Jannu East | 2024 N Face

A France expedition to Jannu East in 2024 via N Face, led by Benjamin Vendrines. Summit reached on 7th October 2024. 4 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field Value
ID 11503
Imported 2026-03-06 18:04:49.359634
Expedition ID JANE24302
Peak ID JANE
Year 2024
Season 3
Host Country 1
Route 1 N Face
Route 2 -
Route 3 -
Route 4 -
Nationality France
Leaders Benjamin Vendrines
Sponsor French Jannu East Expedition 2024
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 Kangchenjunga North trail
Basecamp Date 2024-09-21
Summit Date 2024-10-07
Summit Time -
Summit Days 16
Total Days 19
Termination Date 2024-10-10
Termination Reason 7
Termination Notes Abandoned at 6700m due to Billon exhaustion
High Point (m) 6700
Traverse False
Ski False
Paraglide False
Camps 1
Fixed Rope (m) 0
Total Members 4
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(21/09,4700m),Biv1(06/10,6300m),xxx(07/10,6700m)
Route Notes Approach: Kangchenjunga trail BC 21/09 4700m Biv1 06/10 6300m HPt 07/10 6700m at N Face of Jannu East by all 3 members. Climb abandoned on 7 Oct due to tiredness of one member. • Acclimatization on Merra Peak: Out of the daily trips towards Merra peak, the team spent two nights acclimatizing on the peak’s southern slope. 23/09, slept at 5600m 24/09, slept at 6100m Then trio went back to BC. Storm caught them there for coming days. Trio then had a sleep at 6200m during the night of the 1st/2nd Oct. • Jannu East Attempt: The line chosen by the French on the North Face of Jannu East ascends a logical line of placages located between the direct couloir to the col north to Jannu East (reached by the Brits in 1978 from the opposite side/Yalung side) on the left and the direct line of the Americans to the right. Day 1, 06/10: Start from BC at 2:20 am. Reached footstep of the face at 5 am, starting to climb at 5:30 am, in the tracks already done one day before by the American team. At 4:30 pm, team made a first bivouac at circa 6300m in the face. Day 2, 07/10: Start from bivouac at circa 6 am. Trio climbed until 10-10:30 am, reaching about 6700m, not far from the exit to the aforementioned col to the left. Here Leo showed an extreme state of tiredness; symptoms not precisely like the start of the AMS, but like a strong hypoglycaemia due to altitude (couldn’t eat, not more energy left). The trio had to abandon. In 7 hrs of abseiling, the trio was back to the footstep of the face at circa 5-5:30 pm. During that descent, at circa 5800m, the met with a lone Samuel Hennessey (his partner Michael Gardner had fallen to his death) who joined them for the end of the descent. In fact, the start of the Americans and French attempted lines is common, then at circa 5800m, the lines split then the teams cannot see each other, being separated from each other by a spur. General grading for the difficulties of the line attempted by the French: circa 4+ in ice, circa M4+/M5 for mixed ground. Left BC on 10 october 2024. Oxygen: Not taken, not used
Accidents -
Achievement -
Agency Annapurna Foothills
Commercial Route False
Standard Route False
Primary Route False
Primary Member False
Primary Reference False
Primary ID -
Checksum 2465900
Year 2024
Summit Success False
O2 Summary None
Route (lowercase) n face

Members

4 recorded members.

Name Sex Year of Birth Citizenship Status Residence Occupation
Benjamin Charles Elie Vedrines M 1992 France Leader Briancon, Hautes-Alpes, France Alpine guide Details Other expeditions
Leo Jean Billon M 1992 France Climber Chamonix, Haute-Savoie, France Alpine guide Details Other expeditions
Nicolas Paul Aristide Jean M 1998 France Climber Saint-Pons, Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, France Ski instructor & carpenter Details Other expeditions
Thibaut Paul Dominique Marot M 1986 France Mmeber Perpignan, Pyrenees-Orientales, France - Details Other expeditions

References

3 recorded references.

Expedition ID Journal Author Title Publisher Citation Yak 94
JANE24302 - - https://explorersweb.com/storm-jeopardizes-french-attempt-on-jannu-east/ - - -
JANE24302 - - https://explorersweb.com/vedrines-and-team-retreat-from-jannu-east/ - - -
JANE24302 - - https://explorersweb.com/vedrines-reveals-plans-for-jannu-east-will-he-steal-the-americans-thunder/ - - -