Jannu East | 1996 E Face of E Smt

A Slovenia expedition to Jannu East in 1996 via E Face of E Smt, led by Bojan Pockar. 3 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field Value
ID 9892
Imported 2026-03-06 18:04:49.359634
Expedition ID JANE96301
Peak ID JANE
Year 1996
Season 3
Host Country 1
Route 1 E Face of E Smt
Route 2 -
Route 3 -
Route 4 -
Nationality Slovenia
Leaders Bojan Pockar
Sponsor Slovenian Kumbhakarna Expedition
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 -
Basecamp Date 1996-09-27
Summit Date -
Summit Time -
Summit Days 0
Total Days 20
Termination Date 1996-10-17
Termination Reason 6
Termination Notes Abandoned due to climber's disappearance on Kabru
High Point (m) 0
Traverse False
Ski False
Paraglide False
Camps 0
Fixed Rope (m) 0
Total Members 3
Summit Members 0
Member Deaths 2
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(27/09,5200m)
Route Notes BC at Yalung Glacier (100m below Kangchenjunga BC). On 30 Sept Pockar and Petric went to acclimatize on Kabru and reached 6000m and back to BC same day. 4 Oct went again to acclimatize on Kabru and sleep one night over 6000m. Left BC at 4:20 am for Kabru. Perdan saw them last through strong telephoto lens 12:30 pm at about 6000m. Later in afternoon cloudy and during night 20 cm snow fall; 5 Oct cloudy all day clear and could see small avalanche paths but seracs had not fallen. Climbers were not roped together. On 6th and thereafter no sighting of their bright clothing and green tent - mountain was white. Searched with binoculars and telephoto lens from different sides of mountain but absolutely nothing to be seen. Hoped they had for some reason gone down Sikkimese side, but this hope now abandoned. Did they fall? Were they smothered by snow collapsing their small tent? Perdan did no climbing, stayed at BC only. 14 Nov 96 - Viki Groselj, very experienced Slovene climber in Himalaya, said that he thinks Pockar and Petric probably made a mistake in choosing their acclimatization route. Groselj knows Kabru area well and believes that when there is much snowfall (avalanche there was on 4-5 October), there can be serious danger of climber setting off avalanching and being buried. It is likely this is what happened to Pockar and Petric, he said. Slovenians who died in climbing accidents: 1) Slavko Sveticic, July 95 (?) 2) Stane Belak, July 95 (?) 3) Miss Jasna Bratanic, Dec 95, Slovenian Mountains 4) Janko Plevel, Feb 96, Slovenian Mountains 5) Vanja Furlan (best Slovenian climber), July 96, Slovenian Mountains 6) Bojan Pockar, Jannu, Oct 96 7) Ziga Petric, Jannu, Oct 96
Accidents -
Achievement -
Agency Wilderness Experience
Commercial Route False
Standard Route False
Primary Route False
Primary Member False
Primary Reference False
Primary ID -
Checksum 3931
Year 1996
Summit Success False
O2 Summary None
Route (lowercase) e face of e smt

Members

3 recorded members.

Name Sex Year of Birth Citizenship Status Residence Occupation
Bojan Pockar M 1963 Slovenia Leader Ljubljana, Slovenia Forester & environmental consultant Details Other expeditions
Anda Perdan F 1952 Slovenia Climber Kranj, Slovenia Physician Details Other expeditions
Ziga Petric M 1971 Slovenia Climber Ljubljana, Slovenia Student of physical education Details Other expeditions

References

3 recorded references.

Expedition ID Journal Author Title Publisher Citation Yak 94
JANE96301 AAJ Perdan, Anda - - 71:304 (1997) -
JANE96301 HIGH - - - 175:83-84 (Jun 1997) -
JANE96301 - - http://publications.americanalpineclub.org/articles/12199730400/Asia-Nepal-Mount-Kabru-Attempt-and-Tragedy - - -