Jannu | 1998 S Ridge (French 1962, Spanish 1981 rtes)

A Russia expedition to Jannu in 1998 via S Ridge (French 1962, Spanish 1981 rtes), led by Lev Ioffe. Summit reached on 6th May 1998. 6 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field Value
ID 2641
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Expedition ID JANU98101
Peak ID JANU
Year 1998
Season 1
Host Country 1
Route 1 S Ridge (French 1962, Spanish 1981 rtes)
Route 2 -
Route 3 -
Route 4 -
Nationality Russia
Leaders Lev Ioffe
Sponsor US-Russian Jannu 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 USA
Approach -
Basecamp Date 1998-04-16
Summit Date 1998-05-06
Summit Time -
Summit Days 20
Total Days 23
Termination Date 1998-05-09
Termination Reason 4
Termination Notes Abandoned at 6500m due to bad weather and shortage of manpower
High Point (m) 6500
Traverse False
Ski False
Paraglide False
Camps 4
Fixed Rope (m) 400
Total Members 6
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(16/04,4500m),C1(18/04,4800m),C2(19/04,5400m),C3(25/04,6000m),C4(03/05,6400m),xxx(06/05,6500m)
Route Notes BC at Yamatori Glacier (standard French BC) C1 at junction of Yamatori and side glacier C2 on side glacier (same site as Spanish 1981) C4 near 6500m peak High point traversing towards Dentella Peak. After C4 made, leader and then another member Levachenko became sick (bronchitis) and some descended with Ioffe, so teams strength decreased and at same time weather bad every afternoon with little visability. In 4 weeks only one day of no snowfall. From C4 route crossed a few crevasse but gained little altitude as they traversed below ridge.
Accidents Nothing very serious but Ioffe had to stop climb
Achievement -
Agency Wilderness Experience
Commercial Route -
Standard Route -
Primary Route False
Primary Member False
Primary Reference False
Primary ID -
Checksum 2453360
Year 1998
Summit Success False
O2 Summary None
Route (lowercase) s ridge (french 1962, spanish 1981 rtes)

Members

6 recorded members.

Name Sex Year of Birth Citizenship Status Residence Occupation
Andrei Alexandrov M 1961 Russia Climber Krasnodar, Russia Engineer Details Other expeditions
Lev B. Ioffe M 1958 Russia Leader Highland Park, New Jersey Physics professor Details Other expeditions
Valeri Bagov M 1958 Russia Climber Karolov, Moscow, Russia Engineer Details Other expeditions
Dmitry Freitor M 1969 Russia Climber Kendall Park, New Jersey Software engineer Details Other expeditions
Vadim Kalmeyer M 1961 USA Climber Menlo Park, California Software engineer Details Other expeditions
David Levachenko M 1964 Russia Climber Moscow, Russia Geologist Details Other expeditions

References

1 recorded references.

Expedition ID Journal Author Title Publisher Citation Yak 94
JANU98101 HIGH - - - 193:23-24 (Dec 1998) -