Gorakh Khang | 2017 S side

A UK expedition to Gorakh Khang in 2017 via S side, led by Julian Freeman-Attwood. Summit reached on 14th May 2017. 4 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field Value
ID 9438
Imported 2026-03-06 18:04:49.359634
Expedition ID GORK17101
Peak ID GORK
Year 2017
Season 1
Host Country 1
Route 1 S side
Route 2 -
Route 3 -
Route 4 -
Nationality UK
Leaders Julian Freeman-Attwood
Sponsor British Gorakh Himal Expedition 2017
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 Simikot->Nepka Village
Basecamp Date 2017-05-11
Summit Date 2017-05-14
Summit Time -
Summit Days 3
Total Days 9
Termination Date 2017-05-20
Termination Reason 5
Termination Notes Abandoned at 5650m due to too much snow
High Point (m) 5650
Traverse False
Ski False
Paraglide False
Camps 0
Fixed Rope (m) 0
Total Members 4
Summit Members 0
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 -
Campsites -
Route Notes BC 11/05 4550 below Kang La ABC 13/05 on top of Kang La 5350m HPt 14/05 5650m by all Fotheringham, Freeman-Attwood, Hughes and Colton. After having trekked to BC for 10 days from Simikot, they arrived at their BC with 16 mules. BC was on the grass. They set up their ABC on top of the Kang La, from where they had two 6000m peaks to each side (east and west). They tried the peak to the east, but the weather was too bad for them to continue. The climbing itself was not so difficult. About 50 degrees snow and ice. On 14 May they descended back to their BC, where they stayed for a couple of days to relax. On 16 May they returned to ABC, but the was still too much snow on the hill and they decided to abandon the expedition and leave ABC. According to Freeman-Attwood there are about 45 unclimbed 6000m peaks in the area.
Accidents -
Achievement -
Agency Royal Mountain Travel
Commercial Route False
Standard Route False
Primary Route False
Primary Member False
Primary Reference -
Primary ID -
Checksum 2460265
Year 2017
Summit Success False
O2 Summary None
Route (lowercase) s side

Members

4 recorded members.

Name Sex Year of Birth Citizenship Status Residence Occupation
Julian David Warren Freeman-Attwood M 1953 UK Leader Oswestry, Shropshire, England Forester & alpinist Details Other expeditions
Luke Alexander Hughes M 1957 UK Climber Tisbury, Wiltshire, England Furniture designer Details Other expeditions
Nicholas Francis (Nick) Colton M 1954 UK Climber Stockport, Cheshire, England Executive of British Mountaineering Council Details Other expeditions
James Francis Crispin (Jim) Fotheringham M 1952 UK Climber Brampton, Cumbria, England Dentist Details Other expeditions

References

0 recorded references.