Kangchenjunga | 2008 SW Face

A India expedition to Kangchenjunga in 2008 via SW Face, led by Satish Chander Nair. Summit reached on 25th May 2008. 17 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field Value
ID 6031
Imported 2026-03-06 18:04:49.359634
Expedition ID KANG08101
Peak ID KANG
Year 2008
Season 1
Host Country 1
Route 1 SW Face
Route 2 -
Route 3 -
Route 4 -
Nationality India
Leaders Satish Chander Nair
Sponsor Indian Border Security Forces (BSF) Expedition 2008 Mt Kangchenjunga
Success 1 True
Success 2 False
Success 3 False
Success 4 False
Ascent 1 71st
Ascent 2 -
Ascent 3 -
Ascent 4 -
Claimed False
Disputed False
Countries -
Approach From India entered at Kakarvitta->Taplejung
Basecamp Date 2008-04-16
Summit Date 2008-05-25
Summit Time 1255
Summit Days 39
Total Days 44
Termination Date 2008-05-30
Termination Reason 1
Termination Notes -
High Point (m) 8586
Traverse False
Ski False
Paraglide False
Camps 4
Fixed Rope (m) 6200
Total Members 12
Summit Members 5
Member Deaths 0
Total Hired 10
Summit Hired 5
Hired Deaths 0
No Hired False
O2 Used True
O2 None False
O2 Climb True
O2 Descent False
O2 Sleep False
O2 Medical False
O2 Taken False
O2 Unknown False
Other Summits -
Campsites BC(16/04,5224m),C1(20/04,6579m),C2(29/04,6674m),C3(09/05,7254m),C4(16/05,7591m),Smt(25/05)
Route Notes C3 at Great Shelf C4 just above Great Shelf. BSF Expedition 2008 Mt. Kangchenjunga led by Satish Chander Nair - 8 June 2008 The expedition's summit push was made by five members and five Sherpas who started from BC on 18 May. They were Bounthiyal, Dahal, Dharmshaktu, Praveen Kumar, Kedar Singh, Pasang Sherpa, Ngata Sherpa, Dawa Jangbu, Sangay Furi and Lhakpa Sherpa. They went to C2 on the 18th, C3 on the 19th, and 21st to C4, where they waited for oxygen and other supplies to be brought up to them from C3. On 24 May at 11:00 pm the ten climbers left C4 for the summit and all of them reached the top between 12:55 and 1:00 pm on the 25th. They returned to C4 at 8:00 pm, were in C2 on the 26th and BC on the 27th. The expedition fixed 6200m of rope from the first ice wall just above BC to slightly below the col between Yalung Kang and Kangchenjunga's main peak, at which point the climbers traversed to the right on Kangchenjunga's SW Face and thence to the summit. They had 42 bottles of oxygen with them. It was used by only the summit party in their push from C3 to the top to C4. All of them used it. Sherpas: Dawa Jangbu, 18/1/80 (4/10/2036), Tamakhani-8, Solu, no 8000ers Pasang Sherpa, 27/4/78 (4/1/2035), Lelep-8, Taplejung, no 8000ers Ngata Sherpa, 2/2/76 (9/10/2032), Lelep-9, Everest 23/5/07 Lhakpa Sherpa, 26/11/82 (11/8/2039), Rakha Bangdel-5, Khotang, no 8000ers Sangay Phuri/Furi, 24/11/70 (9/8/2027), Makalu-9, no 8000ers
Accidents -
Achievement -
Agency Gateway to the Himalaya
Commercial Route False
Standard Route True
Primary Route False
Primary Member False
Primary Reference False
Primary ID -
Checksum 2457115
Year 2008
Summit Success True
O2 Summary Used
Route (lowercase) sw face

Members

17 recorded members.

Name Sex Year of Birth Citizenship Status Residence Occupation
Kamlesh Kumar Bounthiyal M 1969 India Climber Gounchaket, Puri Garhwal, Uttarakhand, India Sergeant major in BSF (Border Security Force), posted headquarters Details Other expeditions
Pritam Chand M 1981 India Climber Amarpur, Hamirpur, HP, India Constable in BSF headquarters Details Other expeditions
Manoj Dahal M 1979 India Climber New Delhi, India Constable in BSF headquarters Details Other expeditions
Loveraj Singh Dharmshaktu M 1973 India Climber Bouna, Pithoragarh, Uttarakhand, India Inspector in BSF headquarters Details Other expeditions
Praveen Kumar M 1977 India Climber Latehra, Mandi, HP, India Constable in BSF headquarters Details Other expeditions
Rakesh Kumar M 1976 India Climber Koi, Dehra, HP, India Constable in BSF headquarters Details Other expeditions
Praveen Singh Lohia M 1975 India Climber Sari, Kangra, HP, India Head constable in BSF headquarters Details Other expeditions
Satish Chander Nair M 1960 India Leader Mannankara, Chira, Tirulalla, Kerala, India Assistant commandant in BSF headquarters Details Other expeditions
Rudra Singh Negi M 1978 India Climber Pokhara, Chamdi, Uttarakhand, India Assistant commandant in BSF headquarters Details Other expeditions
Koneru Surya Nageshwara Rao M 1970 India Climber Thurpu Kamma Palem, Andhra Pradesh, India Constable in BSF headquarters Details Other expeditions
Kedar Singh Koranga M 1976 India Climber Devali, Uttaranchal, India Constable in BSF headquarters Details Other expeditions
Naresh Singh M 1956 India Deputy Leader Chaunli, Uttarakhand, India Inspector in BSF headquarters Details Other expeditions
Dawa Jangbu Sherpa M 1980 Nepal H-A Worker Tamakhani-8, Solukhumbu - Details Other expeditions
Pasang Sherpa M 1978 Nepal H-A Worker Gyabla, Lelep-8, Taplejung - Details Other expeditions
Ngata (Nada) Sherpa M 1976 Nepal H-A Worker Ghunsa, Lelep-9, Taplejung - Details Other expeditions
Sangay Phuri (Sangay Furi) Sherpa M 1970 Nepal H-A Worker Makalu-9, Makalu-Barun - Details Other expeditions
Lhakpa/Lakpa Sherpa M 1982 Nepal H-A Worker Rakha Bangdel-5, Khotang - Details Other expeditions

References

0 recorded references.