Kangchenjunga | 2011 SW Face

A Turkey expedition to Kangchenjunga in 2011 via SW Face, led by Guntis Brands, Tunc Findik. Summit reached on 20th May 2011. 3 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field Value
ID 7103
Imported 2026-03-06 18:04:49.359634
Expedition ID KANG11101
Peak ID KANG
Year 2011
Season 1
Host Country 1
Route 1 SW Face
Route 2 -
Route 3 -
Route 4 -
Nationality Turkey
Leaders Guntis Brands, Tunc Findik
Sponsor Findik Kangchenjunga Expedition
Success 1 True
Success 2 False
Success 3 False
Success 4 False
Ascent 1 94th
Ascent 2 -
Ascent 3 -
Ascent 4 -
Claimed False
Disputed False
Countries Switzerland
Approach Helicopter to Tseram->Ramche
Basecamp Date 2011-04-13
Summit Date 2011-05-20
Summit Time 0920
Summit Days 37
Total Days 40
Termination Date 2011-05-23
Termination Reason 1
Termination Notes -
High Point (m) 8586
Traverse False
Ski False
Paraglide False
Camps 4
Fixed Rope (m) 0
Total Members 2
Summit Members 1
Member Deaths 0
Total Hired 1
Summit Hired 1
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(13/04,5500m),C1(29/05,6100m),C2(30/04,6450m),C3(17/05,7100m),C4(19/05,7500m),Smt(20/05)
Route Notes Findik and Dawa left C4 at 9:30 pm on 19 May. They reached top at 9:20 am of 20 May. They stayed on summit for 30 minutes. When they arrived two Indians and a Sherpa were just going down from the summit and Australian climber Falahey was also seen going down. Maria and Sangle were on summit after Findik. Both Findik and Dawa returned to C4 at 3 pm. They slept at C4 next day and then both went down to BC. The summit day weather was good, clear sky, no wind and warm day. Fellow climber of Findik Brands started from C4 at 8 pm on 19 May. He met Spanish climber Cadiach who was climbing without supplementary oxygen at about 8100m. Cadiach was not moving and was in bad shape. Brands passed him and returned from 8200m and gave Cadiach oxygen. At the beginning Cadiach refused to take oxygen, but Brands forced him to use it. Cadiach was trembling; with the help of oxygen Cadiach recovered energy and both came to C4 at 8:30 am. Next day Brands went down to C2 and following day to BC. Sherpas: Dawa Sherpa, 16/6/69, Tamakhani, Loding-9, Solu, Everest X6, Makalu X1
Accidents -
Achievement 1st Turk to summit
Agency Seven Summit Treks
Commercial Route False
Standard Route True
Primary Route False
Primary Member False
Primary Reference False
Primary ID -
Checksum 2458208
Year 2011
Summit Success True
O2 Summary Used
Route (lowercase) sw face

Members

3 recorded members.

Name Sex Year of Birth Citizenship Status Residence Occupation
Guntis Ivar Miko Brands M 1951 Switzerland Co-Leader Sarnen, Obwalden, Switzerland Financial advisor Details Other expeditions
Tunc Findik M 1972 Turkey Co-Leader Istanbul, Turkey Alpine guide & professional alpinist Details Other expeditions
Dawa Sherpa M 1969 Nepal H-A Worker Loding Tamakhani-9, Solukhumbu - Details Other expeditions

References

2 recorded references.

Expedition ID Journal Author Title Publisher Citation Yak 94
KANG11101 - - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kmGel9P8ekk - - -
KANG11101 - Findik, Tunc Altitude 8000 Tunc Findik Publications, Istanbul - -