Dhaulagiri I | 1997 NE Ridge

A Bulgaria expedition to Dhaulagiri I in 1997 via NE Ridge, led by Nikolai Petkov. Summit reached on 25th September 1997. 2 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field Value
ID 2382
Imported 2026-03-06 18:04:49.359634
Expedition ID DHA197302
Peak ID DHA1
Year 1997
Season 3
Host Country 1
Route 1 NE Ridge
Route 2 -
Route 3 -
Route 4 -
Nationality Bulgaria
Leaders Nikolai Petkov
Sponsor Indep. party on ANN1 Spanish permit but climbed DHA1 instead
Success 1 True
Success 2 False
Success 3 False
Success 4 False
Ascent 1 95th
Ascent 2 -
Ascent 3 -
Ascent 4 -
Claimed False
Disputed False
Countries -
Approach -
Basecamp Date 1997-09-11
Summit Date 1997-09-25
Summit Time -
Summit Days 14
Total Days 17
Termination Date 1997-09-28
Termination Reason 1
Termination Notes -
High Point (m) 8167
Traverse False
Ski False
Paraglide False
Camps 3
Fixed Rope (m) 0
Total Members 2
Summit Members 1
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 Sita Chuchura (?)
Campsites BC(11/09,4700m),C1(21/09,5900m),C2(22/09,6700m),C3(23/09,7500m),Smt(25/09)
Route Notes BC at normal site C1 at Col C2 on NE Ridge C3 on NE Ridge. 3 Bulgarians came to Dhaulagiri, but only Petkov & Tonchev came to Dhaulagiri BC. After BC reached went to climb several mountains from camp at Dhampus Pass; 3 members (3rd men's name not known) did this climbing, which for Petkov and Tonchev was acclimatization. 3rd man stayed at Dhampus Pass while others were on Dhaulagiri. Moved very fast up Dhaulagiri after return to BC; had series of temporary camps. 24th Sept both climbers tried for top: Tonchev reached 8000m and Petkov only 7700m and both back to 7500m camp that night. 25th Tonchev stayed in camp while Petkov went alone to summit and back to camp. Both returned to BC, the day Spaniards left BC to try Annapurna I. (Bulgarians were on Spaniards Annapurna I permit but not on any permit for Dhaulagiri). Austrians on DAV German-Austria-Dhaulagiri expedition said Bulgarians very fast climbers. Ukrainians said Bulgarians scaled Sita Chuchura and "many" mountains in Nepal. In Pamirs so well acclimatized when they went to Dhaulagiri and could climb it very fast.
Accidents -
Achievement -
Agency None
Commercial Route -
Standard Route True
Primary Route False
Primary Member False
Primary Reference False
Primary ID -
Checksum 2456674
Year 1997
Summit Success True
O2 Summary None
Route (lowercase) ne ridge

Members

2 recorded members.

Name Sex Year of Birth Citizenship Status Residence Occupation
Nikolay Mihaylov Petkov M 1958 Bulgaria Climber Sofia, Bulgaria Computer engineer Details Other expeditions
Toncho Tonchev M 1967 Bulgaria Climber Plovdiv, Bulgaria Agronomist Details Other expeditions

References

0 recorded references.