Himlung Himal | 2015 W Ridge?

A Switzerland expedition to Himlung Himal in 2015 via W Ridge?, led by Richard Bolt. Summit reached on 1st October 2015. 11 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field	Value
ID	9079
Imported	2026-03-06 18:04:49.359634
Expedition ID	HIML15308
Peak ID	HIML
Year	2015
Season	3
Host Country	1
Route 1	W Ridge?
Route 2	-
Route 3	-
Route 4	-
Nationality	Switzerland
Leaders	Richard Bolt
Sponsor	Kobler & Partner Private Himlung Expedition 2015
Success 1	True
Success 2	False
Success 3	False
Success 4	False
Ascent 1	-
Ascent 2	-
Ascent 3	-
Ascent 4	-
Claimed	False
Disputed	False
Countries	Germany
Approach	Besisahar by bus, Koto by jeep, Meta->Phu->BC
Basecamp Date	2015-09-20
Summit Date	2015-10-01
Summit Time	1130
Summit Days	11
Total Days	13
Termination Date	2015-10-03
Termination Reason	1
Termination Notes	-
High Point (m)	7126
Traverse	False
Ski	False
Paraglide	False
Camps	2
Fixed Rope (m)	3000
Total Members	6
Summit Members	4
Member Deaths	0
Total Hired	5
Summit Hired	5
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(20/09,4900m),C1(24/09,5400m),C2(30/09,6150m),Smt(01/10)
Route Notes	Team started for summit on 1 Oct at 2:30 am, reached summit at 11:30, stayed 30 minutes, then descended to base camp. Perfect conditions, stable weather. Fixed rope: Fixed ropes between C1 and C2 and also on the route to summit, about 3000m ropes.
Accidents	-
Achievement	-
Agency	Active Holiday Nepal Treks
Commercial Route	False
Standard Route	False
Primary Route	False
Primary Member	False
Primary Reference	-
Primary ID	-
Checksum	2459762
Year	2015
Summit Success	True
O2 Summary	None
Route (lowercase)	w ridge?

Members

Field	Value
ID	65934
Imported	2026-03-06 18:06:05.675609
Expedition ID	HIML15308
Member ID	01
Peak ID	HIML
Year	2015
Season	3
First Name	Richard Markus
Last Name	Bolt
Sex	M
Age	0
Birth Date	-
Year of Birth	1969
Calculated Age	46
Citizenship	Switzerland
Status	Leader
Residence	Amden, St. Gallen, Switzerland
Occupation	Alpine guide
Leader	True
Deputy	False
Basecamp Only	False
Not to BC	False
Support	False
Disabled	False
Hired	False
Sherpa	False
Tibetan	False
Summit Success	True
Claimed	False
Disputed	False
Solo	False
Traverse	False
Ski	False
Paraglide	False
Speed	False
High Point (m)	True
Personal High Point (m)	7126
Summit Date 1	2015-10-01
Summit Date 2	-
Summit Date 3	-
Summit Time 1	1130
Summit Time 2	-
Summit Time 3	-
Route 1	1
Route 2	0
Route 3	0
Ascent 1	0
Ascent 2	0
Ascent 3	0
O2 Used	False
O2 None	True
O2 Climb	False
O2 Descent	False
O2 Sleep	False
O2 Medical	False
O2 Notes	-
Death	False
Death Date	-
Death Time	-
Death Type	0
Death Height (m)	0
Death Class	0
AMS	False
Weather	False
Injury	False
Injury Date	-
Injury Time	-
Injury Type	0
Injury Height (m)	0
Death Notes	-
Member Notes	-
Necrology	-
Summit Bid	5
Summit Term	1
HCN	0
Checksum	2438254
Summit Note 1	-
Summit Note 2	-
Summit Note 3	-
Death Route	-
Name (lowercase)	richard markus bolt
Year of Birth	1969
Year	2015
Age at Expedition	46
Role	Leader

