Jabou Ri | 2015 S Ridge (to 5900m)

A USA expedition to Jabou Ri in 2015 via S Ridge (to 5900m), led by Ryan Waters. Summit reached on 15th September 2015. 2 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field Value
ID 8975
Imported 2026-03-06 18:04:49.359634
Expedition ID JABR15301
Peak ID JABR
Year 2015
Season 3
Host Country 1
Route 1 S Ridge (to 5900m)
Route 2 NE Face-N Ridge
Route 3 -
Route 4 -
Nationality USA
Leaders Ryan Waters
Sponsor American Jabou Ri Expedition 2015
Success 1 False
Success 2 True
Success 3 False
Success 4 False
Ascent 1 -
Ascent 2 1st
Ascent 3 -
Ascent 4 -
Claimed False
Disputed False
Countries -
Approach Beding->Na
Basecamp Date 2015-09-09
Summit Date 2015-09-15
Summit Time -
Summit Days 6
Total Days 7
Termination Date 2015-09-16
Termination Reason 1
Termination Notes -
High Point (m) 6166
Traverse False
Ski False
Paraglide False
Camps 0
Fixed Rope (m) 0
Total Members 2
Summit Members 2
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 Held permit for Takargo East
Campsites BC(09/09,5000m),ABC(12/09,5500m),Smt(15/09)
Route Notes BC 09/09 5000m ABC 12/09 5500m Smt 15/09 by Larson, Waters. From Beding the team walked to the small settlement of Na (4200m), from where they continued on the Trakarding Glacier to reach base camp (5000m). The walk to BC took four days; difficult terrain for the porters. Once they had established their BC, the weather turned bad and they were stuck for a few days. On 12 Sept they established ABC and on 13 Sept they did a reccie on the South Ridge, which they reached via the East Face of the mountain. When they had reached about 5700m the weather was too bad to carry on. They returned to ABC and tried again on 14 Sept. When they reached around 5900m, they decided that the route was too dangerous. Waters was climbing up a double-corniced ridge in very bad snow. Had they continued, they would have triggered avalanches. When they reached ABC Waters had a look at the north side of the mountain and thought that there might be a possibility on its NE Face, however, they still returned to BC. On 15 Sept, they left BC at 1 am, climbed to ABC, put on their mountain gear and left ABC for their summit push at 3:30 am. They climbed up the glacier on the NE side, joined the ridge of Takargo East and then continued to the left. Climb was fairly easy. Would be a good mountain to ski. Weather was good and they stayed about 1/2 hour on the summit from where they could see Everest and Lhotse. On their descent they stopped at ABC, packed it up and carried everything over to the Tashi Laptsa as they were going to cross this pass to get into the Khumbu. They then descended to BC. On 16 Sept they left BC and crossed the Tashi Laptsa. Team also held permit for Takargo East.
Accidents -
Achievement -
Agency Himalayan Trailblazer
Commercial Route False
Standard Route False
Primary Route False
Primary Member False
Primary Reference -
Primary ID -
Checksum 2459746
Year 2015
Summit Success True
O2 Summary None
Route (lowercase) s ridge (to 5900m)

Members

2 recorded members.

Name Sex Year of Birth Citizenship Status Residence Occupation
Ryan Powers Waters M 1973 USA Leader Boulder, Colorado Alpine guide Details Other expeditions
Eric Andrew Larsen M 1971 USA Climber Boulder, Colorado Teacher of environmental education Details Other expeditions

References

5 recorded references.

Expedition ID Journal Author Title Publisher Citation Yak 94
JABR15301 - - http://ryanwaters.net/dispatches.html - - -
JABR15301 - - http://www.ericlarsenexplore.com/updates/ - - -
JABR15301 AAJ Griffin, Lindsay - - 90:341 (2016) -
JABR15301 - - http://publications.americanalpineclub.org/articles/13201213650/Peak-6166-South-Ridge-Attempts - - -
JABR15301 - - http://www.alpinist.com/doc/web15y/newswire-sherpa-americans-climb-first-ascents-rolwaling-himal - - -