Dhaulagiri I | 1990 NE Ridge

A W Germany expedition to Dhaulagiri I in 1990 via NE Ridge, led by Michel Dacher. Summit reached on 11th May 1990. 12 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field Value
ID 410
Imported 2026-03-06 18:04:49.359634
Expedition ID DHA190101
Peak ID DHA1
Year 1990
Season 1
Host Country 1
Route 1 NE Ridge
Route 2 -
Route 3 -
Route 4 -
Nationality W Germany
Leaders Michel Dacher
Sponsor International Dhaulagiri Expedition 1990
Success 1 True
Success 2 False
Success 3 False
Success 4 False
Ascent 1 40th
Ascent 2 -
Ascent 3 -
Ascent 4 -
Claimed False
Disputed False
Countries Austria, Italy, Netherlands, Switzerland
Approach -
Basecamp Date 1990-04-13
Summit Date 1990-05-11
Summit Time 1100
Summit Days 28
Total Days 30
Termination Date 1990-05-13
Termination Reason 1
Termination Notes -
High Point (m) 8167
Traverse False
Ski False
Paraglide False
Camps 3
Fixed Rope (m) 0
Total Members 11
Summit Members 1
Member Deaths 0
Total Hired 2
Summit Hired 0
Hired Deaths 1
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(13/04,4750m),C1(17/04,5850m),C2(21/04,6650m),C3(09/05,7450m),Smt(11/05)
Route Notes BC at normal site C1 at 2 snow caves and tents slightly above NE Col C2 where NE ridge starts getting steep (1 big snow cave 20m onto E Face and 3 tents) C3 at NE Ridge. 29th April Sirdar Wangel and Walde went from C1 to C2 and Ralf from BC to C2; all reached C2 area; Wangel was ahead, just a few meters from camp, when he set off slab avalanche and was carried 200m with avalanche down E Face; too dangerous to search for him on face and no sign of him. At beginning of climb very good weather but later much snowfall with some avalanche danger & spent lot of time doing nothing. 11th May Ralf and Ingrid Baeyens of Polish team left C4 for top at 5:00 am and Ralf on top at 11:00 am and Ingrid at 1:30 pm. On last part of ascent, from 7500m to 8000m, Dujmovits and Baeyens went onto N Face for safer climb. Joos and Dacher were one day behind summiters but Dacher turned back at 7000m on 10th and Joos got to area needing 2 ice axes but had only one and turned back at 7200m (other ice ax and other gear Joos says, should have been available from summiters but they stayed an extra day in C3 and that ruined the plan). Walde too was going up and got to 7200m. Six members and Schleypen from Polish team left BC 6th May having decided climb was over for them (Schleypen had frostbite). Walde wanted to try again but no one else did and Polish team also leaving. Left BC 13th May.
Accidents Wangel fatal accident
Achievement -
Agency Thamserku Trekking
Commercial Route -
Standard Route True
Primary Route False
Primary Member False
Primary Reference -
Primary ID -
Checksum 2453928
Year 1990
Summit Success True
O2 Summary None
Route (lowercase) ne ridge

Members

12 recorded members.

Name Sex Year of Birth Citizenship Status Residence Occupation
Eduard Birnbacher M 1969 W Germany Climber Ruhpolding, Bavaria, W Germany Student Details Other expeditions
Michel Dacher M 1933 W Germany Leader Peiting, Bavaria, W Germany Alpine guide Details Other expeditions
Ralf Dujmovits M 1961 W Germany Deputy Leader Buehlertal, Baden-Wuerttemberg, W Germany Alpine guide Details Other expeditions
Karl Hub M 1938 W Germany Climber Strasslach, Bavaria, W Germany Official in government patent office Details Other expeditions
Norbert Joos M 1960 Switzerland Climber Gruesch, Graubunden, Switzerland Alpine guide Details Other expeditions
Wolfgang Kunzendorf M 1936 W Germany Climber Bad Abbach, Bavaria, W Germany Construction engineer Details Other expeditions
Robert Miller M 1961 Austria Exp Doctor Bad Goisern, Upper Austria, Austria Physician Details Other expeditions
Hendrikus (Henk) Nooy M 1941 Netherlands Climber Edam, Netherlands Sales manager, printing office Details Other expeditions
Andrea Schell F 1968 Austria Climber Graz, Styria, Austria Student of sports and geography Details Other expeditions
Hans Steinbach M 1947 W Germany Climber Heusenstamm, Hesse, W Germany Shopkeeper Details Other expeditions
Kurt Walde M 1962 Italy Climber Brunico, Bolzano, Italy Alpine guide Details Other expeditions
Wangel (Ongel) Sherpa M - Nepal Sirdar Solukhumbu - Details Other expeditions

References

3 recorded references.

Expedition ID Journal Author Title Publisher Citation Yak 94
DHA190101 AAJ Dujmovits, Ralf - - 65:241 (1991) -
DHA190101 MM - - - 134:9 (Jul 1990) -
DHA190101 - - http://publications.americanalpineclub.org/articles/12199124105/Asia-Nepal-Dhaulagiri-Ascent-and-Tragedy - - -