Field	Value
ID	65935
Imported	2026-03-06 18:06:05.675609
Expedition ID	HIML15308
Member ID	02
Peak ID	HIML
Year	2015
Season	3
First Name	Walter
Last Name	Bechtold
Sex	M
Age	0
Birth Date	-
Year of Birth	1962
Calculated Age	53
Citizenship	Switzerland
Status	Climber
Residence	-
Occupation	-
Leader	False
Deputy	False
Basecamp Only	False
Not to BC	False
Support	False
Disabled	False
Hired	False
Sherpa	False
Tibetan	False
Summit Success	False
Claimed	False
Disputed	False
Solo	False
Traverse	False
Ski	False
Paraglide	False
Speed	False
High Point (m)	False
Personal High Point (m)	6300
Summit Date 1	2015-10-01
Summit Date 2	-
Summit Date 3	-
Summit Time 1	-
Summit Time 2	-
Summit Time 3	-
Route 1	1
Route 2	0
Route 3	0
Ascent 1	0
Ascent 2	0
Ascent 3	0
O2 Used	False
O2 None	True
O2 Climb	False
O2 Descent	False
O2 Sleep	False
O2 Medical	False
O2 Notes	-
Death	False
Death Date	-
Death Time	-
Death Type	0
Death Height (m)	0
Death Class	0
AMS	False
Weather	False
Injury	False
Injury Date	-
Injury Time	-
Injury Type	0
Injury Height (m)	0
Death Notes	-
Member Notes	-
Necrology	-
Summit Bid	4
Summit Term	7
HCN	0
Checksum	2435604
Summit Note 1	-
Summit Note 2	-
Summit Note 3	-
Death Route	-
Name (lowercase)	walter bechtold
Year of Birth	1962
Year	2015
Age at Expedition	53
Role	Member

Field	Value
ID	65936
Imported	2026-03-06 18:06:05.675609
Expedition ID	HIML15308
Member ID	03
Peak ID	HIML
Year	2015
Season	3
First Name	Raeto
Last Name	Kuhn
Sex	M
Age	0
Birth Date	-
Year of Birth	1957
Calculated Age	58
Citizenship	Switzerland
Status	Climber
Residence	-
Occupation	-
Leader	False
Deputy	False
Basecamp Only	False
Not to BC	False
Support	False
Disabled	False
Hired	False
Sherpa	False
Tibetan	False
Summit Success	True
Claimed	False
Disputed	False
Solo	False
Traverse	False
Ski	False
Paraglide	False
Speed	False
High Point (m)	True
Personal High Point (m)	7126
Summit Date 1	2015-10-01
Summit Date 2	-
Summit Date 3	-
Summit Time 1	1130
Summit Time 2	-
Summit Time 3	-
Route 1	1
Route 2	0
Route 3	0
Ascent 1	0
Ascent 2	0
Ascent 3	0
O2 Used	False
O2 None	True
O2 Climb	False
O2 Descent	False
O2 Sleep	False
O2 Medical	False
O2 Notes	-
Death	False
Death Date	-
Death Time	-
Death Type	0
Death Height (m)	0
Death Class	0
AMS	False
Weather	False
Injury	False
Injury Date	-
Injury Time	-
Injury Type	0
Injury Height (m)	0
Death Notes	-
Member Notes	-
Necrology	-
Summit Bid	5
Summit Term	1
HCN	0
Checksum	2433995
Summit Note 1	-
Summit Note 2	-
Summit Note 3	-
Death Route	-
Name (lowercase)	raeto kuhn
Year of Birth	1957
Year	2015
Age at Expedition	58
Role	Member

