Dhaulagiri I | 2019 NE Ridge

A Switzerland expedition to Dhaulagiri I in 2019 via NE Ridge, led by Sophie Lavaud. Summit reached on 3rd October 2019. 17 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field Value
ID 10402
Imported 2026-03-06 18:04:49.359634
Expedition ID DHA119301
Peak ID DHA1
Year 2019
Season 3
Host Country 1
Route 1 NE Ridge
Route 2 -
Route 3 -
Route 4 -
Nationality Switzerland
Leaders Sophie Lavaud
Sponsor Seven Suummit Treks Dhaulagiri Expedition 2019
Success 1 True
Success 2 False
Success 3 False
Success 4 False
Ascent 1 -
Ascent 2 -
Ascent 3 -
Ascent 4 -
Claimed False
Disputed False
Countries Brazil, Bulgaria, Chile, Hungary, Italy, Pakistan, Spain, UK
Approach Trekking via Marpha or by heli to BC
Basecamp Date 2019-09-15
Summit Date 2019-10-03
Summit Time -
Summit Days 18
Total Days 27
Termination Date 2019-10-12
Termination Reason 1
Termination Notes -
High Point (m) 8167
Traverse False
Ski False
Paraglide False
Camps 4
Fixed Rope (m) 0
Total Members 12
Summit Members 4
Member Deaths 0
Total Hired 5
Summit Hired 4
Hired Deaths 0
No Hired False
O2 Used True
O2 None False
O2 Climb True
O2 Descent False
O2 Sleep False
O2 Medical False
O2 Taken False
O2 Unknown False
Other Summits -
Campsites BC(15/09,4650m),C1(5700m),C2(6450m),C3(7250m),C4(7500m),Smt(03/10)
Route Notes Seven Summit Treks Dhaulagiri expedition was a combination of several independent teams (1-3 climbers each). Seven Summits provided transportation, base camp facilities and various levels of high altitude support (oxygen, high-altitude porters, tents, etc) as required and contracted for by each team. The individual accounts for each team are given below: Sophie Lavaud (Switzerland/France) Appr: Marpha & heli to BC Camps: BC(15/09,4750m),C1(21/09,5700m),C2(23/09,6500m),xxx Left: 25/09/2019 Hired: 1 Term: Abandoned at 6500m due to health condition of mother back home. Oxygen: Taken, not used. Sherpa: Dawa Sange (Makalu-Barun) Varga Csaba (Hungary) Luis Cortadellas (Spain) Agustin Abanades (Spain) Appr: Marpha & heli to BC Camps: BC(18/09,4650m),C1(27/09,5600m),C2(02/10,6550m),C3(10/10,7250m),xxx Left: 13/10/2019 Hired: 0 Term: Abandoned at 7350m due to snow and wind conditions. Oxygen: Taken, not used [?] Moeses Fiamoncini (Brazil) Juan Mohr Prieto (Chile) Sean James (UK) Appr: Trekked via Marpha Camps: BC(15/09,4700m),C1(22/09,5700m),C2(23/09,6500m),C3(02/10,7250m), C4(02/10,7500m),Smt(03/10) Left: ? Hired: 0 Term: Success by Juan Mohr Prieto on 03/10 Fiamoncini and Mohr started from C3 at 10 pm. Mohr was faster than Fiamoncini and he reached the summit at around 3 pm. At 1 pm (~8100m) Fiamoncini fell in the couloir for 50m, sliding down the slope damaging his helmet, and getting some bruises and frostnip on his fingers. He tried again to climb up the couloir, but was feeling too cold and decided to abandon the climb. On the way down he met Mohr again and they both walked back to C3 arriving at 10:30 pm. Sean James reached high point at C4 at 7500m on 02/10. He spent two nights in C4 and was suffering from diarrhea and had to abandon climb on 04/10. Oxygen: Not taken, not used. Sergi Mingote Moreno (Spain) Appr: Trekked via Marpha Camps: BC(21/09,4700m),C1(22/09,5700m),C2(23/09,6500m),C3(02/10,7250m),Smt(03/10) Left: 05/10/2019 Hired: 0 Term: Success by Mingote at 1:30 pm. Started at C3 at 9:30 pm, summited at 1:30 pm. down to C3 at 8 pm. Good summit day, windy, a lot of snow on the route. No fixed rope on traverse, very dangerous. Oxygen: Not taken, not used. Muhammad Ali Sadpara (Pakistan) Appr: By heli from Pokhara Camps: BC(04/10,4650m),C1(08/10,5700m),C2(09/10,6450m),C3(10/10,7250m),xxx Left: 12/10/2019 Hired: 0 Term: Abandoned at 7250m due to strong winds. Sadpara climbed Manaslu before and was well acclimatized. Strong winds on Dhaulagiri forced him to abandon climb at C3. Oxygen: Not taken, not used. Atanas Skatov (Bulgaria) Appr: Trekked via Marpha Camps: BC(15/09,4650m),C1(22/09,5700m),C2(23/09,6450m),C3(02/10,7250m),Smt(03/10) Left: 06/10/2019 Hired: 1 Term: Summit by Skatov and Sanu Sherpa at 2:30 pm. Sanu and Skatov started from C3 at 7:30 pm. They did some rope fixing for 300m. Summited at 2:30 pm, then back to C3 at 6:30 pm. Very windy on summit ridge. Not so cold. Sanu Sherpa completed his 14x8000m. Oxygen: Not used by Sanu, used by Skatov from 7400m to summit and back to 7400m. Sherpa: Sanu Sherpa Josette Valloton (Switzerland) Appr: Trekked via Marpha Camps: BC(15/10,4650m),C1(22/09,5700m),C2(6450m),C3(02/10,7250m),Smt(03/10) Left: 06/10/2019 Hired: 1 Term: Summit by Valloton and Changba Sherpa at 1 pm. Between C1 and C3 a lot of snow. Started around 8:30 pm from C3, summited at 1 pm, down to C3 at 6:30 pm. It was windy when they started for summit, quite cold. Bad snow conditions, very dangerous in the traverse. Oxygen: Taken and used by Valloton and Sherpa from C3 to summit and down to C3. Fixed rope: Changba fixed some rope in the traverse. Sherpa: Changba Sherpa
Accidents -
Achievement -
Agency Seven Summit Treks
Commercial Route False
Standard Route True
Primary Route False
Primary Member False
Primary Reference False
Primary ID -
Checksum 2463884
Year 2019
Summit Success True
O2 Summary Used
Route (lowercase) ne ridge

