Himlung Himal | 2018 NW Ridge

A Spain expedition to Himlung Himal in 2018 via NW Ridge, led by David Pujol. Summit reached on 10th October 2018. 7 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field Value
ID 10063
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Expedition ID HIML18303
Peak ID HIML
Year 2018
Season 3
Host Country 1
Route 1 NW Ridge
Route 2 -
Route 3 -
Route 4 -
Nationality Spain
Leaders David Pujol
Sponsor Spanish Himlung Himal Expedition 2018
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 France
Approach Koto->Meta->Phu->BC
Basecamp Date 2018-09-30
Summit Date 2018-10-10
Summit Time -
Summit Days 10
Total Days 14
Termination Date 2018-10-14
Termination Reason 7
Termination Notes Abandoned at 7000m due to exhaustion and coldess
High Point (m) 7000
Traverse False
Ski False
Paraglide False
Camps 2
Fixed Rope (m) 0
Total Members 6
Summit Members 0
Member Deaths 0
Total Hired 1
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(30/09,4800m),C1(04/10,5400m),C2(05/10,6100m),xxx(10/10,7000m)
Route Notes BC 09/30 4800m C1 10/10 5400m C2 05/10 6100m HPt 10/10 7000m (below summit) by Pujol, Raucoule, Alia Perez. Nice summit day on the Oct 10 despite a little windy. Members's high points on Oct 10: Pujol – 7000m – had to care about Raucoule Alia Perez – 7000m – had to stay with Pujol and Raucoule Moreno – 6300m – back down with Lakpa, lack of strength Raucoule – 7000m – abandonned due to lack of strength and coldness (beginning of nose frostbite) Marco – 6100m at C2 – stomach problems, illness Martinez – 6100m at C2 – looked after his girlfriend Anna Hired's high point on Oct 10: Lakpa Sonam Sherpa – 6300m, went down with Moreno Lakpa Sonam helped fixing ropes with Amical hired team and summited the day before the Amical members (on the Oct 7 or 8) 2 French with Climbalaya tried for the summit on the October 14th: one summited, the other not (was back with seriously frostbitten nose). Team left BC on 14th of October. Fixed rope: Amical Alpin fixing team put some little bit at 6500m. Oxygen use : Not taken not used ; for medical use only
Accidents -
Achievement -
Agency Thamserku Trekking
Commercial Route False
Standard Route False
Primary Route False
Primary Member False
Primary Reference False
Primary ID -
Checksum 2462040
Year 2018
Summit Success False
O2 Summary None
Route (lowercase) nw ridge

Members

7 recorded members.

Name Sex Year of Birth Citizenship Status Residence Occupation
David Pujol Hernandez M 1973 Spain Leader Chamonix, Haute-Savoie, France Alpine guide Details Other expeditions
Fabian Ramon Alia Perez M 1957 Spain Climber Collado, Villalba, Spain Businessman (commericial diving company) Details Other expeditions
Anna Carmen Marco Garcia F 1969 Spain Climber - Driver Details Other expeditions
Jose Carlos Martinez Antonana Berruete M 1967 Spain Climber - Craftworker Details Other expeditions
Enrique Moreno Colonge M 1967 Spain Climber - Public employee Details Other expeditions
Daniel Patrice Raucoules M 1969 France Climber - Researcher Details Other expeditions
Lhakpa Sonam Sherpa M 1981 Nepal H-A Worker Kharikhola, Solukhumbu - Details Other expeditions

References

1 recorded references.

Expedition ID Journal Author Title Publisher Citation Yak 94
HIML18303 - - http://www.aragonaventura.es/montana/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/F.Tecnica-Himlung-Himal-2018.pdf - - -