Himlung Himal | 2019 NW Ridge

A France expedition to Himlung Himal in 2019 via NW Ridge, led by Yves Salino. Summit reached on 27th October 2019. 8 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field Value
ID 10428
Imported 2026-03-06 18:04:49.359634
Expedition ID HIML19307
Peak ID HIML
Year 2019
Season 3
Host Country 1
Route 1 NW Ridge
Route 2 -
Route 3 -
Route 4 -
Nationality France
Leaders Yves Salino
Sponsor Ticino International Himlung Himal Expedition 2019
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 Australia, Canada
Approach Besisahar->Dharapani->Koto->Meta->Phu->BC
Basecamp Date 2019-10-18
Summit Date 2019-10-27
Summit Time 1600
Summit Days 9
Total Days 12
Termination Date 2019-10-30
Termination Reason 1
Termination Notes -
High Point (m) 7126
Traverse False
Ski False
Paraglide False
Camps 3
Fixed Rope (m) 0
Total Members 4
Summit Members 2
Member Deaths 0
Total Hired 4
Summit Hired 2
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(23/10,5400m),C2(25/10,6150m),C3(26/10,6338m),Smt(27/10)
Route Notes Schedule: 13/10: reached Koto by bus and jeep over 2 days; from there at 2600m started the approach march. 14/10: slept at Meta, 3560m. 15/10: slept at Kyang, 3840m. 16/10: slept at Phu Gaon, 3900m. 17/10: acclimatization day on a 4800m peak located above Phu, slept again at Phu. 18/10: up to 4900 base camp (Kari Kobler's). Chose this BC option instead of "French BC" located further behind a long moraine that is tedious to cross. 19/10: rest day at BC, with a Lama's celebration. 20/10: rest day at BC. 21/10: fixed C1 at 5400m, back to BC. 22/10: rest day; Salino had a crevasse rescue training session with Sherpas. 23/10: up to C1. 24/10: rest day at C1. 25/10: up to C2, where group slept. There Glenn Johnson got some heart palpitations, so decided to stop at this stage of the route. Daniel Puttkemery, not giving much importance to reach summit (could have done it according to Salino), prefered to come down on next day with Johnson. 26/10: up to C3 (located on the ridge), where Yves Salino and Ilyas Kanann stayed, with 2 Sherpas, Furte and Ngima Tenzing. On that same day, Johnson and Puttkemery went down to BC accompanied by Dawa Sangye Sherpa. 27/10: C3 to summit to C3. The 2 members and 2 hired which slept at C3 started later than other teams at 10 am on that day, this to wait for wind to decrease and to avoid night coldness. Summit at 4 pm in normal conditions, no wind no cold. Stayed about 30 min on top, taking many pictures, talking by radio with BC. Back to C3 at 8 pm at night. Salino considers considered that they took the right option by putting a C3 (when other teams didn't), since he doesn't believe they could have reached C2 on that day. However he doesn't think an additional C4 to be a usefull option (too high). 28/10: C3 to BC, reached at 8 pm. Hard day again, with bags full of all personal gear, Sherpas carrying the tents. Moraine traverse very hard. 29/10: rest at BC. 30-31/10: back to Koto over 2 days of walk. Salino was back in Nepal this fall a long time after he had first been here in the 1990's. He was positively surprised by the overall improvement of organization.
Accidents -
Achievement -
Agency Ticino Treks
Commercial Route False
Standard Route False
Primary Route False
Primary Member False
Primary Reference False
Primary ID -
Checksum 2461163
Year 2019
Summit Success True
O2 Summary None
Route (lowercase) nw ridge

Members

8 recorded members.

Name Sex Year of Birth Citizenship Status Residence Occupation
Yves Adrien Jean Salino M 1961 France Leader Chamonix, Haute-Savoie, France Alpine guide Details Other expeditions
Glenn Charles Johnson M 1964 Australia Climber Westgate, NSW, Australia Pilot for Qatar Airways Details Other expeditions
Ilyas Paul O'Connor Kanann M 1971 France Climber - - Details Other expeditions
Daniel Jeffery Puttkemery M 1957 Canada Climber Doha, Qatar Pilot Details Other expeditions
Dawa Sange Sherpa M 1974 Nepal H-A Worker Yaphu-9, Makalu-Barun - Details Other expeditions
Furte Sherpa M 1994 Nepal H-A Worker Makalu-4, Makalu-Barun - Details Other expeditions
Mingma Dukpa Sherpa M 1980 Nepal H-A Worker Yaphu-9, Makalu-Barun - Details Other expeditions
Ngima Tenzing Sherpa M 1991 Nepal H-A Worker Thamo, Khumbu - Details Other expeditions

References

0 recorded references.