Dhaulagiri I | 2016 NE Ridge

A UK expedition to Dhaulagiri I in 2016 via NE Ridge, led by Phil Crampton. Summit reached on 18th September 2016. 13 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field Value
ID 9270
Imported 2026-03-06 18:04:49.359634
Expedition ID DHA116301
Peak ID DHA1
Year 2016
Season 3
Host Country 1
Route 1 NE Ridge
Route 2 -
Route 3 -
Route 4 -
Nationality UK
Leaders Phil Crampton
Sponsor Altitude Junkies Dhaulagiri Expedition 2016
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 Australia, China, USA
Approach Pokhara->Beni->Marpha->Yak Kharka->BC
Basecamp Date 2016-09-08
Summit Date 2016-09-18
Summit Time -
Summit Days 10
Total Days 32
Termination Date 2016-10-10
Termination Reason 4
Termination Notes Abandoned at C2 due to bad weather (sudden snowstorm)
High Point (m) 6400
Traverse False
Ski False
Paraglide False
Camps 2
Fixed Rope (m) 4000
Total Members 7
Summit Members 0
Member Deaths 0
Total Hired 6
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(08/09,4700m),Depot(5000m),C1(17,28/09,5850m),C2(18,29/09,6400m),xxx
Route Notes BC 08/09 4700m Dep 27/09 5000m by Cross and Wu C1 28/09 5850m C2 29/09 6400m (Sherpas) HPt 29/09 6400m at C2 all clients apart from Wu and Cross. On 29 Sept clients apart from Cross and Wu went to C2 to tag it and descended again to C1 to stay the night. Cross and Wu had stayed at deposit camp on 27 Sept. When the rest of the team went up to C2 and back, Cross and Wu were at C1. Night of 29 Sept all clients at C1. Morning of 30 Sept big dump of snow – all clients down to BC. Sherpa at C2 on 30 Sept. They descended to C1 on 30 Sept. Snow was very deep and they took a long time to get down, so they stayed at C1 for the night. Descended to BC on 1 Oct. As long-term forecast had been bad, Crampton had asked the Sherpas to dismantle all camps. Crampton reached C2 several times for rope-fixing. Team waited for helicopter until 10 Oct, but weather was too bad. On 10 Oct they trekked to Marpha and then by jeep to Beni. Oxygen: taken, not used.
Accidents -
Achievement -
Agency Expedition Himalaya
Commercial Route False
Standard Route True
Primary Route False
Primary Member False
Primary Reference -
Primary ID -
Checksum 2463536
Year 2016
Summit Success False
O2 Summary None
Route (lowercase) ne ridge

Members

13 recorded members.

Name Sex Year of Birth Citizenship Status Residence Occupation
Philip James (Phil) Crampton M 1970 UK Leader Woodstock, New York Alpine guide Details Other expeditions
Malgorzata Jolanta (Margaret) Watroba F 1950 Australia Climber Attadale, WA, Australia Electrical engineer Details Other expeditions
Paul Richard Blelock Samuel M 1963 UK Climber Norbury, Shropshire, England IT specialist on contents of management systems Details Other expeditions
Joseph Casey Piestrak M 1985 USA Climber Portland, Oregon Wind turbine technician Details Other expeditions
William Hayden Gregory (Will) Cross M 1967 USA Climber Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Motivational speaker Details Other expeditions
Joshua Jay Lubliner M 1977 USA Climber Denver, Colorado Restaurant owner Details Other expeditions
Yin-Yin Wu F 1982 China Climber Guangdong, Shenzhen, China Banker Details Other expeditions
Pasang Nima Sherpa M 1974 Nepal H-A Worker Chaurikharka-2, Khumbu - Details Other expeditions
Kami Nuru Sherpa M 1985 Nepal H-A Worker Chaurikharka-2, Khumbu - Details Other expeditions
Sange Sherpa M 1980 Nepal H-A Worker Simigaon, Dolakha - Details Other expeditions
Pemba Chhiri Sherpa M 1987 Nepal H-A Worker Simigaon, Dolakha - Details Other expeditions
Pemba Chhiri Sherpa M 1972 Nepal H-A Worker Pawai-2, Solukhumbu - Details Other expeditions
Galden Sherpa M 1986 Nepal H-A Worker Cheremy, Bung-9, Solukhumbu - Details Other expeditions

References

1 recorded references.

Expedition ID Journal Author Title Publisher Citation Yak 94
DHA116301 - - http://www.altitudejunkies.com/dispatchdhaulagiri16.html - - -