Gyajikang | 2006 NW side

A Canada expedition to Gyajikang in 2006 via NW side, led by Philippe Pibarot. Summit reached on 30th October 2006. 9 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field Value
ID 5537
Imported 2026-03-06 18:04:49.359634
Expedition ID GYAJ06301
Peak ID GYAJ
Year 2006
Season 3
Host Country 1
Route 1 NW side
Route 2 -
Route 3 -
Route 4 -
Nationality Canada
Leaders Philippe Pibarot
Sponsor La Cordee du Coeur 2006 Gyajikang
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 Plane to Hongde->Chame->Koto->Dharapani->Kyang->Phu
Basecamp Date 2006-10-28
Summit Date 2006-10-30
Summit Time -
Summit Days 2
Total Days 5
Termination Date 2006-11-02
Termination Reason 5
Termination Notes Abandoned at 5800m due to deep snow
High Point (m) 5800
Traverse False
Ski False
Paraglide False
Camps 0
Fixed Rope (m) 400
Total Members 6
Summit Members 0
Member Deaths 0
Total Hired 3
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 True
O2 Unknown False
Other Summits -
Campsites BC(28/10,4800m),ABC(29/10,5400m),xxx(30/10,5800m)
Route Notes Bouchard, Hamel, Mailhot, Pibarot, Smith and White left ABC around 10:00 hours, reached to 5800m at 15:30 hours. It was getting late to go further. It was good weather day, but started snowing. Then all members descended to BC at about 19:30 hours. Weather changed, cloudy and stormy. The expedition returned via Nar, Kang Pass, Manang, Thorang Pass to Muktinath and to Jomsom to fly to Pokhara. The expedition returned to Kathmandu on 10 Oct and leaving on 12 Oct. Sherpas: Chhotemba Sherpa, 24/2/85, Walung, Makalu-9, Gyajikang in spring 2005 with French Pemba Jangbu Sherpa, 17/2/88, Jubing-7, Khartse, Gyajikang in 2005 with Japanese, Baruntse 2004 Lhakpa Wangdi, 25/11/77, Chheskam-2, Solu, Annapurna IV in 2005 with Austrians
Accidents Chhotemba slid down with a broken ice slab about 20m above 6000m
Achievement -
Agency Thamserku Trekking (Rai)
Commercial Route False
Standard Route False
Primary Route False
Primary Member False
Primary Reference False
Primary ID -
Checksum 2456405
Year 2006
Summit Success False
O2 Summary None
Route (lowercase) nw side

Members

9 recorded members.

Name Sex Year of Birth Citizenship Status Residence Occupation
Lucie Bouchard F 1962 Canada Climber Montreal, Quebec College professor Details Other expeditions
Dominique Hamel F 1966 Canada Climber Longueuil, Quebec Pharmaceutical company product manager Details Other expeditions
Bernard Mailhot M 1959 Canada Climber Montreal, Quebec Mechanical engineer Details Other expeditions
Philippe Pibarot M 1964 Canada Leader Longueuil, Quebec Professor of medicine Details Other expeditions
David Alan Smith M 1963 Canada Climber Edmonton, Alberta Automotive mechanic Details Other expeditions
Michel White M 1958 Canada Exp Doctor Verdun, Quebec Cardiologist Details Other expeditions
Chhotemba (Cho Temba) Sherpa M 1984 Nepal H-A Worker Nurbugaon, Walung, Makalu-Barun - Details Other expeditions
Pemba Jangbu Sherpa M 1986 Nepal H-A Worker Bupsa, Jubing-5, Solukhumbu - Details Other expeditions
Lhakpa Wangdi Sherpa M 1977 Nepal H-A Worker Chheskam, Solukhumbu - Details Other expeditions

References

0 recorded references.