow. Non-summiting members: Barrio went to only 6300m, was not strong enough to go higher. Fernandez went to 7000m. He at first wanted to stay with Santiago Sagaste's Spanish team but changed his mind and left the mountain before them. Dates of departure from BC: Egocheaga and Ogwyn on 24-25 April Ochoa on 2 May Fernandez and Barrio on 3 May Colibasanu and Brupbacher on 5 May Ochoa and Colibasanu went from Dhaulagiri I BC to Annapurna I BC. The others went from Dhaulagiri to Kathmandu. Joby Ogwyn - 1 May 2007: Team's camps: BC 9 April 4700m C1 12 April 5700m C2 15 April 6400m On 21 April, Colibasanu, Egocheaga, Ochoa and Ogwyn went up from BC to C2 in a summit push. On 22nd they went up from C2 intending to establish C3 and then go for the top the following day. The weather had been very good, but that night in C2 it was cold and very windy, and they had a miserable night. On 23rd they set off for C3, but after climbing 400m above C2, the other three climbers decided they were too tired from their wretched night before to continue up; Ogwyn did not want to climb alone, so he turned back with them, and they descended all the way to BC. Ogwyn did not resume climbing; the weather forecast was for strong winds continuing, and he had other commitments elsewhere that meant he had no time to stay on into May. Barrio, Brupbacher and Fernandez went to C2, but no higher while Ogwyn was with the team. Jorge Egocheaga - 1 May 2007: Egocheaga reached the summit alone on 26 April 50 minutes after Inaki Ochoa. In his descent when in the area of C2, a huge snow avalanche hit him and carried him over onto the East Face and down 800 meters. He lost his gloves and his gear; it was a dark night, and "when I stopped, I didn't know where I was" because his eyes were frozen over. He fell into a crevasse on the face, climbed out of it, and spent the rest of the night walking 100 meters to one side and back 100 meters. When the sun had gotten quite bright, he could see a shadow coming towards him; the shadow said she was Cristina (Castagna from Casorotto's team) and she led him to C1, where he was joined by Inaki, who had waited for him in C2. "I think the mountain wants to take me!" The last time he was on Dhaulagiri in autumn 1992, his partner was very badly frostbitten and lost all his toes. Miss Joelle Brupbacher - 11 May 2007: Ochoa and Egocheaga left C2 on 26 April at 2:00 am in summit push and on the way up put C3 at 7500m. They reached the top at about 3:00-4:30 pm. Brupbacher went up from C1 to C2 alone on 28 April; 29th to C3, stayed there two nights and 1 May to summit with Horia Colibasanu, who joined her in C3 on the 30th, plus members of two other teams (Richard Brill, plus some Russians and Kazakhstanis from Denis Urubko's team). She left C3 at 6:00 am and reached summit at 7:00 pm (after dark); Colibasanu gained the summit summit at 4:00 or 5:00 pm and down to C3. But Brupbacher did not get to C3 that night; she climbed down towards it but could not find the route at about 7600m, got confused, was very tired and apparently lay down and went to sleep where she was. She is still confused about events and altitudes; she is sure she was very close to C3 when she fell asleep or blacked out, but she understands that she stopped at 7600m. She had no bivvy bag or any other protection except the warm clothes she was wearing, but she did not get any frostbite. The next morning, 2 May, she thinks, she got up -- does not think anyone woke her up -- and went to C3, where she spent the day and the next night. She did not see Colibasanu on the 2nd; when she reached C3, he had already left to go on down the mountain. On 3rd May she was in C2 and 4th May in BC, left BC on 7th or 8th and was back in Kathmandu on 10 May. She used no oxygen, had no Sherpa with her, and had no accident, illness or frostbite. She was on Ochoa's permit to climb Annapurna I with him after Dhaulagiri I but dropped the idea. Denis Urubko, Kazakhstani (Russian team leader) - 11 May 2007: Colibasanu summited on 1 May at 7:00 pm with Urubko's members and returned to C3 with them at 10:00 pm. Brupbacher summited at 9:00 pm on the 1st, slept at 7600m in her descent and reached C3 at 9:00-10:00 am on 2 May. Richard Brill, German climber with Gianni Goltz (Swiss) - 11 May 2007: Brill went to the summit on 1 May with Brupbacher and Colibasanu and Urubko team members. He returned to C3 at midnight because he made a 3-hour bivouac with Brupbacher at 7600m waiting for Brupbacher to descend to that point, went with her to 100m above C3, then went on to C3 to make warm water for her. But she stayed that night at 100m above camp because she was exhausted. Brill stayed in C3 with her on the 2nd.
Accidents -
Achievement -
Agency Cho Oyu Trekking
Commercial Route False
Standard Route True
Primary Route False
Primary Member False
Primary Reference False
Primary ID -
Checksum 2460047
Year 2007
Summit Success True
O2 Summary None
Route (lowercase) ne ridge

Members

7 recorded members.

Name Sex Year of Birth Citizenship Status Residence Occupation
Ignacio Felix Barrio Fernandez M 1976 Spain Climber Pamplona, Navarra, Spain Insurance assessor Details Other expeditions
Joelle Catherine Brupbacher F 1978 Switzerland Climber Muri, Bern, Switzerland Computer scientist Details Other expeditions
Horia Dan Colibasanu M 1977 Romania Climber Timisoara, Romania Dentist Details Other expeditions
Jorge Egocheaga Rodriguez M 1968 Spain Climber Oviedo, Asturias, Spain Physician Details Other expeditions
Oscar Francisco Fernandez Landa M 1976 Spain Climber Esquiroz de Galar, Navarra, Spain Firefighter Details Other expeditions
Ignacio (Inaki) Ochoa de Olza Seguin M 1967 Spain Leader Pamplona, Navarra, Spain Professional alpinist, guide and lecturer Details Other expeditions
Joby David Ogwyn M 1974 USA Climber Bergamo, Italy Photographer Details Other expeditions

References

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