Kangchenjunga | 2022 SW Face

A Canada expedition to Kangchenjunga in 2022 via SW Face, led by John Gill. Summit reached on 9th May 2022. 20 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field Value
ID 10824
Imported 2026-03-06 18:04:49.359634
Expedition ID KANG22104
Peak ID KANG
Year 2022
Season 1
Host Country 1
Route 1 SW Face
Route 2 -
Route 3 -
Route 4 -
Nationality Canada
Leaders John Gill
Sponsor Grand Himalaya Treks Kangchenjunga Expedition 2022
Success 1 True
Success 2 False
Success 3 False
Success 4 False
Ascent 1 -
Ascent 2 -
Ascent 3 -
Ascent 4 -
Claimed False
Disputed False
Countries Australia, India, Netherlands, Romania, USA
Approach Flight to Taplejung, trekking to BC
Basecamp Date 2022-04-21
Summit Date 2022-05-09
Summit Time -
Summit Days 18
Total Days 21
Termination Date 2022-05-12
Termination Reason 1
Termination Notes -
High Point (m) 8586
Traverse False
Ski False
Paraglide False
Camps 4
Fixed Rope (m) 0
Total Members 12
Summit Members 7
Member Deaths 0
Total Hired 15
Summit Hired 8
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(21/04,5500m),C1(24/04,6200m),C2(25/04,6220m),C3(07/05,6900m),C4(08/05,7350m),Smt(09/05)
Route Notes BC 21/04 5500m C1 24/04 6200m C2 25/04 6220m C3 07/05 6900m C4 08/05 7350m Smt 09/05 by Gill, Thammineni, Potter, Lhakpa Sherpa, Pemba Chhiring at 8 am, Van de Kolk, Akash Rai at 8:54 am, Boogaard, Pemba Nuru, Lhakpa Chhiring at 9:55 am, Mastan, Pasang Sherpa at 10:25 am. First summit team (Tulpan, Mastan, Kumar, Bushan) left at 6 pm on 08/05 and the second summit team (Potter, Gill, Von de Kolk, Boogaard, Thammineni) left at 8 pm. Straightforward climb. The ropes were fixed by Pioneer Adventures; however, in the summit section there was partially old rope as Pioneer only fixed to 8400m. The rest was from the previous year. Weather was warm and clear, but around 9 am the weather got cloudy. On the ascent Boogaard was hit by a piece of ice in his left eye, which turned him temporarily blind but he continued. The summiters spend about 10 minutes on the summit, but it was very windy and cloudy. On the descent, at about 8400m, Boogaard tumbled down for about 30m. He was followed by a rock that also tumbled down and hit him in the face. He was hit on the head and he was bleeding heavily. Lhakpa and Pemba helped him and they lowered him down. However, Boogaard got too cold and he decided to continue on his own feet with their help. He was still suffering from blindness due to the ice that hit him on the ascent and the Sherpa gave him directions. They reached C4 at midnight. On 10/05, the trio descended to C3, where they arrived at 3 pm. They spent one hour there and continued to C2 at 11 pm. On 11/05, he was rescued by helicopter and taken to Kathmandu. He went to ERA hospital for four days. He got stitches on his forehead and his eyelid which was torn. The rest of the team descended to C2 after the summit, where they arrived at around 8 am. On 10/05 everyone was down at BC. Left BC on 12/05 by helicopter. People who did not reach the summit: Tulpan reached about 7900m, but did not feel confident enough to continue. He descended to C3. Kumar and Bushan reached about 8000m; however, they both had cerebral edema and descended at about 3 am. Their Sherpas (Lhakpa Sherpa and Jangbu Sherpa) helped them down to C4, where they arrived 10 am. They spent the day at C4 and descended with help to C2 on 10/05. They spent another day at C2 and were rescued by helicopter on 11/05 and taken to hospital in Kathmandu. They both recovered. Krishnan reached BC on 21/04 and two days later he woke up with pink foam on his mouth. He was helicoptered out of BC on 24/04. He had summited Annapurna 1 previously with Peak Promotion. Gullamarusu reached BC on 21/04. He had contracted UTI on the trek in and was not well. He left BC on 12/05 and never climbed out of BC. Oxygen: Taken and used from C4 to top to C4 by members and Sherpas.
Accidents Fall by Boogaard
Achievement -
Agency Grand Himalaya Treks
Commercial Route False
Standard Route True
Primary Route False
Primary Member False
Primary Reference False
Primary ID -
Checksum 2463936
Year 2022
Summit Success True
O2 Summary Used
Route (lowercase) sw face

Members

20 recorded members.

Name Sex Year of Birth Citizenship Status Residence Occupation
John Michael Gill M 1989 Canada Leader North Vancouver, British Colombia Web developer Details Other expeditions
Vinay Bhushan M 1983 India Climber Navi Mumbai, India Defence Services Details Other expeditions
Pieter Johannes Boogaard M 1960 Netherlands Climber Oegstgeest, Netherlands Toxicologist Details Other expeditions
Suresh Babu Gullamarusu M 1998 India Climber Kurnool, Andhra Pradesh, India Student Details Other expeditions
Satyadeep Gupta M 1985 India Climber Puranpur, Uttar Pradesh, India - Details Other expeditions
Jason Terence Krishnan M 1970 Australia Climber Point Clare, NSW, Australia Alpinist & business owner Details Other expeditions
Amit Kumar M 1984 India Climber Lucknow, UP, India - Details Other expeditions
Catalin Mastan M 1981 Romania Climber Otopeni, Romania Teacher Details Other expeditions
Eli N. Potter M 1977 USA Climber Anchorage, Alaska Alpine guide & carpenter Details Other expeditions
Bharath Thammineni M 1989 India Climber Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India Alpinist Details Other expeditions
Teodor-Petru Tulpan M 1971 Romania Climber Sibiu, Romania Mountain rescue expert Details Other expeditions
Arie Van de Kolk M 1989 Netherlands Climber Gelderland, Netherlands Marines mountain leader Details Other expeditions
Akash Rai M 1993 Nepal H-A Worker Gudel-2, Solukhumbu - Details Other expeditions
Jangbu Sherpa M 1990 Nepal H-A Worker Waku-4, Solukhumbu - Details Other expeditions
Lakpa Chhiring Sherpa M 1994 Nepal H-A Worker Lelep-8, Taplejung - Details Other expeditions
Lhakpa Sherpa M 1978 Nepal H-A Worker Zarok, Namche, Khumbu - Details Other expeditions
Ngawang Paljor Sherpa M 1997 Nepal H-A Worker Khumbu Pasang Lhamu-2, Solukhumbu - Details Other expeditions
Pasang Sherpa M 1974 Nepal H-A Worker Zarok, Khumbu - Details Other expeditions
Pemba Chhiring Sherpa M 1986 Nepal H-A Worker Lelep-8, Taplejung - Details Other expeditions
Pemba Nuru Sherpa M 1992 Nepal H-A Worker Chaurikharka-2, Khumbu - Details Other expeditions

References

2 recorded references.

Expedition ID Journal Author Title Publisher Citation Yak 94
KANG22104 - - https://explorersweb.com/kangchenjunga-summits-2/ - - -
KANG22104 - - https://www.dutcheverest.nl/category/kangchenjunga-2022/ - - -