Dhaulagiri I | 2008 NE Ridge

A Austria expedition to Dhaulagiri I in 2008 via NE Ridge, led by Gerlinde Kaltenbrunner. Summit reached on 1st May 2008. 2 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field Value
ID 5958
Imported 2026-03-06 18:04:49.359634
Expedition ID DHA108102
Peak ID DHA1
Year 2008
Season 1
Host Country 1
Route 1 NE Ridge
Route 2 -
Route 3 -
Route 4 -
Nationality Austria
Leaders Gerlinde Kaltenbrunner
Sponsor International Dhaulagiri Expedition
Success 1 True
Success 2 False
Success 3 False
Success 4 False
Ascent 1 132
Ascent 2 -
Ascent 3 -
Ascent 4 -
Claimed False
Disputed False
Countries Germany
Approach -
Basecamp Date 2008-04-12
Summit Date 2008-05-01
Summit Time 1200
Summit Days 19
Total Days 23
Termination Date 2008-05-05
Termination Reason 1
Termination Notes -
High Point (m) 8167
Traverse False
Ski False
Paraglide False
Camps 0
Fixed Rope (m) 0
Total Members 2
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 Attempted Lhotse (LHOT-081-11)
Campsites BC(12/04,4700m),Biv1(28/04,6050m),Biv2(29/04,6400m),Biv4(30/04,7350m),Smt(01/05)
Route Notes International Dhaulagiri Expedition led by Mrs Gerlinde Kaltenbrunner - 6 May 2008 The team arrived at BC at 4700m on 12 April. They pitched no fixed camps above BC, but instead had a series of bivouacs as they moved up and down the mountain with one small tent. Their first bivouac was made at 5850m, a little above the NE Col, on 19 April. The next day they made their second bivouac at 6400m on the NE Ridge, and on the 21st their third bivouac was on the ridge at 6750m. They descended to BC on the 22nd. Goettler had needed to acclimatize and they both went down to rest. The wind was getting a bit strong at this time. On the 28th they started their push for the summit. They bivouacked that night at 6050m on the NE Ridge and returned to 6750m ot bivouac the next night. On the 30th they reached 7350m on the ridge for their next bivouac; this was about 2 hours below the beginning of the traverse across the North Face. On 1 May they made their final ascent to the summit. They left the bivouac at 3:00 am, made the traverse to the small couloir, climbed the couloir to the summit ridge, where they turned left and reached the top at 12:00 noon. They had followed tracks from the traverse through the couloir which they believe had been made by the Czech climber, Martin Minarik, on 23 April. He was the first to climb the summit this spring, and tracks made last autumn could not have survived the winter weather. They stayed on the summit about half an hour in light wind. But by the time they had descended to 7800m the wind was blowing so much snow in the air that they could not see where to start the traverse. They had to sit for about 45 minutes until they were able to see the route ahead. They descended all the way to BC, which they reached at 3:00 am of the 2 May.
Accidents -
Achievement -
Agency Thamserku Trekking
Commercial Route False
Standard Route True
Primary Route False
Primary Member False
Primary Reference False
Primary ID -
Checksum 2460421
Year 2008
Summit Success True
O2 Summary None
Route (lowercase) ne ridge

Members

2 recorded members.

Name Sex Year of Birth Citizenship Status Residence Occupation
David Johannes Goettler M 1978 Germany Climber Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Bavaria, Germany Alpine guide Details Other expeditions
Gerlinde Kaltenbrunner F 1970 Austria Leader Buehlertal, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany Professional alpinist Details Other expeditions

References

0 recorded references.