Field	Value
ID	65937
Imported	2026-03-06 18:06:05.675609
Expedition ID	HIML15308
Member ID	04
Peak ID	HIML
Year	2015
Season	3
First Name	Daniel
Last Name	Renner
Sex	M
Age	0
Birth Date	-
Year of Birth	1964
Calculated Age	51
Citizenship	Switzerland
Status	Climber
Residence	-
Occupation	-
Leader	False
Deputy	False
Basecamp Only	False
Not to BC	False
Support	False
Disabled	False
Hired	False
Sherpa	False
Tibetan	False
Summit Success	True
Claimed	False
Disputed	False
Solo	False
Traverse	False
Ski	False
Paraglide	False
Speed	False
High Point (m)	True
Personal High Point (m)	7126
Summit Date 1	2015-10-01
Summit Date 2	-
Summit Date 3	-
Summit Time 1	1130
Summit Time 2	-
Summit Time 3	-
Route 1	1
Route 2	0
Route 3	0
Ascent 1	0
Ascent 2	0
Ascent 3	0
O2 Used	False
O2 None	True
O2 Climb	False
O2 Descent	False
O2 Sleep	False
O2 Medical	False
O2 Notes	-
Death	False
Death Date	-
Death Time	-
Death Type	0
Death Height (m)	0
Death Class	0
AMS	False
Weather	False
Injury	False
Injury Date	-
Injury Time	-
Injury Type	0
Injury Height (m)	0
Death Notes	-
Member Notes	-
Necrology	-
Summit Bid	5
Summit Term	1
HCN	0
Checksum	2436510
Summit Note 1	-
Summit Note 2	-
Summit Note 3	-
Death Route	-
Name (lowercase)	daniel renner
Year of Birth	1964
Year	2015
Age at Expedition	51
Role	Member

Field	Value
ID	65938
Imported	2026-03-06 18:06:05.675609
Expedition ID	HIML15308
Member ID	06
Peak ID	HIML
Year	2015
Season	3
First Name	Adrian Cornelius
Last Name	Trachsel
Sex	M
Age	0
Birth Date	-
Year of Birth	1959
Calculated Age	56
Citizenship	Switzerland
Status	Climber
Residence	-
Occupation	-
Leader	False
Deputy	False
Basecamp Only	False
Not to BC	False
Support	False
Disabled	False
Hired	False
Sherpa	False
Tibetan	False
Summit Success	False
Claimed	False
Disputed	False
Solo	False
Traverse	False
Ski	False
Paraglide	False
Speed	False
High Point (m)	False
Personal High Point (m)	6150
Summit Date 1	2015-09-30
Summit Date 2	-
Summit Date 3	-
Summit Time 1	-
Summit Time 2	-
Summit Time 3	-
Route 1	1
Route 2	0
Route 3	0
Ascent 1	0
Ascent 2	0
Ascent 3	0
O2 Used	False
O2 None	True
O2 Climb	False
O2 Descent	False
O2 Sleep	False
O2 Medical	False
O2 Notes	-
Death	False
Death Date	-
Death Time	-
Death Type	0
Death Height (m)	0
Death Class	0
AMS	False
Weather	False
Injury	False
Injury Date	-
Injury Time	-
Injury Type	0
Injury Height (m)	0
Death Notes	-
Member Notes	-
Necrology	-
Summit Bid	3
Summit Term	7
HCN	0
Checksum	2434735
Summit Note 1	-
Summit Note 2	-
Summit Note 3	-
Death Route	-
Name (lowercase)	adrian cornelius trachsel
Year of Birth	1959
Year	2015
Age at Expedition	56
Role	Member

