Gangapurna | 1983 E Ridge from S

A USA expedition to Gangapurna in 1983 via E Ridge from S, led by Charles Sinclair. Summit reached on 6th October 1983. 9 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field Value
ID 149
Imported 2026-03-06 18:04:49.359634
Expedition ID GANG83301
Peak ID GANG
Year 1983
Season 3
Host Country 1
Route 1 E Ridge from S
Route 2 -
Route 3 -
Route 4 -
Nationality USA
Leaders Charles Sinclair
Sponsor Stanford Himalaya Expedition to Gangapurna
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 1983-10-01
Summit Date 1983-10-06
Summit Time -
Summit Days 5
Total Days 0
Termination Date -
Termination Reason 8
Termination Notes Abandoned at 5335m because only one high altitude tent left for 8000 ft ascent
High Point (m) 5335
Traverse False
Ski False
Paraglide False
Camps 1
Fixed Rope (m) 0
Total Members 9
Summit Members 0
Member Deaths 0
Total Hired 1
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(01/10,4420m),C1A(03/10,4815m),C1B(07/10,5030m),xxx(09/10,5335m)
Route Notes BC south of Gangapurna on moraine of east branch of Modi Khola. 2nd C1 on morning of 11 Oct 5 people in camp when huge avalanche buried camp and occupants Cox, Coons, Hazebrouck, King and Tompkins. Tompkins' tent ripped open and got out and rescued his wife Coons. King cut his tent open and stuck hard out above snow. Cox and Hazebrouck sharing tent and Cox turning blue as he was pulled out after only 4 minutes had struck. No permanent harm done, but all 3 tents destroyed and geared mostly buried beyond salvaged. All come down to Australian Annapurna III C3 and stayed there 2 nights unti could safely reach BC, which did through hip and shoulder-deep snow at dusk on 13th.
Accidents -
Achievement -
Agency -
Commercial Route False
Standard Route False
Primary Route False
Primary Member False
Primary Reference False
Primary ID -
Checksum 2447912
Year 1983
Summit Success False
O2 Summary None
Route (lowercase) e ridge from s

Members

9 recorded members.

Name Sex Year of Birth Citizenship Status Residence Occupation
Susan Coons F 1951 USA Climber Palo Alto, California Sleep researcher Details Other expeditions
Brian Cox M 1949 USA Climber Palo Alto, California Computer programmer Details Other expeditions
Henry Hazebrouck M 1957 USA Climber Menlo Park, California Mechanical engineer Details Other expeditions
John Herb M 1946 USA Climber Palo Alto, California Physicist Details Other expeditions
Frank King M 1952 USA Climber Palo Alto, California Physicist Details Other expeditions
William Robinson M 1933 USA Exp Doctor Palo Alto, California Physician Details Other expeditions
Erik Simpson M 1942 USA Climber Portola Valley, California Physicist Details Other expeditions
Charles K. Sinclair M 1938 USA Leader Palo Alto, California Physicist Details Other expeditions
W. Hal Tompkins M 1953 USA Climber Palo Alto, California Physicist Details Other expeditions

References

3 recorded references.

Expedition ID Journal Author Title Publisher Citation Yak 94
GANG83301 AAJ Sinclair, Charles K. - - 58:255 (1984) -
GANG83301 MM - - - 96:12 (Mar 1984) -
GANG83301 - - http://publications.americanalpineclub.org/articles/12198425503/Asia-Nepal-Gangapurna-Attempt - - -