Dhaulagiri I | 2021 NE Ridge

A Switzerland expedition to Dhaulagiri I in 2021 via NE Ridge, led by Sophie Lavaud. Summit reached on 19th April 2021. 12 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field Value
ID 10559
Imported 2026-03-06 18:04:49.359634
Expedition ID DHA121103
Peak ID DHA1
Year 2021
Season 1
Host Country 1
Route 1 NE Ridge
Route 2 -
Route 3 -
Route 4 -
Nationality Switzerland
Leaders Sophie Lavaud
Sponsor Seven Summit Treks International Women's Dhaulagiri Exped 2021
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 Czech Republic, Japan, Kosovo, Mexico, Nepal, Norway
Approach Fly to Pokhara->Sibang->Dobhan->Italian BC->BC
Basecamp Date 2021-04-13
Summit Date 2021-04-19
Summit Time -
Summit Days 6
Total Days 24
Termination Date 2021-05-07
Termination Reason 7
Termination Notes Abandoned at 6400m due to covid outbreak amongst teams
High Point (m) 6400
Traverse False
Ski False
Paraglide False
Camps 2
Fixed Rope (m) 0
Total Members 10
Summit Members 0
Member Deaths 0
Total Hired 7
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(13/04,4700m),C1(18/04,5700m),C2(19/04,6400m),xxx
Route Notes Team abandoned expedition due to covid outbreak amoungst various members of the expedition teams at base camp. Lots of snow, but general conditions were good. Report from Vibeke Sefland: A lot of snow, snowstorm slowed us down, many avalanches in route, ropes snowed down after each rotation, deap snow, tents burried, some lost/had damaged equipment due to snowstorm. Unfortunately the Sherpas (90% of them) didnt want to put in the effort. They were affraid of covid and moral was low. We also don't know how avalanche hazard was above C3.
Accidents -
Achievement -
Agency Seven Summit Treks
Commercial Route False
Standard Route True
Primary Route False
Primary Member False
Primary Reference False
Primary ID -
Checksum 2464585
Year 2021
Summit Success False
O2 Summary None
Route (lowercase) ne ridge

Members

12 recorded members.

Name Sex Year of Birth Citizenship Status Residence Occupation
Sophie Marie-Therese Jeanne Lavaud F 1968 Switzerland Leader Meinier, Geneva, Switzerland External affairs consultant Details Other expeditions
Viridiana Alvarez Chavez F 1983 Mexico Climber Aguascalientes, Mexico - Details Other expeditions
Caroline Fink F 1977 Switzerland Climber Zurich, Switzerland Photographer Details Other expeditions
Flutura (Uta) Ibrahimi F 1983 Kosovo Climber Prishtine, Kosovo Alpine guide Details Other expeditions
Klara Kolouchova F 1978 Czech Republic Climber Prague, Czech Republic - Details Other expeditions
Sandra Chauchy Leal F 1971 Switzerland Climber Geneva, Switzerland - Details Other expeditions
Elisabeth Christine Roeoesli-Zingg F 1965 Switzerland Climber Hinterkappelen, Bern, Switzerland Journalist Details Other expeditions
Vibeke Andrea Sefland F 1973 Norway Climber Oslo, Norway Alpine guide Details Other expeditions
Maya Sherpa F 1978 Nepal Climber Patle-5, Okhaldhunga Alpinist Details Other expeditions
Naoko Watanabe F 1981 Japan Climber Tokyo, Japan Nurse Details Other expeditions
Ang Kami Sherpa M 1987 Nepal H-A Worker Makalu-9, Makalu-Barun - Details Other expeditions
Dawa Sange Sherpa M 1985 Nepal H-A Worker Makalu-9, Makalu-Barun - Details Other expeditions

References

3 recorded references.

Expedition ID Journal Author Title Publisher Citation Yak 94
DHA121103 - - https://explorersweb.com/2021/03/18/sophie-lavaud-leads-all-woman-team-on-dhaulagiri/ - - -
DHA121103 - - https://explorersweb.com/2021/05/08/dhaulagiri-update-2-covid-sweeps-bc-awaiting-news-from-topo-and-carla/ - - -
DHA121103 - - https://explorersweb.com/2021/04/29/dhaulagiri-nw-ridge-climbers-pass-previous-mark/ - - -