Field	Value
ID	65939
Imported	2026-03-06 18:06:05.675609
Expedition ID	HIML15308
Member ID	05
Peak ID	HIML
Year	2015
Season	3
First Name	Julia Elinor
Last Name	Schultz
Sex	F
Age	0
Birth Date	-
Year of Birth	1979
Calculated Age	36
Citizenship	Germany
Status	Climber
Residence	Memmingen, Bavaria, Germany
Occupation	-
Leader	False
Deputy	False
Basecamp Only	False
Not to BC	False
Support	False
Disabled	False
Hired	False
Sherpa	False
Tibetan	False
Summit Success	True
Claimed	False
Disputed	False
Solo	False
Traverse	False
Ski	False
Paraglide	False
Speed	False
High Point (m)	True
Personal High Point (m)	7126
Summit Date 1	2015-10-01
Summit Date 2	-
Summit Date 3	-
Summit Time 1	1130
Summit Time 2	-
Summit Time 3	-
Route 1	1
Route 2	0
Route 3	0
Ascent 1	0
Ascent 2	0
Ascent 3	0
O2 Used	False
O2 None	True
O2 Climb	False
O2 Descent	False
O2 Sleep	False
O2 Medical	False
O2 Notes	-
Death	False
Death Date	-
Death Time	-
Death Type	0
Death Height (m)	0
Death Class	0
AMS	False
Weather	False
Injury	False
Injury Date	-
Injury Time	-
Injury Type	0
Injury Height (m)	0
Death Notes	-
Member Notes	-
Necrology	-
Summit Bid	5
Summit Term	1
HCN	0
Checksum	2442010
Summit Note 1	-
Summit Note 2	-
Summit Note 3	-
Death Route	-
Name (lowercase)	julia elinor schultz
Year of Birth	1979
Year	2015
Age at Expedition	36
Role	Member

Field	Value
ID	65940
Imported	2026-03-06 18:06:05.675609
Expedition ID	HIML15308
Member ID	09
Peak ID	HIML
Year	2015
Season	3
First Name	Ngima Chhiring Lama
Last Name	Sherpa
Sex	M
Age	0
Birth Date	-
Year of Birth	1973
Calculated Age	42
Citizenship	Nepal
Status	H-A Worker
Residence	Yamphudin-3, Taplejung
Occupation	-
Leader	False
Deputy	False
Basecamp Only	False
Not to BC	False
Support	False
Disabled	False
Hired	True
Sherpa	True
Tibetan	False
Summit Success	True
Claimed	False
Disputed	False
Solo	False
Traverse	False
Ski	False
Paraglide	False
Speed	False
High Point (m)	True
Personal High Point (m)	7126
Summit Date 1	2015-10-01
Summit Date 2	-
Summit Date 3	-
Summit Time 1	1130
Summit Time 2	-
Summit Time 3	-
Route 1	1
Route 2	0
Route 3	0
Ascent 1	0
Ascent 2	0
Ascent 3	0
O2 Used	False
O2 None	True
O2 Climb	False
O2 Descent	False
O2 Sleep	False
O2 Medical	False
O2 Notes	-
Death	False
Death Date	-
Death Time	-
Death Type	0
Death Height (m)	0
Death Class	0
AMS	False
Weather	False
Injury	False
Injury Date	-
Injury Time	-
Injury Type	0
Injury Height (m)	0
Death Notes	-
Member Notes	-
Necrology	-
Summit Bid	5
Summit Term	1
HCN	0
Checksum	2439863
Summit Note 1	-
Summit Note 2	-
Summit Note 3	-
Death Route	-
Name (lowercase)	ngima chhiring lama sherpa
Year of Birth	1973
Year	2015
Age at Expedition	42
Role	Hired

Field	Value
ID	65941
Imported	2026-03-06 18:06:05.675609
Expedition ID	HIML15308
Member ID	11
Peak ID	HIML
Year	2015
Season	3
First Name	Lal Bahadur
Last Name	Tamang
Sex	M
Age	0
Birth Date	-
Year of Birth	1983
Calculated Age	32
Citizenship	Nepal
Status	H-A Worker
Residence	Ramche-6, Rasuwa
Occupation	-
Leader	False
Deputy	False
Basecamp Only	False
Not to BC	False
Support	False
Disabled	False
Hired	True
Sherpa	False
Tibetan	False
Summit Success	True
Claimed	False
Disputed	False
Solo	False
Traverse	False
Ski	False
Paraglide	False
Speed	False
High Point (m)	True
Personal High Point (m)	7126
Summit Date 1	2015-10-01
Summit Date 2	-
Summit Date 3	-
Summit Time 1	1130
Summit Time 2	-
Summit Time 3	-
Route 1	1
Route 2	0
Route 3	0
Ascent 1	0
Ascent 2	0
Ascent 3	0
O2 Used	False
O2 None	True
O2 Climb	False
O2 Descent	False
O2 Sleep	False
O2 Medical	False
O2 Notes	-
Death	False
Death Date	-
Death Time	-
Death Type	0
Death Height (m)	0
Death Class	0
AMS	False
Weather	False
Injury	False
Injury Date	-
Injury Time	-
Injury Type	0
Injury Height (m)	0
Death Notes	-
Member Notes	-
Necrology	-
Summit Bid	5
Summit Term	1
HCN	0
Checksum	2443418
Summit Note 1	-
Summit Note 2	-
Summit Note 3	-
Death Route	-
Name (lowercase)	lal bahadur tamang
Year of Birth	1983
Year	2015
Age at Expedition	32
Role	Hired

