Kangchenjunga | 2011 SW Face

A India expedition to Kangchenjunga in 2011 via SW Face, led by Basanta Kumar Singha Roy. Summit reached on 20th May 2011. 5 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field Value
ID 7169
Imported 2026-03-06 18:04:49.359634
Expedition ID KANG11109
Peak ID KANG
Year 2011
Season 1
Host Country 1
Route 1 SW Face
Route 2 -
Route 3 -
Route 4 -
Nationality India
Leaders Basanta Kumar Singha Roy
Sponsor Bengal Kangchenjunga Expedition 2011
Success 1 True
Success 2 False
Success 3 False
Success 4 False
Ascent 1 87th
Ascent 2 -
Ascent 3 -
Ascent 4 -
Claimed False
Disputed False
Countries -
Approach See route details
Basecamp Date 2011-04-13
Summit Date 2011-05-20
Summit Time 0745
Summit Days 37
Total Days 41
Termination Date 2011-05-24
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 2
Member Deaths 0
Total Hired 3
Summit Hired 3
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(20/04,6200m),C2(29/04,6400m),C3(14/05,7000m),C4(16/05,7600m),Smt(20/05)
Route Notes Approach: Medi Bung->Sunga->Khewang->Yamphudin->Toradin->Tseram->Ramche-> Yalung BC Biswas, Singha Roy, Nga Tashi, Pasang Phutar and Pemba Chhoti started their summit bid at 17:15 hours on 19 May and got to the top at 7:45 hours on 20 May. The team stayed on summit for 90 minutes and descended to C4 at 20:30 hours. On 21 May they went down to C2 and on 22 May to BC. The members did not come to Kathmandu. Sherpas: Pasang Phutar, 3/7/61 (20/14/2037), Yaphu-9 Pemba Chuti (Chhoti), 15/7/73 (06/09/2030), Yaphu-9 Nga Tashi, 4/10/80 (18/6/2037), Yaphu-9
Accidents -
Achievement -
Agency Loben Expeditions
Commercial Route False
Standard Route True
Primary Route False
Primary Member False
Primary Reference False
Primary ID -
Checksum 2458253
Year 2011
Summit Success True
O2 Summary Used
Route (lowercase) sw face

Members

5 recorded members.

Name Sex Year of Birth Citizenship Status Residence Occupation
Debasish Biswas M 1971 India Climber Kolkata (Calcutta), India Income tax department staff member Details Other expeditions
Basanta Kumar Singha Roy M 1961 India Leader Kolkata (Calcutta), India Bank staff member Details Other expeditions
Pasang Phutar Sherpa M 1961 Nepal H-A Worker Yaphu-9, Makalu-Barun - Details Other expeditions
Nga Tashi Sherpa M 1980 Nepal H-A Worker Yaphu-9, Makalu-Barun - Details Other expeditions
Pemba Chhuti (Pemba Chhoti) Sherpa M 1973 Nepal H-A Worker Yaphu-9, Makalu-Barun - Details Other expeditions

References

1 recorded references.

Expedition ID Journal Author Title Publisher Citation Yak 94
KANG11109 IM Singha Roy, Basanta Kangchenjunga - 47:70-79 (2011) -