Jobo Rinjang | 2009

A Switzerland expedition to Jobo Rinjang in 2009, led by Stephane Schaffter. Summit reached on 22nd October 2009. 10 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field Value
ID 6663
Imported 2026-03-06 18:04:49.359634
Expedition ID JOBO09301
Peak ID JOBO
Year 2009
Season 3
Host Country 1
Route 1 -
Route 2 -
Route 3 -
Route 4 -
Nationality Switzerland
Leaders Stephane Schaffter
Sponsor Mountain Adventure Jobo Rinjang
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 France, Nepal, Pakistan
Approach -
Basecamp Date 2009-09-26
Summit Date 2009-10-22
Summit Time -
Summit Days 26
Total Days 29
Termination Date 2009-10-25
Termination Reason 12
Termination Notes -
High Point (m) 0
Traverse False
Ski False
Paraglide False
Camps 2
Fixed Rope (m) 0
Total Members 8
Summit Members 0
Member Deaths 0
Total Hired 2
Summit Hired 0
Hired Deaths 0
No Hired False
O2 Used False
O2 None True
O2 Climb False
O2 Descent False
O2 Sleep False
O2 Medical False
O2 Taken False
O2 Unknown True
Other Summits Climbed Pangbuk North (PANN-093-010 subpeak south-southwest of Jobo Rinjang on 22 Oct [ascent disputed]
Campsites BC(26/09,5128m),Pangbuk North(22/10,6589m)
Route Notes BC south of Lunag Glacier. The Swiss expedition's permit was for Jobo Rinjang, but since an American had scaled its main summit, Pt 6777m on the Schneider Khumbu map, Schaffter decided to change his objective to another peak in the same range, Lunag's West Summit, 6907m, west-northwest of Pt 6777m. BC was established on 26 September at 5128m on grass south of Lunag Glacier and due south of their summit. Their C1 was pitched on 11 October at the bottom of the ridge that leads north towards the summit (and then turns east towards Pt 6777m). From the 11th to the 16th, Carrard, Haeni, Schaffter, Dawa and Krishna Bahadur [Tamang] fixed 800m of rope and had made their route to 5800m on a glacier southeast of Lunag's west summit by the 16th. But there was a lot of rock fall in the area, and they decided to abandon the attempt to scale this Lunag peak. They now focused on an ascent of Pt 6589m [6478m on HMG-Finn map], which is south-southwest of the Lunag peaks, southwest of Jobo Rinjang's Pt 6777m and west-northwest of BC. For this climb, they pitched a new C1 south of the old C1 on the 17th. From the 17th to the 19th, they fixed 800m rope on this mountain also. They climbed 500m up a steep (60 degrees) snow couloir, then a 120-meters-high ice wall 80-degrees steep, next 80-85 degrees bare rock, and finally a snow ridge with cornices. On 22 October the summit party left their new C1 at 2:00 am. They were Carrard, Haeni, Schaffter, Vallot and the two Sherpas. When they reached 6150m, it was very cold and the members decided to move quickly in alpine style, leaving the Sherpas to go back to BC while the members continued to the summit, where they arrived at 2:10 pm. Schaffter went down to C1 while the three other members descended to BC; Schaffter was in BC the next day after the others had joined him at C1 to retrieve the camp's gear. [This ascent is disputed: see AAJ 88:64-71 (2014)]. On 24 October, all the members, including Apa and Abdul Karim, plus both Sherpas, climbed Pt 5777m, which was south of their BC, via its rocky NE Ridge. The purpose of this climb was to show Apa and Abdul Karim in action for the film Schaffter was making. The next day, the team left BC to return to Kathmandu. Sherpas: Dawa Sherpa, 7/2/78 (25/10/2034), Tashigaon, Makalu-5, no 8000ers Krishna Bahadur Tamang, 26/10/69 (10/6/2026) according to his citizenship certificate, Kanku, Everest X4
Accidents -
Achievement -
Agency Tenzing Asian Holidays
Commercial Route False
Standard Route False
Primary Route False
Primary Member False
Primary Reference False
Primary ID -
Checksum 2457586
Year 2009
Summit Success False
O2 Summary None
Route (lowercase) -

Members

10 recorded members.

Name Sex Year of Birth Citizenship Status Residence Occupation
Xavier Leon Carrard M 1970 Switzerland Climber Confignon, Geneva, Switzerland Alpine guide Details Other expeditions
Jerome Haeni M 1982 Switzerland Climber Geneva, Switzerland Alpine guide Details Other expeditions
Abdul Karim Majan M 1956 Pakistan Climber Hushe, Pakistan High altitude porter expedition & trekking leader Details Other expeditions
Stephane Charles Joseph Schaffter M 1953 Switzerland Leader Veyrier, Geneva, Switzerland Alpine guide Details Other expeditions
Apa (Appa) Sherpa M 1960 Nepal Climber Thami Og, Khumbu Professional alpinist Details Other expeditions
Vincent Colliard M 1986 France Member Guethary, Pyrenees-Atlantiques, France - Details Other expeditions
Mathieu Dardel M 1976 Switzerland Member Anieres, Geneva, Switzerland Landscaping Details Other expeditions
Guillaume Antoine Vallot M 1970 France Climber Grenoble, Isere, France Photo-journalist Details Other expeditions
Krishna Bahadur (Jeta) Tamang M 1968 Nepal H-A Worker Kanku-5, Solukhumbu - Details Other expeditions
Dawa Sherpa M - Nepal H-A Worker - - Details Other expeditions

References

5 recorded references.

Expedition ID Journal Author Title Publisher Citation Yak 94
JOBO09301 - - http://rencontre-des-himalayas.blogspot.com - - -
JOBO09301 AAJ Schaffter, Stephane - - 84:310-311 (2010) -
JOBO09301 AAJ Wright, Chris Purgation - 88:64-71 (2014) -
JOBO09301 - - http://publications.americanalpineclub.org/articles/13201212756/Purgation - - -
JOBO09301 - - http://publications.americanalpineclub.org/articles/12201031000/Jobo-Rinjang-6778m-South-Ridge-Attempt-Jobo-Rinjang-West-ca-6800m-Southwest-Pillar-Attempt-Mt-Antoine-LeCoultre-or-Jobo-LeCoultre-6478m-Northeast- - - -