Field	Value
ID	65942
Imported	2026-03-06 18:06:05.675609
Expedition ID	HIML15308
Member ID	07
Peak ID	HIML
Year	2015
Season	3
First Name	Lhakpa Gelu
Last Name	Sherpa
Sex	M
Age	0
Birth Date	-
Year of Birth	1989
Calculated Age	26
Citizenship	Nepal
Status	H-A Worker
Residence	Taksindu-5, Solukhumbu
Occupation	-
Leader	False
Deputy	False
Basecamp Only	False
Not to BC	False
Support	False
Disabled	False
Hired	True
Sherpa	True
Tibetan	False
Summit Success	True
Claimed	False
Disputed	False
Solo	False
Traverse	False
Ski	False
Paraglide	False
Speed	False
High Point (m)	True
Personal High Point (m)	7126
Summit Date 1	2015-10-01
Summit Date 2	-
Summit Date 3	-
Summit Time 1	1130
Summit Time 2	-
Summit Time 3	-
Route 1	1
Route 2	0
Route 3	0
Ascent 1	0
Ascent 2	0
Ascent 3	0
O2 Used	False
O2 None	True
O2 Climb	False
O2 Descent	False
O2 Sleep	False
O2 Medical	False
O2 Notes	-
Death	False
Death Date	-
Death Time	-
Death Type	0
Death Height (m)	0
Death Class	0
AMS	False
Weather	False
Injury	False
Injury Date	-
Injury Time	-
Injury Type	0
Injury Height (m)	0
Death Notes	-
Member Notes	-
Necrology	-
Summit Bid	5
Summit Term	1
HCN	0
Checksum	2445667
Summit Note 1	-
Summit Note 2	-
Summit Note 3	-
Death Route	-
Name (lowercase)	lhakpa gelu sherpa
Year of Birth	1989
Year	2015
Age at Expedition	26
Role	Hired

Field	Value
ID	65943
Imported	2026-03-06 18:06:05.675609
Expedition ID	HIML15308
Member ID	10
Peak ID	HIML
Year	2015
Season	3
First Name	Tembe/Temba
Last Name	Sherpa
Sex	M
Age	0
Birth Date	-
Year of Birth	1987
Calculated Age	28
Citizenship	Nepal
Status	H-A Worker
Residence	Ghunsa, Lelep-9, Taplejung
Occupation	-
Leader	False
Deputy	False
Basecamp Only	False
Not to BC	False
Support	False
Disabled	False
Hired	True
Sherpa	True
Tibetan	False
Summit Success	True
Claimed	False
Disputed	False
Solo	False
Traverse	False
Ski	False
Paraglide	False
Speed	False
High Point (m)	True
Personal High Point (m)	7126
Summit Date 1	2015-10-01
Summit Date 2	-
Summit Date 3	-
Summit Time 1	1130
Summit Time 2	-
Summit Time 3	-
Route 1	1
Route 2	0
Route 3	0
Ascent 1	0
Ascent 2	0
Ascent 3	0
O2 Used	False
O2 None	True
O2 Climb	False
O2 Descent	False
O2 Sleep	False
O2 Medical	False
O2 Notes	-
Death	False
Death Date	-
Death Time	-
Death Type	0
Death Height (m)	0
Death Class	0
AMS	False
Weather	False
Injury	False
Injury Date	-
Injury Time	-
Injury Type	0
Injury Height (m)	0
Death Notes	-
Member Notes	-
Necrology	-
Summit Bid	5
Summit Term	1
HCN	0
Checksum	2444808
Summit Note 1	-
Summit Note 2	-
Summit Note 3	-
Death Route	-
Name (lowercase)	tembe/temba sherpa
Year of Birth	1987
Year	2015
Age at Expedition	28
Role	Hired