Members

17 recorded members.

Name Sex Year of Birth Citizenship Status Residence Occupation
Sophie Marie-Therese Jeanne Lavaud F 1968 Switzerland/France Leader Meinier, Geneva, Switzerland External affairs consultant Details Other expeditions
Agustin Demetrio Abanades Garcia M 1949 Spain Climber Barcelona, Spain Retired furniture maker Details Other expeditions
Muhammad Ali Sadpara M 1976 Pakistan Climber Sadpara Village, Skardu, Pakistan Alpinist Details Other expeditions
Mattias Ignazio Conte M 1971 Italy Climber Milan, Italy Attorney Details Other expeditions
Luis Cortadellas Villagra M 1994 Spain Climber Barcelona, Spain Physiotherapist Details Other expeditions
Varga Csaba M 1982 Hungary Climber Nagyvarad, Transylvania, Romania Architect Details Other expeditions
Moeses Fiamoncini M 1979 Brazil Climber Sao Paulo, Brazil CEO at Brave Explorers, UK (trekking agency) Details Other expeditions
Sean Joseph David James M 1970 UK Climber Dubai, United Arab Emirates Alpine leader & guide Details Other expeditions
Sergi Mingote Moreno M 1971 Spain Climber Parets del Valles, Barcelona, Spain Official teacher Details Other expeditions
Juan Pablo Mohr Prieto M 1987 Chile Climber Santiago, Chile Architect Details Other expeditions
Atanas Georgiev Skatov M 1978 Bulgaria Climber Sliven, Bulgaria Alpinist Details Other expeditions
Josette Valloton F 1964 Switzerland Climber Arolla, Valais, Switzerland Alpine guide Details Other expeditions
Chhangba Sherpa M 1997 Nepal H-A Worker Makalu-5, Makalu-Barun - Details Other expeditions
Dawa Sange Sherpa M 1985 Nepal H-A Worker Makalu-9, Makalu-Barun - Details Other expeditions
Lakpa Temba Sherpa M 1985 Nepal H-A Worker Makalu-9, Makalu-Barun - Details Other expeditions
Phurtenji (Phur Tenzen) Sherpa M 1997 Nepal H-A Worker Makalu-5, Makalu-Barun - Details Other expeditions
Sanu Sherpa M 1975 Nepal H-A Worker Walung, Makalu-9, Makalu-Barun - Details Other expeditions

References

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