Dhaulagiri I | 2021 NE Ridge

A Switzerland expedition to Dhaulagiri I in 2021 via NE Ridge, led by Sophie Lavaud. Summit reached on 1st October 2021. 34 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field Value
ID 10690
Imported 2026-03-06 18:04:49.359634
Expedition ID DHA121302
Peak ID DHA1
Year 2021
Season 3
Host Country 1
Route 1 NE Ridge
Route 2 -
Route 3 -
Route 4 -
Nationality Switzerland
Leaders Sophie Lavaud
Sponsor Seven Summit Treks (SST) Dhaulagiri Expedition 2021
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 China, France, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Nepal, Pakistan, Poland, Romania, S Korea, Sweden, USA
Approach -
Basecamp Date 2021-09-14
Summit Date 2021-10-01
Summit Time 0530
Summit Days 17
Total Days 32
Termination Date 2021-10-16
Termination Reason 1
Termination Notes -
High Point (m) 8167
Traverse False
Ski False
Paraglide False
Camps 3
Fixed Rope (m) 0
Total Members 24
Summit Members 14
Member Deaths 0
Total Hired 14
Summit Hired 10
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 Smt(01,07,15/10)
Route Notes Seven Summit Treks Dhaulagiri expedition was a combination of several independent teams (1-2 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) Appr: Heli from Tatopani to Italian BC Camps: BC(14/09,4700m),ABC(18/09,5400m),C1(23/09,5700m),C2(24/09,6400m), C3(30/09,7250m),Smt(01/10) Left: 05/10 to Marpha Hired: 1 Term: Success at 7:40 am by Lavaud and Dawa Sangay Sherpa. Lavaud and Dawa Sangay were at C2, which they put at 6700m for the summit push on 29/09. They heard that the fixing team were going to the summit, so they decided to move to C3 for a summit push on 30/09. They left C2 at noon and reached C3 at 5 pm. They rested for two hours and started their summit push at 7 pm. Conditions were difficult due to a lot of snow. The fixing team had taken the first corridor which ended up directly at the summit. It was possible this year as there was so much snow. They stayed about 30 mins on the summit and descended to BC where they arrived at around 7 pm. Also summiting on 01/10: Cheol-Hee Cho, Alvarez Chavez, Bonalumi, Camandona (no oxygen), Bogdanov, Kowalewski (no oxygen), Watanabe, Picco (no oxygen), Jing He (no oxygen), Pasang Lhamu Sherpa (with Pioneer Adv). Oxygen: Used from C3 to top to C3 by Lavaud and Dawa Sangay Sherpa: Dawa Sangay (Makalu-Barun) Marco Camandona (Italy) Pietro Picco (Italy) Appr: Trekked from Marpha to BC Camps: BC(14/09,4650m),C1(19/09,5800m),C2(23/09,6400m),C3(30/09,7250m),Smt(01/10) Left: 03/10 Hired: 0 Term: Success at 8 am by Camandona and Picco. Started from C2 on 30/09 at 10 am. Reached C3 at 4 pm, where they rested for 5 hours, without tent, or sleeping bag. At 11 pm started for summit from C3. At 8 am on summit and stayed on summit for 1 hour. Back to BC at 8 pm the same day. Oxygen: Not taken, not used Cheol-Hee Cho (S Korea) Sang-Kyu Byun (S Korea) Appr: Pokhara to Tatopani by Jeep, from Tatopani to BC by heli Camps: BC(14/09,4700m),C1(21/09,5700m),C2(22/09,6300m),Smt(01/10) Left: 03/10 Hired: 1 Term: Success at 5:50 am by Cho and Pechhumbe Sherpa. Cho started from C2 for the summit at 2:30 pm on 30/09. On the summit on 01/10 at 5:50 am. Stayed on summit for 20 minutes. Good view, nice weather, very cold. Down to C2 at 11 am. Sang-Kyu Byun did not go higher than BC because he felt unwell. Both members back to KTM on 03/10. Oxygen: Used from C2 to summit and down to C2 by Cho and Sherpa. David Klein (Hungary) Szilard Suhajda (Hungary) Appr: Chandrakot->Hile->Ghorepani->Tatopani->Marpha by Jeep, trekked Marpha to BC Camps: BC(14/09,4700m),C1(21/09,5814m),C2(22/09,6450m),C2.5(23/09,6850m), C3(01/10,7200m),xxx(02/10,7600m Left: 09/10 Hired: 0 Term: Abandoned due to deep snow (1st try), then high winds (2nd try). On first the first summit push, team was at C2 on 30/09. When the fixing team decided to continue, team moved to C3 to attempt for the summit on 02/10. The had good weather forecast; however, when they left C3 at 8 pm on 01/10 it snowed. The trail broken by the fixing team was literally gone. On the ridge it was not so deep, but it was sliding down. The traverse was deep snow. When they reached 7600m at 6 am they turned back and descended to BC the same day. Second summit push: Good forecast for 07/10. Team left BC on 05/10 straight to C2. On 06/10 they moved from C2 to C3; halfway they met Nims Purja and his team who were at a C2 which was about 100m higher. His team was going to start their summit push from that camp that was at about 6600m. The teams were going to meet at C3 at 9 pm. However, it was very windy and when team reached C3 at 6 pm the winds were at about 70/km. As the wind did not die down during the night, they did not leave their tent. Nims arrived at about midnight and his team left for the summit at 5 am despite the high winds. The wind abated at about 7 am; however, the Klein team decided it was too late to attempt for the summit and descended to BC. The left BC on 09/10 by foot to Italian base camp. The paths on this route were completely destroyed by the monsoon. On 10/10 to Bagar (2080m), on 11/10 to Takam (1670m); from there jeep to Beni and then Pokhara. Oxygen: Not taken, not used Adrian Laza (Romania) Appr: By heli from Pokhara Camps: BC(30/09,4700m),C2(01/10,6400m),C3(03/10,7200m),Smt(15/10) Left: 16/10 by heli to Pokhara Hired: 3 Term: Success by Laza, Ang Tenjing, Sonam, Tenzing Lama at 5:30 am. During the first summit push, it was very windy. On 03/10 they descended from C3 to C2 as their tent collapsed at C3 due to the wind. When they reached C2 at about 10 pm and wanted to occupy their tent, Nims Dai was in the tent with his clients and refused to vacate the tent. Laza, Ang Tenjing and Nima (Carlos Soria’s Sherpa) pitched a tent and had a rough night. On 04/10 the descended to BC and left for Kathmandu by heli on 05/10. On 10/10, Laza, Ang Tenjing, Tenjing Lama and Sonam Sherpa had the opportunity to fly back to Dhaulagiri BC. Laza knew that he had to have a lot of support and hired three Sherpas. On 13/10 they ascended to C2 and to C3 on 14/10. They started their summit push at 9:30 pm. The conditions were tricky due to deep snow and no fixed rope on the traverse, but straightforward climb. It was quite windy. They ended up a little bit above the traverse of the previous teams and fixed some ropes. They spent about 30 mins on the summit. It was cold and windy. They descended to BC the same day where they arrived at 2:30 pm. Oxygen: Taken and used from C3 to top to C3 by all summiters. Fixed rope: 200m on traverse
Accidents -
Achievement -
Agency Seven Summit Treks
Commercial Route False
Standard Route True
Primary Route False
Primary Member False
Primary Reference False
Primary ID -
Checksum 2464570
Year 2021
Summit Success True
O2 Summary Used
Route (lowercase) ne ridge

