Himlung Himal | 2018 NW Ridge

A Germany expedition to Himlung Himal in 2018 via NW Ridge, led by Peter Gorke. Summit reached on 25th October 2018. 12 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field Value
ID 10067
Imported 2026-03-06 18:04:49.359634
Expedition ID HIML18307
Peak ID HIML
Year 2018
Season 3
Host Country 1
Route 1 NW Ridge
Route 2 -
Route 3 -
Route 4 -
Nationality Germany
Leaders Peter Gorke
Sponsor German Himlung Himal Expedition 2018
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 France
Approach Koto->Meta->Phu->BC
Basecamp Date 2018-10-18
Summit Date 2018-10-25
Summit Time -
Summit Days 7
Total Days 16
Termination Date 2018-11-03
Termination Reason 1
Termination Notes -
High Point (m) 7126
Traverse False
Ski False
Paraglide False
Camps 2
Fixed Rope (m) 0
Total Members 7
Summit Members 4
Member Deaths 0
Total Hired 5
Summit Hired 4
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(18/10,4900m),C1(21/10,5500m),C2(23/10,6100m),Smt(25-26/10,01/11)
Route Notes BC 18/10 4900m C1 21/10 5500m C2 23/10 6100m Smt 25/10 by Mournier Smt 26/10 by Timme, Hirblinger Smt 01/11 by Sela. German team started from C2 on 25/10 at 10 pm. Steinhauer reached highpoint 25m below summit at 11 am. He felt frostbite at face and decided to turn back. Also little bit of frostbite at fingertips. Very windy, it was incredibly cold the whole expedition. Got back to C2 at 3-4 pm. One night in C2, next day to BC. Summiters reached summit between 9-10 am. Fix ropes all the way to summit. Quite difficult ascent because of the cold. Gorke and Mournier flown out from C2 by helicopter to Norvic Hospital in KTM. Mournier already flown to hospital in Chamonix with serious frostbite. Both will probably lose toes, since they didn't have proper boots for this cold mountain. Mueller and Sela started from C2 at 8 pm on 31/10. They turned back at 6800m at 5 am because of snowstorm. They waited for two hours for storm to abate. They were almost were blown off the ridge. Sela went down to high camp. He tried again and summitted on 01/11. Mueller down to BC at 5:30 pm. Most of team left BC on 29/10. Oxygen: Not taken not used Accidents: Timme frostbite on toes. Steinhauer frostbile in face. Gorke serious frostbite on all toes. Jerome Mournier flown to Chamonix already, frostbite at toes on one foot, serious. Hirblinger AMS and possibly HACE on summit push. Members: Peter Gorke (6800m) Thomas Steinhauer (7100m) Matthias Bruno Sela (S) Marlies Timme (S) Ruediger Mueller (6800m) Otto Hirblinger (S) Jerome Mournier (S) Hired: Chhepal Sherpa (S) Pasang Sherpa Lama Norbu Sherpa (6800m) Added three Sherpa summiters from Ministry list: Pasang Dukpa Sherpa Ngima Sherpa Ngima Dorchi Sherpa
Accidents -
Achievement -
Agency Seven Summit Treks
Commercial Route False
Standard Route False
Primary Route False
Primary Member False
Primary Reference False
Primary ID -
Checksum 2462055
Year 2018
Summit Success True
O2 Summary None
Route (lowercase) nw ridge

Members

12 recorded members.

Name Sex Year of Birth Citizenship Status Residence Occupation
Peter Dieter Gorke M 1961 Germany Leader Stuttgart, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany Developer for exhaust fumes systems Details Other expeditions
Otto Michael Hirblinger M 1962 Germany Climber Nuernberg, Bavaria, Germany Teacher Details Other expeditions
Jerome Stephane Jean-Pierre Mounier M 1977 France Climber Chamonix, Haute-Savoie, France - Details Other expeditions
Ruediger Mueller M 1959 Germany Climber Koenigs Wusterhausen, Brandenburg, Germany Gynecologist Details Other expeditions
Matthais Bruno Sela M 1960 Germany Climber Erlangen, Bavaria, Germany Engineer at Siemens Details Other expeditions
Thomas Bernd Steinhauer M 1963 Germany Climber Froendenberg, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany Manager for Betriebswirt Details Other expeditions
Marlies Hildegard Timme F 1963 Germany Climber Nuernberg, Bavaria, Germany Nurse Details Other expeditions
Chhepal Sherpa M 1982 Nepal H-A Worker Patle-2, Okhaldhunga - Details Other expeditions
Chhyo Nurbu Sherpa M 1985 Nepal H-A Worker Walung, Makalu-9, Makalu-Barun - Details Other expeditions
Pasang Dukpa Sherpa M 1984 Nepal H-A Worker Makalu-9, Makalu-Barun - Details Other expeditions
Nima (Ngima) Sherpa M 1977 Nepal H-A Worker Nurbugaon, Makalu-Barun - Details Other expeditions
Ngima Dorchi (Nima Dorji) Sherpa M 1975 Nepal H-A Worker Makalu-9, Makalu-Barun - Details Other expeditions

References

0 recorded references.