Hungchhi | 2009 SW Ridge

A UK expedition to Hungchhi in 2009 via SW Ridge, led by Simon Yates. Summit reached on 20th October 2009. 11 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field Value
ID 6654
Imported 2026-03-06 18:04:49.359634
Expedition ID HCHI09301
Peak ID HCHI
Year 2009
Season 3
Host Country 1
Route 1 SW Ridge
Route 2 -
Route 3 -
Route 4 -
Nationality UK
Leaders Simon Yates
Sponsor Mountain Dream Hunchi
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 Australia
Approach Phakding->Namche->Chame->Gokyo
Basecamp Date 2009-10-12
Summit Date 2009-10-20
Summit Time -
Summit Days 8
Total Days 15
Termination Date 2009-10-27
Termination Reason 10
Termination Notes Abandoned at 6100m due to difficult route and lack to time
High Point (m) 6100
Traverse False
Ski False
Paraglide False
Camps 1
Fixed Rope (m) 0
Total Members 9
Summit Members 0
Member Deaths 0
Total Hired 2
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(12/10,5100m),C1(19/10,6100m),xxx(20/10,6100m)
Route Notes Yates, Davis, Higham, Hudson, Mackenzie, Herries, Koch together with two Sherpas spent ngiht at C1. They found that the climbing route is difficult to tackle. Also, if they wanted to continue it may need more time. The team did not had enough time, so they gave up the climb. Dolamore did not feel good and he left from Gokyo on 12 Oct. Sherpas: Lhakpa, 25/7/68 (10/4/2025), Thamku-9, Sankhuwasabha, Cho Oyu 2/10/08 Ang Kazi, 12/5/78 (28/1/2035), Sisuwakhola-9, Makalu, Everest X2, Manaslu X1
Accidents Moir suffered from chest infection at BC
Achievement -
Agency Himalayan Ascent
Commercial Route False
Standard Route False
Primary Route False
Primary Member False
Primary Reference False
Primary ID -
Checksum 2457539
Year 2009
Summit Success False
O2 Summary None
Route (lowercase) sw ridge

Members

11 recorded members.

Name Sex Year of Birth Citizenship Status Residence Occupation
Neal Keith Davis M 1977 UK Climber Sydney, NSW, Australia IT consultant Details Other expeditions
Raymond Dolamore M 1943 UK Climber Falmouth, Cornwall, England Retired Details Other expeditions
Thomas Philip (Tom) Herries M 1967 UK/Australia Climber Adelaide, SA, Australia Geologist Details Other expeditions
John Charles Higham M 1948 UK Climber Glasgow, Scotland Geologist Details Other expeditions
John Richard Hudson M 1966 UK Climber Richmond, N Yorkshire, England Contracting director Details Other expeditions
Betty Joan Koch F 1965 Australia Climber Fairfield, Victoria, Australia Software engineer Details Other expeditions
Kieron Mackenzie M 1960 UK Climber Carlisle, Cumbria, England Brand manager Details Other expeditions
Andrew Lindsay (Andy) Moir M 1972 UK Climber Morpeth, Northumberland, England Sales representative Details Other expeditions
Simon Andrew Yates M 1963 UK Climber Penrith, Cumbria, England Writer Details Other expeditions
Lakpa/Lhakpa Sherpa M 1968 Nepal H-A Worker Tamku-9, Makalu-Barun - Details Other expeditions
Ang Kazi (Ankaji) Sherpa M 1978 Nepal H-A Worker Chitre, Sisuwa-9, Makalu-Barun - Details Other expeditions

References

0 recorded references.