Field	Value
ID	65944
Imported	2026-03-06 18:06:05.675609
Expedition ID	HIML15308
Member ID	08
Peak ID	HIML
Year	2015
Season	3
First Name	Mingmar Dendi
Last Name	Sherpa
Sex	M
Age	0
Birth Date	-
Year of Birth	1984
Calculated Age	31
Citizenship	Nepal
Status	H-A Worker
Residence	Tapting-1, Solukhumbu
Occupation	-
Leader	False
Deputy	False
Basecamp Only	False
Not to BC	False
Support	False
Disabled	False
Hired	True
Sherpa	True
Tibetan	False
Summit Success	True
Claimed	False
Disputed	False
Solo	False
Traverse	False
Ski	False
Paraglide	False
Speed	False
High Point (m)	True
Personal High Point (m)	7126
Summit Date 1	2015-10-01
Summit Date 2	-
Summit Date 3	-
Summit Time 1	1130
Summit Time 2	-
Summit Time 3	-
Route 1	1
Route 2	0
Route 3	0
Ascent 1	0
Ascent 2	0
Ascent 3	0
O2 Used	False
O2 None	True
O2 Climb	False
O2 Descent	False
O2 Sleep	False
O2 Medical	False
O2 Notes	-
Death	False
Death Date	-
Death Time	-
Death Type	0
Death Height (m)	0
Death Class	0
AMS	False
Weather	False
Injury	False
Injury Date	-
Injury Time	-
Injury Type	0
Injury Height (m)	0
Death Notes	-
Member Notes	-
Necrology	-
Summit Bid	5
Summit Term	1
HCN	0
Checksum	2443663
Summit Note 1	-
Summit Note 2	-
Summit Note 3	-
Death Route	-
Name (lowercase)	mingmar dendi sherpa
Year of Birth	1984
Year	2015
Age at Expedition	31
Role	Hired

11 recorded members.

Name	Sex	Year of Birth	Citizenship	Status	Residence	Occupation
Richard Markus Bolt	M	1969	Switzerland	Leader	Amden, St. Gallen, Switzerland	Alpine guide	Details Other expeditions
Walter Bechtold	M	1962	Switzerland	Climber	-	-	Details Other expeditions
Raeto Kuhn	M	1957	Switzerland	Climber	-	-	Details Other expeditions
Daniel Renner	M	1964	Switzerland	Climber	-	-	Details Other expeditions
Adrian Cornelius Trachsel	M	1959	Switzerland	Climber	-	-	Details Other expeditions
Julia Elinor Schultz	F	1979	Germany	Climber	Memmingen, Bavaria, Germany	-	Details Other expeditions
Ngima Chhiring Lama Sherpa	M	1973	Nepal	H-A Worker	Yamphudin-3, Taplejung	-	Details Other expeditions
Lal Bahadur Tamang	M	1983	Nepal	H-A Worker	Ramche-6, Rasuwa	-	Details Other expeditions
Lhakpa Gelu Sherpa	M	1989	Nepal	H-A Worker	Taksindu-5, Solukhumbu	-	Details Other expeditions
Tembe/Temba Sherpa	M	1987	Nepal	H-A Worker	Ghunsa, Lelep-9, Taplejung	-	Details Other expeditions
Mingmar Dendi Sherpa	M	1984	Nepal	H-A Worker	Tapting-1, Solukhumbu	-	Details Other expeditions

References

0 recorded references.