Kangchenjunga | 2009 SW Face

A Spain expedition to Kangchenjunga in 2009 via SW Face, led by Edurne Pasaban. Summit reached on 18th May 2009. 7 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field Value
ID 6455
Imported 2026-03-06 18:04:49.359634
Expedition ID KANG09105
Peak ID KANG
Year 2009
Season 1
Host Country 1
Route 1 SW Face
Route 2 -
Route 3 -
Route 4 -
Nationality Spain
Leaders Edurne Pasaban
Sponsor Al Filo de lo Impossible Kangchenjunga
Success 1 True
Success 2 False
Success 3 False
Success 4 False
Ascent 1 76th
Ascent 2 -
Ascent 3 -
Ascent 4 -
Claimed False
Disputed False
Countries -
Approach -
Basecamp Date 2009-04-16
Summit Date 2009-05-18
Summit Time 1345
Summit Days 32
Total Days 35
Termination Date 2009-05-21
Termination Reason 1
Termination Notes -
High Point (m) 8586
Traverse False
Ski False
Paraglide False
Camps 4
Fixed Rope (m) 500
Total Members 6
Summit Members 4
Member Deaths 0
Total Hired 4
Summit Hired 1
Hired Deaths 0
No Hired False
O2 Used True
O2 None False
O2 Climb False
O2 Descent True
O2 Sleep False
O2 Medical False
O2 Taken False
O2 Unknown False
Other Summits -
Campsites BC(16/04,5500m),C1(20/04,6100m),C2(25/04,6600m),C3(28/04,7100m),C4(17/05,7700m),Smt(18/05)
Route Notes C1 above 1st Icefall C2 at Great Shelf. The successful summiters left C4 for the top at 2:00 am on 18th May. On the final part of their route, at 50-100m below the col between Yalung Kang and the main summit, they turned right together and moved up the SW Face of the main summit to about 8300m and again turned right to get to the top; from here, the members separated as they climbed on "tricky rocks." Latorre was the fastest and summited at 1:45 pm. Izagirre got there at 4:00 pm, Oiarazabal at 4:30 pm and Pasaban with Jangbu at between 5:30 and 6:00 pm. All of them returned to C4. Latorre waited at 8400m at least an hour to see what happened to the others, then went down to C4 at 9:30-10:00 pm. The others turned up there at about midnight. Chicon had been a member of the summit party, but was exhausted when he reached 8500m and stopped there. He went down to C4 with Latorre. On the next day 19 May, Pasaban, Chicon, and Jangbu descended only to C3. Both were very tired. All the others went to C2 that day. Everyone was in BC on the 20th. The team did not take oxygen with them, but Pasaban and Chicon borrowed some from other teams and used it from C3 to C2. Both had slightly frostbitten fingers are and were exhausted. The other member with health problems was Egocheaga, who reached C4, got pneumonia and cracked some ribs from coughing very hard, and had to retreat. Sherpas: Jangbu Sherpa, 19/9/79 (3/6/2036), Kharikhola, Solu, Everest X3 Ferran Latorre on Kangchenjunga summits (via Eberhard Jurgalski) - 2 Feb 2010 "From the Spanish people, only four of us summited: first myself, after Asier Izaguirre, Juanito Oiarzábal and Edurne Pasaban, together with one Sherpa (the other Sherpa from our team, turned around about 8400m). Finally, Kinga Baranowska topped about half hour after Edurne. I topped about 3 hours before of my friends and went down till 8400m, the place I call 'Bivouac stone', where I waited to watch out my friends. Coque Lasa and Patxi turned around on the Bivouac stone. Alex Txicon unfortunately turned around few meters before the Rappel and came down to my position to watch out our friends. Juanjo Garra, who was climbing together with Kinga Baranowska, turned around just before the Rappel, when they crossed at that point with Edurne's team who was going down from summit. In a slow walk, the Rappel is about 20-30 minutes from summit. Kinga followed alone to the summit. She has very good footage from the summit. She really was tough to follow alone so late!"
Accidents Both Pasaban and Chicon had slightly frostbitten fingers & were exhausted; Egocheaga got pneumonia & cracked some ribs from coughing very hard
Achievement -
Agency Thamserku Trekking
Commercial Route False
Standard Route True
Primary Route False
Primary Member False
Primary Reference False
Primary ID -
Checksum 2457474
Year 2009
Summit Success True
O2 Summary Used
Route (lowercase) sw face

Members

7 recorded members.

Name Sex Year of Birth Citizenship Status Residence Occupation
Jon Alexander (Alex) Chicon Navarez M 1981 Spain Climber Lemona, Vizcaya, Spain Iron worker Details Other expeditions
Jorge Egocheaga Rodriguez M 1968 Spain Climber Oviedo, Asturias, Spain Physician Details Other expeditions
Fernando (Ferran) Latorre Torres M 1970 Spain Climber Vic, Barcelona, Spain Cameraman Details Other expeditions
Asier Izagirre Pasaban M 1972 Spain Climber San Sebastian, Guipuzcoa, Spain Technician Details Other expeditions
Juan Eusebio (Juanito) Oiarzabal Urteaga M 1956 Spain Climber Vitoria-Gasteiz, Alava, Spain Alpine guide Details Other expeditions
Edurne Pasaban Lizarribar F 1973 Spain Leader Tolosa, Guipuzcoa, Spain Engineer Details Other expeditions
Jangbu Sherpa M 1979 Nepal H-A Worker Kharikhola, Solukhumbu - Details Other expeditions

References

1 recorded references.

Expedition ID Journal Author Title Publisher Citation Yak 94
KANG09105 - - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yt7Yw9PXkJA - - -