Dhaulagiri I | 1996 NE Ridge

A Czech Republic expedition to Dhaulagiri I in 1996 via NE Ridge, led by Michal Brunner. Summit reached on 16th May 1996. 8 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field Value
ID 1708
Imported 2026-03-06 18:04:49.359634
Expedition ID DHA196104
Peak ID DHA1
Year 1996
Season 1
Host Country 1
Route 1 NE Ridge
Route 2 -
Route 3 -
Route 4 -
Nationality Czech Republic
Leaders Michal Brunner
Sponsor Czech Dhaulagiri Expedition
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 Italy
Approach -
Basecamp Date 1996-05-03
Summit Date 1996-05-16
Summit Time -
Summit Days 13
Total Days 14
Termination Date 1996-05-17
Termination Reason 5
Termination Notes Abandoned at 7000m due to bad snow conditions
High Point (m) 7000
Traverse False
Ski False
Paraglide False
Camps 2
Fixed Rope (m) 0
Total Members 8
Summit Members 0
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 Climbed Pumori (PUMO-961-01)
Campsites BC(03/05,4700m),C1(05/05,5600-5700m),C2(08/05,6600m),xxx(16/05,7000m)
Route Notes C1 at Col C2 on a snow ridge. On 16th May Moro and Paglino left C2 at 1:00+am for push to summit; reached 7000m at about 3:00 am and were too cold (especially Moro's feet); snow very deep making progress very slow; there was danger of avalanching; they turned back here, had trouble finding C2, continued on down and arrived at BC at 10:30 am same day. Expedition climbed in 2 parties with Czechs moving up after Italians. On 16th 4 Czechs except Lukas Rakoncaj left BC for C1, reached C1 and met Italians who were coming down and who reported on conditions above (snow conditions bad). Czechs followed Italians down to BC same day and climbing finished. Czechs had earlier reached C2 when they established it with Italians on 8th May.
Accidents Mondinelli left expedition 4th May with stomach trouble
Achievement -
Agency Star Trek
Commercial Route -
Standard Route True
Primary Route False
Primary Member False
Primary Reference False
Primary ID -
Checksum 2456176
Year 1996
Summit Success False
O2 Summary None
Route (lowercase) ne ridge

Members

8 recorded members.

Name Sex Year of Birth Citizenship Status Residence Occupation
Michal Brunner M 1959 Czech Republic Leader Brno, Czech Republic Travel agent Details Other expeditions
Pavel Matousek M 1957 Czech Republic Climber Sternberk, Czech Republic Technician Details Other expeditions
Simone Moro M 1967 Italy Climber Colere, Bergamo, Italy Alpinist Details Other expeditions
Paolo Paglino M 1967 Italy Climber Borgosesia, Vercelli, Italy Alpine guide Details Other expeditions
Josef Rakoncaj M 1951 Czech Republic Climber Turnov, Czech Republic Mountaineering equipment salesman Details Other expeditions
Lukas Rakoncaj M 1975 Czech Republic Climber Turnov, Czech Republic Salesman Details Other expeditions
Ladislav (Vladimir) Drda M 1954 Czech Republic Climber Drevohostice, Czech Republic Technician Details Other expeditions
Silvio Mondinelli M 1958 Italy Climber Alagna Valsesia, Vercelli, Italy Alpine guide Details Other expeditions

References

1 recorded references.

Expedition ID Journal Author Title Publisher Citation Yak 94
DHA196104 HIGH - - - 167:75 (Oct 1996) -