Ganesh III | 1983 SW Face

A Poland expedition to Ganesh III in 1983 via SW Face, led by Janusz Majer. Summit reached on 23rd October 1983. 13 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field Value
ID 134
Imported 2026-03-06 18:04:49.359634
Expedition ID GAN383301
Peak ID GAN3
Year 1983
Season 3
Host Country 1
Route 1 SW Face
Route 2 -
Route 3 -
Route 4 -
Nationality Poland
Leaders Janusz Majer
Sponsor Polish Ganesh III Expedition 1983
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 -
Basecamp Date 1983-10-06
Summit Date 1983-10-23
Summit Time -
Summit Days 17
Total Days 22
Termination Date 1983-10-28
Termination Reason 6
Termination Notes -
High Point (m) 6800
Traverse False
Ski False
Paraglide False
Camps 0
Fixed Rope (m) 0
Total Members 12
Summit Members 0
Member Deaths 1
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(06/10,4300m),Biv1,Biv2,Biv3,Biv4,xxx(23/10,6800m)
Route Notes This mountain previously known as Ganesh II until re-surveyed in early 1990's. BC south of face. Some on 19th went to 6100m to prepare descent route to col between C2 and C3 and then Americans told them to go away. 8-17 Oct very bad weather, so did acclimatization climbs of unmarred peaks below 6000m. 18 Oct 3 others started up on ascent route: 18-23 Oct in 5 bivs in powder snow and reached 6800m 23 Oct and then not possible to go more in alpine-style on such toothed rock. Same day descended to 6500m when Hartman, the man in middle in rappelling down, piton came out and or rock with piton came away. Wielicki went down to find/rescue him while Pawlowski did not want to go down but had sleeping bag - would not go without rope. Wielicki left BC 24th morning while on 23rd others started including Majer. Majer & Wielicki - 5 Nov 83 23rd started up route not knowing accident had happened, but after 1st biv Sherpas reported accident so returned to BC. Rescue party then up and on 27th reached Pawlowski and brought him to BC. He had come down 100m. Left BC 28 Oct. Had seen body which had fallen more than 2000m and did not try again for top since (1) no time left, and (2) made mistake in route above 4th biv: should have gone from there more directly to top. Face very dangerous: seracs and stones constantly falling. Shrestha, Tourism 23 Oct: Krzysztof Wielicki Andrzej Hartman Ryszard Pawlowski reached 6800m on South Ridge from S Face of Ganesh III. Same afternoon decided to give up due to difficult upper of S Face. During rappelling down face had accident. At 1:00 pm Hartman fell down with rock piton and ropes to base of face from 6500m height. After this accident Wielicki came down without ropes to BC next day. During this time Pawlowski staying on S Face waiting for help. After 2-1/2 days 6 members rescued him on 27 Oct. Rescue team saw body of Hartman in a crevasse below S Face of Ganesh III and left it there because impossible to take it out. Left BC 28 Oct for KTM. Shrestha, Tourism - 30 Oct 83 Andrzej Hartman fell from 300m below top on 23 Oct during descent South Face of Ganesh. Could not find body yet on 25 Oct says Sirdar Sonam Sherpa. Scheduled to leave BC 28 Oct. Summit success not known. No camp news.
Accidents Fatal fall by Hartman
Achievement -
Agency -
Commercial Route -
Standard Route -
Primary Route False
Primary Member False
Primary Reference False
Primary ID -
Checksum 2447929
Year 1983
Summit Success False
O2 Summary None
Route (lowercase) sw face

Members

13 recorded members.

Name Sex Year of Birth Citizenship Status Residence Occupation
Grzegorz Chwola M 1953 Poland Climber Katowice, Poland Civil engineer Details Other expeditions
Andrzej Hartman M 1949 Poland Climber Katowice, Poland Physicist Details Other expeditions
Janusz Majer M 1946 Poland Leader Katowice, Poland Metallurgical engineer Details Other expeditions
Janusz Nabrdalik M 1949 Poland Climber Sosnowiec, Poland Carpenter Details Other expeditions
Jan Nowak M 1957 Poland Climber Katowice, Poland Metallurgical engineer Details Other expeditions
Ryszard Jan Pawlowski M 1950 Poland Climber Katowice, Poland Electrical engineer Details Other expeditions
Malgorzata Stobierska F 1947 Poland BC Manager Sosnowiec, Poland Technician Details Other expeditions
Maciez Stobierski M 1951 Poland Climber Sosnowiec, Poland Electrical engineer Details Other expeditions
Henryk Piotr Szczesny M 1950 Poland Climber Katowice, Poland Electrical engineer Details Other expeditions
Zbigniew Wach M 1947 Poland Climber Chorzow, Poland Economist Details Other expeditions
Krzysztof Wielicki M 1950 Poland Climber Tychy, Poland Electronics engineer Details Other expeditions
Piotr Wojtek M 1958 Poland Exp Doctor Gliwice, Poland Medical student Details Other expeditions
Sonam Sherpa M - Nepal Sirdar - - Details Other expeditions

References

3 recorded references.

Expedition ID Journal Author Title Publisher Citation Yak 94
GAN383301 AAJ Nyka, Jozef - - 58:245 (1984) -
GAN383301 MM - - - 96:12 (Mar 1984) -
GAN383301 - - http://publications.americanalpineclub.org/articles/12198424504/Asia-Nepal-Ganesh-II-Tragedy - - -