Kangchenjunga | 2013 SW Face

A Spain expedition to Kangchenjunga in 2013 via SW Face, led by Oscar Cadiach. Summit reached on 20th May 2013. 3 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field Value
ID 8087
Imported 2026-03-06 18:04:49.359634
Expedition ID KANG13108
Peak ID KANG
Year 2013
Season 1
Host Country 1
Route 1 SW Face
Route 2 -
Route 3 -
Route 4 -
Nationality Spain
Leaders Oscar Cadiach
Sponsor Port De Tarragona Kangchenjunga 2013
Success 1 True
Success 2 False
Success 3 False
Success 4 False
Ascent 1 101
Ascent 2 -
Ascent 3 -
Ascent 4 -
Claimed False
Disputed False
Countries -
Approach Taplejung
Basecamp Date 2013-04-06
Summit Date 2013-05-20
Summit Time 1600
Summit Days 44
Total Days 48
Termination Date 2013-05-24
Termination Reason 1
Termination Notes -
High Point (m) 8586
Traverse False
Ski False
Paraglide False
Camps 0
Fixed Rope (m) 0
Total Members 2
Summit Members 1
Member Deaths 0
Total Hired 4
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(06/04,5500m),C1(16/04,6140m),C2(17/04,6400m),C3(02/05,7000m),C4(19/05,7700m),Smt(20/05)
Route Notes BC 06 Apr 5500m C1 16 Apr 6140m C2 17 Apr 6400m C3 02 May 7000m C4 19 May 7700m (near crevasse) Smt 20 May by Cadiach, Nuri Sherpa at 4 pm. The team had put their C4 a bit higher than the normal C4 as Cadiach wanted to climb less than 1000m on summit day. Summit team and Rafols left C4 at 8 pm. Rafols reached 7900m, but had very cold feet and turned back at 10 pm. He descended to the lower C4 as the upper C4 was too exposed to rockfall. He stayed and waited for Cadiach. Cadiach and Nuri carried on to the summit. The teams using supplementary oxygen were ahead of him. Straightforward climb. He had two cups of coffee on the summit and stayed for 50 minutes to take pictures. On his descent, he saw Kim Hong-Bin from South Korea sitting on a rock at about 8300m. They continued down together. When they reached the fixed rope, he thought everyone was safe; however, he saw the bodies of the people who had fallen down near C4 and could not understand how that could have happened. He arrived at C4 at 3 am. Kim stayed in his tent, but left for his descent to BC before Cadiach. Cadiach packed up his C4 and descended to C3 on 21 May. He saw two dead bodies at about 7500m. On 22 May he descended to BC. Oxygen: Taken and used from C4 to summit to C4 by Nuri Cadiach not taken, not used Sherpa: Nuri Sherpa, Makalu
Accidents -
Achievement -
Agency Seven Summit Treks
Commercial Route False
Standard Route True
Primary Route False
Primary Member False
Primary Reference False
Primary ID -
Checksum 2458986
Year 2013
Summit Success True
O2 Summary Used
Route (lowercase) sw face

Members

3 recorded members.

Name Sex Year of Birth Citizenship Status Residence Occupation
Oscar Cadiach Puig M 1952 Spain Leader Tarragona City, Tarragona, Spain Alpine guide Details Other expeditions
Lluis Rafols Pujol M 1960 Spain Climber Avinyonet del Penedes, Barcelona, Spain Alpine guide Details Other expeditions
Nuri Sherpa M 1986 Nepal H-A Worker Goli-7, Solukhumbu - Details Other expeditions

References

0 recorded references.