Gyajikang | 2014 N Shoulder-W Ridge

A USA expedition to Gyajikang in 2014 via N Shoulder-W Ridge, led by Lev Ioffe. Summit reached on 7th May 2014. 3 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field Value
ID 8489
Imported 2026-03-06 18:04:49.359634
Expedition ID GYAJ14101
Peak ID GYAJ
Year 2014
Season 1
Host Country 1
Route 1 N Shoulder-W Ridge
Route 2 -
Route 3 -
Route 4 -
Nationality USA
Leaders Lev Ioffe
Sponsor US & Russian 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 -
Approach Besisahar->Phu
Basecamp Date 2014-05-02
Summit Date 2014-05-07
Summit Time -
Summit Days 5
Total Days 12
Termination Date 2014-05-14
Termination Reason 6
Termination Notes Abandoned at 6100m due to accident of Leonid Rokhinson
High Point (m) 6100
Traverse False
Ski False
Paraglide False
Camps 2
Fixed Rope (m) 0
Total Members 3
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 BC(06/05,5500m),C1(06/05,5500m),C2(6000m),xxx(07,11/05,6100m)
Route Notes C1 at 5500m on the N Shoulder C2 at 6000m on the N Shoulder. The team had a good acclimatization, the route looked really nice and clear, but on the 9 May, the strongest member of the team, Leonid Rokhinson, had an accident just 50m above C2 (where the team aimed to sleep that day) at 6050m: he fell in a crevasse, injuring his chin with a lot of blood but conscious. He could go on his own down to BC (Olek believes he was hit by one of his ski poles during the fall). As none of Olek or Lev had any medical experience to repair this bad deep cut (a few centimeters deep) they decided to call for an helicopter rescue which happened on 10 May. Even in Kathmandu doctors couldn't deal with an injury they had ever seen before, just kept it open. Leonid flew back to USA for further care on the 17 May. Both members remaining didn't feel confident enough to go on their own, so they used a couple of days to remove the camps and tents. On 11 May the duo climbed 100m again above C2 as Lev Ioffe wanted to see the route. Denisenko reports otherwise that there were 2 other teams than theirs in the surrounding, including one international team (UK, Europeans) on a higher peak nearby theirs, using 1 Sherpa for 1 client, with the Sherpas doing everything. This team told them weather was very windy (what he agrees with) and they reached the top, but Sherpas themselves said they didn't get to the top.
Accidents Leonid Rokhinson fell into a crevasse and suffered a bad injury under the chin
Achievement -
Agency Snowy Horizon Treks
Commercial Route False
Standard Route False
Primary Route False
Primary Member False
Primary Reference False
Primary ID -
Checksum 2459159
Year 2014
Summit Success False
O2 Summary None
Route (lowercase) n shoulder-w ridge

Members

3 recorded members.

Name Sex Year of Birth Citizenship Status Residence Occupation
Oleg Denisenko M 1958 USA Climber Seattle, Washington Scientist professor of medicine Details Other expeditions
Lev B. Ioffe M 1958 USA/Russia Leader Highland Park, New Jersey Professor of physics Details Other expeditions
Leonid Rokhinson M 1967 USA Climber Lafayette, Indiana Professor of physics Details Other expeditions

References

0 recorded references.