Dhaulagiri I | 2009 NE Ridge

A Turkey expedition to Dhaulagiri I in 2009 via NE Ridge, led by Tunc Findik. Summit reached on 1st May 2009. 2 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field Value
ID 6365
Imported 2026-03-06 18:04:49.359634
Expedition ID DHA109109
Peak ID DHA1
Year 2009
Season 1
Host Country 1
Route 1 NE Ridge
Route 2 -
Route 3 -
Route 4 -
Nationality Turkey
Leaders Tunc Findik
Sponsor Turk On Dhaulagiri I
Success 1 True
Success 2 False
Success 3 False
Success 4 False
Ascent 1 143
Ascent 2 -
Ascent 3 -
Ascent 4 -
Claimed False
Disputed False
Countries -
Approach Beni->Babiya->Chaur->Jugapani->Bogara->Dovan->Sallaghari->Italian BC
Basecamp Date 2009-04-04
Summit Date 2009-05-01
Summit Time 1615
Summit Days 27
Total Days 31
Termination Date 2009-05-05
Termination Reason 1
Termination Notes -
High Point (m) 8167
Traverse False
Ski False
Paraglide False
Camps 3
Fixed Rope (m) 0
Total Members 1
Summit Members 1
Member Deaths 0
Total Hired 1
Summit Hired 0
Hired Deaths 0
No Hired False
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(04/04,4750m),C1(14/04,5800m),C2(21/04,6700m),C3(30/04,7266m),Smt(01/05)
Route Notes Findik and Dawa Sherpa left C3 at 2 am on 1 May. Ahead of them were Czech climber Fojtik and Iranian Etemadfar; Koreans were at about 7900m. The Koreans ran out of ropes and they stopped moving, maybe they were discussing about their plan. Having reached that point Fojtik, Etemadfar and Findik decided to continue their climb and started cutting steps together. For a while one of the Korean members also joined them and he returned to his team who were very slow to follow the advancing climbed. Weather started getting bad, strong wind and snow fall around 2:30 pm. It became complete white-out and dark. Dawa stopped at around 8000m. Fojtik was about 100m ahead and Etemadfar was about 50m behind and Dawa was about 100m behind. When Findik reached near to the dead body he saw Fojtik on the summit. He does not remember exact summit time but estimates that it may be around 4 pm or little later. Like Fojtik, Findik, too got electric shock in the bad weather while on summit. There was cloud all over. He said it was painful when electricity pass through his body to legs then down to surface. He hardly stayed on summit for 10 minutes and descended quickly. Findik reached C3 after 7:30 pm it was a complete dark night. He slept there. On 2 May to C2 and next day to BC. Findik returned to Kathmandu on 7 May and will leave on 14 or 15 May.
Accidents -
Achievement 1st Turkish to summit Dhaulagiri
Agency Monterosa Treks
Commercial Route False
Standard Route True
Primary Route False
Primary Member False
Primary Reference False
Primary ID -
Checksum 2460787
Year 2009
Summit Success True
O2 Summary None
Route (lowercase) ne ridge

Members

2 recorded members.

Name Sex Year of Birth Citizenship Status Residence Occupation
Tunc Findik M 1972 Turkey Leader Ankara, Turkey Alpine guide & writer Details Other expeditions
Dawa Sherpa M 1969 Nepal H-A Worker Loding Tamakhani-9, Solukhumbu - Details Other expeditions

References

3 recorded references.

Expedition ID Journal Author Title Publisher Citation Yak 94
DHA109109 - - http://www.tuncfindik.com/?p=1627 - - -
DHA109109 - - http://www.everestnews.com/stories2009/dhtunc05272009.htm - - -
DHA109109 - Findik, Tunc Altitude 8000 Tunc Findik Publications, Istanbul - -