Dorje Lhakpa | 2005 S Face-W Ridge

A Germany expedition to Dorje Lhakpa in 2005 via S Face-W Ridge, led by Philipp Kunz. Summit reached on 7th February 2006. 4 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field Value
ID 5148
Imported 2026-03-06 18:04:49.359634
Expedition ID DORJ05401
Peak ID DORJ
Year 2005
Season 4
Host Country 1
Route 1 S Face-W Ridge
Route 2 -
Route 3 -
Route 4 -
Nationality Germany
Leaders Philipp Kunz
Sponsor Winter 2005 Dorje Lhakpa Expedition
Success 1 True
Success 2 False
Success 3 False
Success 4 False
Ascent 1 18th
Ascent 2 -
Ascent 3 -
Ascent 4 -
Claimed False
Disputed False
Countries -
Approach Langtang Khola->Langshisa Ri Kharka->Trupdiku->Langshisa Tsang
Basecamp Date 2006-01-31
Summit Date 2006-02-07
Summit Time 1100
Summit Days 7
Total Days 10
Termination Date 2006-02-10
Termination Reason 1
Termination Notes -
High Point (m) 6966
Traverse False
Ski False
Paraglide False
Camps 3
Fixed Rope (m) 0
Total Members 1
Summit Members 1
Member Deaths 0
Total Hired 3
Summit Hired 3
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(31/01,4450m),C1(03/02,4950m),C2(04/02,5300m),C3(06/02,5600m),Smt(07/02)
Route Notes BC at 1 days walk west of West Ridge (normal site) C1 at South Face C2 at West Ridge C3 at West Ridge. Left C3 at 3:00 am 7 Feb all 4 together; on top Sherpas 11:00 am and Kunz 11:10 am and down to C2 at 8:00 pm; in BC 8 Feb. "Very hard climb" because every day cold and on blue ice in some sections of above C3 and one blue icefield C2-C3, so required mountaineering knowledge. Kunz claims ascent of Langshisa Ri 26 Jan 2003 as one-member team; he was also a member of German Amical Alpin Dhaulagiri I expedition (led by Netzer) in Spring 2000.
Accidents Nothing serious
Achievement -
Agency Walung Treks
Commercial Route False
Standard Route False
Primary Route False
Primary Member False
Primary Reference False
Primary ID -
Checksum 2459784
Year 2005
Summit Success True
O2 Summary None
Route (lowercase) s face-w ridge

Members

4 recorded members.

Name Sex Year of Birth Citizenship Status Residence Occupation
Philipp Kunz M 1975 Germany Leader Haar, Bavaria, Germany Firefighter & student of computer technology Details Other expeditions
Lhakpa Ongyal (Lhakpa Wangel) Sherpa M 1966 Nepal H-A Worker Nurbugaon, Makalu-Barun - Details Other expeditions
Nima Wangdi Sherpa M 1977 Nepal H-A Worker Makalu-9, Makalu-Barun - Details Other expeditions
Kyakpa Ongchuk Sherpa M 1977 Nepal H-A Worker Walung, Makalu-9, Makalu-Barun - Details Other expeditions

References

1 recorded references.

Expedition ID Journal Author Title Publisher Citation Yak 94
DORJ05401 CLIM - - - 26:81 (Apr 2007) -