Hunku | 2012 E Face

A UK expedition to Hunku in 2012 via E Face, led by Graham Desroy. Summit reached on 25th October 2012. 2 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field Value
ID 7757
Imported 2026-03-06 18:04:49.359634
Expedition ID HUNK12301
Peak ID HUNK
Year 2012
Season 3
Host Country 1
Route 1 E Face
Route 2 -
Route 3 -
Route 4 -
Nationality UK
Leaders Graham Desroy
Sponsor Hunku Expedition 2012
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 -
Approach Lukla->Mera La->Hunku Valley
Basecamp Date 2012-10-12
Summit Date 2012-10-25
Summit Time -
Summit Days 13
Total Days 16
Termination Date 2012-10-28
Termination Reason 5
Termination Notes Abandoned at 5600m due to sugary snow and cold temperatures
High Point (m) 5600
Traverse False
Ski False
Paraglide False
Camps 0
Fixed Rope (m) 0
Total Members 2
Summit Members 0
Member Deaths 0
Total Hired 0
Summit Hired 0
Hired Deaths 0
No Hired True
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(12/10,4850m),xxx(25/10,5600m)
Route Notes High point on East Face couloir. On their approach to the mountain, the two man team crossed the Mera La and went east to the Hunku Valley and north up the valley to BC at 4850m. They decided they would attempt the east side of Hunku and thought there would be a good line up a big couloir in the middle of the East Face. On 24 October they bivouacked at 5200m and next day started their attempt on the couloir. They managed to reach 5600m in the couloir, but deep sugar snow meant they could not get any traction; it was impossible to make any substantial progress. Furthermore these were very cold days: 5 degrees centigrade in the morning to minus ten degrees at night. They abandoned the climb on its first day. The sugar snow plus the cold sent them down. The 25th was a long day: they left their bivouac that morning at 4:30 and got down to BC at 3:30 that afternoon.
Accidents -
Achievement -
Agency Loben Expeditions
Commercial Route False
Standard Route False
Primary Route False
Primary Member False
Primary Reference False
Primary ID -
Checksum 2458688
Year 2012
Summit Success False
O2 Summary None
Route (lowercase) e face

Members

2 recorded members.

Name Sex Year of Birth Citizenship Status Residence Occupation
Graham Ivan Desroy M 1955 UK Leader Caenarfon, Gwynedd, Wales Climbing gear designer Details Other expeditions
Garry Anthony Smith M 1964 UK Climber Fachwen, Llanberis, Gwynedd, Wales Alpine instructor Details Other expeditions

References

0 recorded references.