Dhampus | 2001 Western slope to Thapa Smt

A France expedition to Dhampus in 2001 via Western slope to Thapa Smt, led by Raphael Guilbert. Summit reached on 28th October 2001. 11 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field Value
ID 3938
Imported 2026-03-06 18:04:49.359634
Expedition ID DHAM01301
Peak ID DHAM
Year 2001
Season 3
Host Country 1
Route 1 Western slope to Thapa Smt
Route 2 -
Route 3 -
Route 4 -
Nationality France
Leaders Raphael Guilbert
Sponsor Thapa Peak and Tour de Dhaulagiri
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 -
Approach Beni->Babukhar->Dhaulagiri BC->Hidden Valley
Basecamp Date 2001-10-26
Summit Date 2001-10-28
Summit Time 1100
Summit Days 2
Total Days 0
Termination Date -
Termination Reason 2
Termination Notes Climbed western summit (Thapa)
High Point (m) 6012
Traverse False
Ski False
Paraglide False
Camps 0
Fixed Rope (m) 0
Total Members 9
Summit Members 0
Member Deaths 0
Total Hired 2
Summit Hired 0
Hired Deaths 0
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(26/10,5080m),W-Smt(28/10)
Route Notes BC at hidden valley near Chorten. The expedition team left the BC at 04:00 hours, reached to summit at 11:00 hours. There was snow from 200m to the summit. They found stones arranged and prayer flags on the summit. It was not a type of climbing but was easy walk. They used crampons, but could reach to summit without crampons. Same day they camped at Yak Kharka. Next day camp was in Marpha below Jomsom. The expedition returned to KTM on Oct 31 and will leave Nepal on Nov 3. The liaison officer did not show up in Hidden Valley (BC) camp as agreed. There were Germans, French and Czechs camping on way to the Thapa Peak and after on the way to Yak Kharka. Guilbert said those were without permit and had all the climbing gears with them and he was told by them that they may try the peak. The members expressed their disappointment about the peak and felt that they were fooled for paying the royalty for the peak where as others just going to have it free. I met Nima Lhakpa's (Tip Top) brother who told me that there are climbers without permit to the Thapa Peak (from Thamserku and 2 or 3 agencies). Three members Levet, Rion and Vincent reached to BC but they did not try to climb.
Accidents -
Achievement 1st official summit of Thapa (western) summit
Agency Tip & Top Trekking
Commercial Route -
Standard Route -
Primary Route False
Primary Member False
Primary Reference -
Primary ID -
Checksum 2458172
Year 2001
Summit Success False
O2 Summary None
Route (lowercase) western slope to thapa smt

Members

11 recorded members.

Name Sex Year of Birth Citizenship Status Residence Occupation
Helene Bastard F 1973 France Climber Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhone, France Supermarket sales manager Details Other expeditions
Stephanie Candoret F 1976 France Climber St. Maur-des-Fosses, Val-de-Marne, France Chemical engineer Details Other expeditions
Andre Favre-Felix M 1953 France Climber Thorens, Savoie, France Truck driver Details Other expeditions
Raphael Guilbert M 1975 France Leader Livry-Gargan, Seine-St-Denis, France Construction engineer Details Other expeditions
Philippe Lascaux M 1960 France Climber Bayonne, Pyrenees-Atlantiques, France Railroad staff member Details Other expeditions
Pierre Levet M 1942 France Climber Chavanod, Haute-Savoie, France Director of transportation company Details Other expeditions
Jean Mespoulhe M 1951 France Climber Tremblay-en-France, Seine-St-Denis, France Mechanical engineer Details Other expeditions
Veronique Rion F 1961 France Climber Villeparisis, Seine-et-Marne, France Accountant Details Other expeditions
Colette Vincent F 1954 France Climber Meylan, Isere, France Computer programmer Details Other expeditions
Kazi Sherpa M - Nepal H-A Worker - - Details Other expeditions
Namgyal Sherpa M - Nepal H-A Worker - - Details Other expeditions

References

2 recorded references.

Expedition ID Journal Author Title Publisher Citation Yak 94
DHAM01301 AAJ Hawley, Elizabeth - - 76:404 (2002) -
DHAM01301 - - http://publications.americanalpineclub.org/articles/12200240401/Asia-Nepal-Gurans-Himal-Thapa-First-Official-Ascent - - -