Dhaulagiri I | 1995 NE Ridge

A Russia expedition to Dhaulagiri I in 1995 via NE Ridge, led by Dmitri Bochkov. Summit reached on 9th May 1995. 12 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field Value
ID 1427
Imported 2026-03-06 18:04:49.359634
Expedition ID DHA195101
Peak ID DHA1
Year 1995
Season 1
Host Country 1
Route 1 NE Ridge
Route 2 -
Route 3 -
Route 4 -
Nationality Russia
Leaders Dmitri Bochkov
Sponsor Russian Tomsk's Alpine Club Burevestnik Dhaulagiri 1995
Success 1 True
Success 2 False
Success 3 False
Success 4 False
Ascent 1 71st,72nd
Ascent 2 -
Ascent 3 -
Ascent 4 -
Claimed False
Disputed False
Countries -
Approach -
Basecamp Date 1995-04-01
Summit Date 1995-05-09
Summit Time -
Summit Days 38
Total Days 0
Termination Date -
Termination Reason 1
Termination Notes -
High Point (m) 8167
Traverse False
Ski False
Paraglide False
Camps 5
Fixed Rope (m) 0
Total Members 12
Summit Members 8
Member Deaths 0
Total Hired 0
Summit Hired 0
Hired Deaths 0
No Hired True
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(01/04,3500m),ABC(05/04,4700m),C1(13/04,5800m),C2(20/04,6600m),C3(30/04,7200m),C4(06/05,7450m),C5(08/05,7800m),Smt(09,14/05)
Route Notes BC at Italian BC (low BC because here helicopter could land) ABC at normal BC site C1 at North Col C2 at start of NE Ridge. Throughout April and 1st 4 days May every evening gone. 1st summit attempt on 2 May by Bachkirov, Khilko, Krylov and Popov stopped at 200m above, saw state of snow (waist deep and great avalanche very close); had started from first C4 at 7400m, which on 6th May was placed at 7450m. 7th May Akinina, Outechev and Solomatov tried for top from 7450m camp and to avoid avalanches kept on ridge; reached 5000m at 4 pm so too late for summit and turned back. 9th May from C4 this trio plus Bochkov again tried for top and succeeded; left C5 at 5 pm in bad winds from south (dangerous to traverse very far below ridge so traversed above). Next summit bid on 14th May and party used normal traverse route: weather had changed from winter to spring with much better snow conditions; left C4 at 2:30 am and reached top 10:30 am and back to C4 at 2 pm in perfect weather, very warm on top (without down jacket), no clouds, no wind. ABC entirely removed on 23 April by unknown persons: borrowed from Swiss to be able to summit, but not enough clothes for all members and had to trek tents from C5 down to C4. Marpha police caught 2 porters of trekking groups and restored half or more of stolen goods after climb finished.
Accidents None
Achievement 1st Russian woman
Agency Everest Trekking
Commercial Route -
Standard Route True
Primary Route False
Primary Member False
Primary Reference False
Primary ID -
Checksum 2455757
Year 1995
Summit Success True
O2 Summary None
Route (lowercase) ne ridge

Members

12 recorded members.

Name Sex Year of Birth Citizenship Status Residence Occupation
Sergei Rychkov M 1945 Russia Exp Doctor Tomsk, Russia Physician Details Other expeditions
Anna Akinina F 1968 Russia Climber Tomsk, Russia Teacher Details Other expeditions
Vladimir Bachkirov M 1952 Russia Climber Korolev (Kaliningrad), Russia Alpinist Details Other expeditions
Dmitri Bochkov M 1948 Russia Leader Tomsk, Russia Physicist Details Other expeditions
Vladimir Khilko M 1959 Russia Climber Tomsk, Russia Teacher Details Other expeditions
Stanislav Nikitin M 1946 Russia Climber Tomsk, Russia University lecturer Details Other expeditions
Stanislav Krylov M 1961 Russia Climber Tomsk, Russia University lecturer Details Other expeditions
Oleg Novitski M 1968 Russia Climber Tomsk, Russia Electronics engineer Details Other expeditions
Juri Outechev M 1955 Russia Climber Mezdurechensk, Russia Businessman Details Other expeditions
Juri Petrov M 1961 Russia Climber Tomsk, Russia Electronics engineer Details Other expeditions
Evgeni Popov M 1967 Russia Climber Tomsk, Russia Electronics engineer Details Other expeditions
Vladimir Solomatov M 1960 Russia Climber Tomsk, Russia Engineer Details Other expeditions

References

1 recorded references.

Expedition ID Journal Author Title Publisher Citation Yak 94
DHA195101 HIGH - - - 155:19 (Oct 1995) -