Himlung Himal | 2014 W Face

A UK expedition to Himlung Himal in 2014 via W Face, led by Jason Bailey. Summit reached on 9th May 2014. 12 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field Value
ID 8490
Imported 2026-03-06 18:04:49.359634
Expedition ID HIML14101
Peak ID HIML
Year 2014
Season 1
Host Country 1
Route 1 W Face
Route 2 -
Route 3 -
Route 4 -
Nationality UK
Leaders Jason Bailey
Sponsor Adventure Peaks Himlung Expedition 2014
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, Finland, Poland
Approach Besisahar->Tal->Koto->Meta->Kyang->Phu
Basecamp Date 2014-04-28
Summit Date 2014-05-09
Summit Time -
Summit Days 11
Total Days 13
Termination Date 2014-05-11
Termination Reason 10
Termination Notes Abandoned at 6360m due to dangerous crevasses on the climbing route
High Point (m) 6360
Traverse False
Ski False
Paraglide False
Camps 2
Fixed Rope (m) 0
Total Members 8
Summit Members 0
Member Deaths 0
Total Hired 4
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(28/04,4835m),C1(01/05,5466m),C2(08/05,6000m),xxx(09/05,6360m)
Route Notes Bailey, Gwinnell, Harvey, Quain, Lhakpa Dendi, Ngima Dorje, Lhakpa and JB Rai left C2 at 2:30 am on 9 May for summit. They reached at 6360m around 7 am. Ahead on their climbing route there were crevasses which are difficult to tackle, so they decided to go down to BC. Falkiewicz suffered from bad cold at BC on 30 April and left the expedition on 3 May. Hibbert climbed up to 5800m between C1 and C2. He had breathing problem, left on 3 May and left Nepal on 17 May. Keene went up to C2. He was not sure of climbing. Kettunen went up to C1. He suffered from stomach problem, left on 7 May and left Nepal on 11 May.
Accidents -
Achievement -
Agency Makalu Adventure
Commercial Route False
Standard Route False
Primary Route False
Primary Member False
Primary Reference False
Primary ID -
Checksum 2459206
Year 2014
Summit Success False
O2 Summary None
Route (lowercase) w face

Members

12 recorded members.

Name Sex Year of Birth Citizenship Status Residence Occupation
Lhakpa Sherpa M 1965 Nepal H-A Worker Makalu-9, Makalu-Barun - Details Other expeditions
Jason Lee Bailey M 1970 UK Leader Bristol, Avon, England Alpine instructor Details Other expeditions
Barbara Falkiewicz M 1975 Poland Climber London, England IT manager Details Other expeditions
James Marcus Gwinnel M 1976 UK Climber Glouchester, England Merchant navy Details Other expeditions
Philip Joseph Harvey M 1971 UK Climber Benfleet, Essex, England Electrician Details Other expeditions
Ian James Hibbert M 1951 Australia Climber Sydney, NSW, Australia Retired technician in oil refinery company Details Other expeditions
Graham Leslie Keene M 1954 UK Climber Tiverton, Devon, England Semi-retired big event organizer Details Other expeditions
Jari Antero Kettunen M 1971 Finland Climber Kouvola, Finland Energy engineer Details Other expeditions
Zachary Joseph Quain M 1986 UK Climber Keighley, W Yorkshire, England Seafarer Details Other expeditions
Lakpa Dendi Sherpa M 1977 Nepal H-A Worker Solukhumbu - Details Other expeditions
Nima Dorje (Saila) Tamang M 1981 Nepal H-A Worker Tapting-7, Solukhumbu - Details Other expeditions
Janga Bahadur Rai M 1988 Nepal H-A Worker Waku-1, Solukhumbu - Details Other expeditions

References

0 recorded references.