Members

34 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
Timur (Tim) Bogdanov M 1985 Sweden Climber - - Details Other expeditions
Matteo Bonalumi M 1964 Italy Climber Brescia, Brescia, Italy Manager Details Other expeditions
Sang Kyu Byun M 1966 S Korea Climber - - Details Other expeditions
Marco Camandona M 1970 Italy Climber Aosta, Aosta, Italy Alpine guide Details Other expeditions
Cheol-Hee Cho M 1970 S Korea Climber Cheongju, North Chungcheong, S Korea Businessman Details Other expeditions
Dimitrios Dilaveris M 1974 Greece Climber - - Details Other expeditions
Jing He F 1988 China Climber Xi’an, Shaanxi, China Accountant Details Other expeditions
Sirbaz Khan M 1986 Pakistan Climber Ali Abad, Hunza, Pakistan Alpinist Details Other expeditions
David Klein M 1975 Hungary Climber Erd, Hungary Alpinist Details Other expeditions
Waldemar Dominik Kowalewski M 1973 Poland Climber Szcezecin, Poland Property developer Details Other expeditions
David Jean Michel Lavie M 1972 France Climber Eybens, Isere, France Computer engineer Details Other expeditions
Adrian Laza M 1963 Romania Climber Piatra Neamt, Romania & New Westminster, British Colombia Forestry engineer Details Other expeditions
Lukasz Marek Lubelski M 1975 Poland Climber - - Details Other expeditions
Hari Thomas Mix M 1985 USA Climber Santa Clara, California Professor Details Other expeditions
Pietro Picco M 1988 Italy Climber Aosta, Italy Alpine guide Details Other expeditions
Dorota Lidia Rasinska-Samocko F 1973 Poland Climber Warsaw, Poland - Details Other expeditions
Dawa Yangzum Sherpa F 1990 Nepal Climber Beding, Dolakha - Details Other expeditions
Maya Sherpa F 1978 Nepal Climber Patle-5, Okhaldhunga Alpinist Details Other expeditions
Purnima Shrestha F 1990 Nepal Climber Arughat-9, Gorkha Photojournalist Details Other expeditions
Szilard Suhajda M 1982 Hungary Climber Bekescsaba, Hungary Alpinist Details Other expeditions
Hoeskuldur Tryggvason M 1971 Iceland Climber Reykhavik, Iceland - Details Other expeditions
Naoko Watanabe F 1981 Japan Climber Tokyo, Japan Nurse 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
Pasang Nurbu Sherpa M 1990 Nepal H-A Worker Makalu-9, Makalu-Barun - Details Other expeditions
Pasang Rinji/Rinzee Sherpa M 1987 Nepal H-A Worker Beding, Dolakha - Details Other expeditions
Pasang Tenje Sherpa M 1999 Nepal H-A Worker Makalu-5, Makalu-Barun - Details Other expeditions
Pastemba Sherpa M 1998 Nepal H-A Worker Makalu-5, Makalu-Barun - Details Other expeditions
Pechhumbe (Chumbe) Sherpa M 1987 Nepal H-A Worker Tashigaon, Makalu-Barun - Details Other expeditions
Sona Chhiri Sherpa M 1989 Nepal H-A Worker Makalu-9, Makalu-Barun - Details Other expeditions
Tenjing (Ang Tenjing) Sherpa M 1987 Nepal H-A Worker Makalu-4, Makalu-Barun - Details Other expeditions
Tenzing (Tenzen) Sherpa M 1987 Nepal H-A Worker Makalu-9, Makalu-Barun - Details Other expeditions

References

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