Kangchenjunga | 2023 SW Face

A Norway expedition to Kangchenjunga in 2023 via SW Face, led by Kristin Harila. Summit reached on 18th May 2023. 3 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field Value
ID 11119
Imported 2026-03-06 18:04:49.359634
Expedition ID KANG23105
Peak ID KANG
Year 2023
Season 1
Host Country 1
Route 1 SW Face
Route 2 -
Route 3 -
Route 4 -
Nationality Norway
Leaders Kristin Harila
Sponsor Seven Summit Treks (SST) Kangchenjunga Exp 2023 (Kristin Harila)
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 -
Approach -
Basecamp Date 2023-05-16
Summit Date 2023-05-18
Summit Time 1245
Summit Days 2
Total Days 0
Termination Date -
Termination Reason 1
Termination Notes -
High Point (m) 8586
Traverse False
Ski False
Paraglide False
Camps 2
Fixed Rope (m) 0
Total Members 1
Summit Members 1
Member Deaths 0
Total Hired 2
Summit Hired 2
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(16/05),C2(16/05),C4(17/05),Smt(18/05)
Route Notes The story from Kangchenjunga, 8586m, May 18th 2023: We arrived at BC Kangchenjunga, the world’s 3rd highest mountain, after 2 days of rest in Kathmandu. The same day we arrived in BC, we climbed up to C2. I was happy to feel in good shape. It took us 4 hours up to C2 where we had a good rest. The following day, we climbed straight to C4. It was a long climb day of about 8 or 9 hours. At C4, we got a couple hours rest before the summit push. Lama started in front together with the fixing team. There were a lot of climbers in C4 that were ready to summit. I started out at 8:30 PM with Gelu Sherpa and put on oxygen when we left C4. After hours in pitch darkness, queuing with all the climbers, we realised we were on the wrong path. So, at 8200 meters, with everyone walking one after the other, we all had to turn around and walk back. This was stressful and difficult for all of us. Daylight came as we got back on the right track. However, there was no fixed rope on this path. We decided to go with a main rope, only 3 of us: Lama, Gelu and me, just attached to each other. It is harder to climb without fixed rope but we continued up even though we were all tired. We reached the summit at around 1 pm, after a 16-hour summit push. It was a super long push and an extremely hard mountain to climb with a lot of rocks. On the summit, we were welcomed with awesome weather! We filmed, took pictures and started to climb back down. On the way, we had an accident where Gelu hurt his leg. He decided to rest in C4 with the other climbers, while Lama and I continued to BC. After 28 hours we were down in BC. We had to wait an extra day for weather to clear for the helicopter to bring us to Lukla. This meant we could greet Gelu coming in to BC just one day after us. I am so grateful for Lama having the energy to climb up with me again. This last mountain has been very difficult for all of us mentally and physically and I can't express how thankful I am for his strength and his help. Thank you to my super strong sherpas Tenjen (Lama) Sherpa snd Gelu Sherpa from Seven Summit Treks.
Accidents -
Achievement -
Agency Seven Summit Treks
Commercial Route False
Standard Route True
Primary Route False
Primary Member False
Primary Reference False
Primary ID -
Checksum 2464491
Year 2023
Summit Success True
O2 Summary Used
Route (lowercase) sw face

Members

3 recorded members.

Name Sex Year of Birth Citizenship Status Residence Occupation
Kristin Harila F 1986 Norway Leader Vestre Jakobselv, Norway - Details Other expeditions
Gyalu Sherpa M 1978 Nepal H-A Worker Patle-2, Okhaldhunga - Details Other expeditions
Tenzing (Tenzen) Sherpa M 1987 Nepal H-A Worker Makalu-9, Makalu-Barun - Details Other expeditions

References

2 recorded references.

Expedition ID Journal Author Title Publisher Citation Yak 94
KANG23105 - - https://thehimalayantimes.com/nepal/kristin-harila-scales-kanchenjunga-completes-4-peaks-in-23-days - - -
KANG23105 - - https://explorersweb.com/harila-summits-kangchenjunga/ - - -