Gyajikang | 2002 N Face (via 2 lines)

A Belgium expedition to Gyajikang in 2002 via N Face (via 2 lines), led by Peter Van den Bossche. Summit reached on 1st November 2002. 4 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field Value
ID 4189
Imported 2026-03-06 18:04:49.359634
Expedition ID GYAJ02301
Peak ID GYAJ
Year 2002
Season 3
Host Country 1
Route 1 N Face (via 2 lines)
Route 2 -
Route 3 -
Route 4 -
Nationality Belgium
Leaders Peter Van den Bossche
Sponsor International Gyajikang Expedition
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 Netherlands
Approach Air to Manang->NE to Koto->NW on Naur Khola->Phugaon
Basecamp Date 2002-10-24
Summit Date 2002-11-01
Summit Time -
Summit Days 8
Total Days 9
Termination Date 2002-11-02
Termination Reason 5
Termination Notes Abandoned at 6250m due to deep snow
High Point (m) 6250
Traverse False
Ski False
Paraglide False
Camps 1
Fixed Rope (m) 0
Total Members 3
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(24/10,5000m),C1(27/10,5700m),xxx(01/11,6250m)
Route Notes BC at 5000m of mountain, grass for yaks but no water C1 at col between East Ridge & North Face High point at gully on North Face. From BC Van der Aar went up North Face on right side of icefall to Col between East Ridge and North Face and slept in C1 27 Oct. 28 Oct to BC because deep snow above. Van der Aar and Sherpa Kami Rita to C1. 1 Nov kept going up through deep snow covered by thin layer ice which was very tiring so down at 6250m and down to BC. Thiery alone on 30 Oct from BC up North Face via small ridge east of other's route up to 6000m at top of ridge to see if less technical route that way or another way (but van der Aar's route not technical, he says). 25 Oct leader got stomach trouble and no climbing.
Accidents Van der Bossche stomach trouble
Achievement -
Agency Monterosa Treks
Commercial Route -
Standard Route -
Primary Route False
Primary Member False
Primary Reference -
Primary ID -
Checksum 2454942
Year 2002
Summit Success False
O2 Summary None
Route (lowercase) n face (via 2 lines)

Members

4 recorded members.

Name Sex Year of Birth Citizenship Status Residence Occupation
Christian Thierry M 1955 Belgium Climber Moxhe, Belgium Army Major Details Other expeditions
Peter Van den Bossche M 1963 Belgium Leader Aalst, Belgium Warehouse manager for a computer business Details Other expeditions
Buddy Van der Aar M 1974 Netherlands Climber Zandvoort, Netherlands Firefighter Details Other expeditions
Kami Rita Sherpa M - Nepal H-A Worker - - Details Other expeditions

References

1 recorded references.

Expedition ID Journal Author Title Publisher Citation Yak 94
GYAJ02301 HIGH - - - 252:60 (Nov 2003) -