Kangchenjunga | 2025 SW Face

A UK expedition to Kangchenjunga in 2025 via SW Face, led by Nirmal Purja. Summit reached on 10th May 2025. 29 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field Value
ID 11658
Imported 2026-03-06 18:04:49.359634
Expedition ID KANG25104
Peak ID KANG
Year 2025
Season 1
Host Country 1
Route 1 SW Face
Route 2 -
Route 3 -
Route 4 -
Nationality UK
Leaders Nirmal Purja
Sponsor Elite Kanchenjunga Expedition 2025
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 Andorra, Canada, China, Ecuador, France, Macedonia, Norway, Pakistan, Romania, Switzerland, USA
Approach -
Basecamp Date -
Summit Date 2025-05-10
Summit Time 1405
Summit Days 0
Total Days 0
Termination Date -
Termination Reason 1
Termination Notes -
High Point (m) 8586
Traverse False
Ski False
Paraglide False
Camps 4
Fixed Rope (m) 0
Total Members 16
Summit Members 15
Member Deaths 0
Total Hired 19
Summit Hired 14
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,C1,C2,C3,C4,Smt(10,18,23/05)
Route Notes Sirbaz Khan, Naila Kiani, Sasko Kedev, Wang Zhong, Hakon Aasvang and Maria Danila were clients of Imagine Nepal on the Elite Expeditions permit. Catherine Vulliez and Margareta Morin were Peak 15 Adventure clients on the Elite and SST permits. Sirbaz Khan - 28 May 2025 Approach: Drive to Ilam, Tseram, then Heli to BC. BC 13/05 5430m C1 -- C2 15/05 6300m (approx) C3 16/05 C4 17/05 Smt 18/05 by Sirbaz Khan w/o O2 or Sherpa. Smt 23/05 by Sirbaz Khan with team Imagine accompanying Naila Kiani and her Sherpa Ngima? The first summit push started from C4 at 9:30 pm on 17 May. Khan reached summit at 11:40 am on 18 May. Stayed on the summit about 30 minutes. Back to C4 around 8 pm slept there. Next day down to BC. Second summit: 0n 21 May BC to C3. On 22 May C4. Summit push started from C4 at 6:30 pm on 22 May with the team Imagine. They reached the summit at 6:20 am on 23 May. They stayed on summit for about 15 minutes then Khan back to BC around 8:30 pm and Kiani around 11:30 pm with her Sherpa. Khan had to go with Naila as one of her Sherpas got sick at the time of the summit push. Left BC on 24 May by Heli to Lukla. Oxygen: The second attempt Khan used O2 from C4 to smt to C4. By Sherpa none (??). Records: First Pakistani climber to summit without O2 all 14 peaks above 8000m and KANG twice in one season. First Pakistani female to complete 12th 8000er. Naila Kiani - 27 May 2025 Approach: Trekking to Tseram and then helicopter to BC BC 12/05 C1 -- C2 20/05 C3 21/05 C4 22/05 (3 hours rest) Smt 23/05 by Kiani and Dawa Sherpa at 6:10 am, and by Aasvang with Pemba Chhiri Sherpa and Maria Danila with Prem Tamang at 6:20 am. Team started summit push from C4 at 6:30 pm. Spent about 15 minutes on the summit and descended to BC the same day where they arrived at 11:30 pm. Left BC on 24/05 by helicopter. Oxygen: Taken and used from C3 to summit to C3 by Kiani and Dawa, Aasvang and Pemba Chhiri, and Maria Danila and Prem. Sasko Kedev - 26 May 2025 Approach: By heli from KTM to BC BC 18/05 C1 -- C2 16/05 C3 21/05 C4 22/05 Smt 23/05 by Kedev and Kili Sherpa at 6:30 am. Team started summit push from C4 at 7 pm on 22/05. They spent about 15 minutes on the summit and descended to C2 where they arrived at 5 pm. On 24/05 BC at 11 am. Left BC on 26/05 by helicopter. Oxygen: Taken and used from C3 to summit to C3 by Kedev and Kili. Hired: Kili Pemba Sherpa, Beding Dolakha, 15/05/1980 Catherine Vulliez - 24 May 2025 BC 16/04 5500m C2 23/04 6200m C3 07/05 6795m C4 08/05 7330m Smt 10/05 by Vulliez and Phurita Sherpa at 14:05 pm. Summit attempt on 09/05, but after one hour, we turned back because we were only 4 people and there was a lot of snow. Summit attempt on 10/05 by Vulliez and Margareta Morin. Vulliez and Purita spent 10 minutes on the summit. Good weather, no wind, a little warm. Morin didn't summit (turned back et around 8400m because too tired) and died when she was going down. Oxygen: From C4 and stopped in the descent in C4.
Accidents -
Achievement -
Agency Elite Exped
Commercial Route False
Standard Route True
Primary Route False
Primary Member False
Primary Reference False
Primary ID -
Checksum 2464316
Year 2025
Summit Success True
O2 Summary Used
Route (lowercase) sw face

Members

29 recorded members.

Name Sex Year of Birth Citizenship Status Residence Occupation
Nirmal Purja Pun Magar M 1983 UK/Nepal Leader Dana-3, Myagdi British army (retired) Details Other expeditions
Haakon Aasvang M 1970 Norway Climber Bergen, Norway - Details Other expeditions
Razvan Florian Barsan M 1981 Romania Climber Sinaia, Romania - Details Other expeditions
Maria Alexandra Danila F 1987 Romania Climber Bucharest, Romania IT product owner Details Other expeditions
Marie-Pier Desharnais F 1985 Canada Climber Doha, Qatar Business continuity leader Details Other expeditions
Sasko Kedev M 1962 Macedonia Climber Skopje, Macedonia Cardiologist Details Other expeditions
Sirbaz Khan M 1986 Pakistan Climber Ali Abad, Hunza, Pakistan Alpinist Details Other expeditions
Naila Kiani F 1986 Pakistan Climber Dubai, UAE - Details Other expeditions
Nikol Algerdos Kovalchuk F 1983 USA Climber Miami Beach, Florida - Details Other expeditions
Shehla Sheikh F 1977 USA Climber - - Details Other expeditions
Domenech Trastoy Diaz M 1981 Andorra Climber Sant Julia, Andorra Hotel owner Details Other expeditions
Mario Fernando Villagran Avendano M 1956 Ecuador Climber Ambato, Ecuador Industrial Details Other expeditions
Christine Vogondy F 1991 Switzerland Climber Winterthur, Zurich, Switzerland - Details Other expeditions
Catherine Marcelle Rosa Vulliez F 1966 France Climber Saint Jean d`Aulps, Haute-Savoie, France Chief operator of a chairlift Details Other expeditions
Zhong Wang M 1974 China Climber Sichuan, China - Details Other expeditions
Lopsang Bhote M 1982 Nepal H-A Worker Sirijangha, Taplejung - Details Other expeditions
Buddha Bahadur Gurung M 1996 Nepal H-A Worker Laprak, Gorkha - Details Other expeditions
Sandip Gurung M 1997 Nepal H-A Worker Laprak, Gorkha - Details Other expeditions
Kili Pemba (Kilu Pemba) Sherpa M 1980 Nepal H-A Worker Beding, Dolakha - Details Other expeditions
Lakpa Tenjen Sherpa M 2001 Nepal H-A Worker Makalu-Barun - Details Other expeditions
Lhakpa/Lakpa Sherpa M 1982 Nepal H-A Worker Rakha Bangdel-5, Khotang - Details Other expeditions
Mingma Tenji Sherpa M 2005 Nepal H-A Worker Makalu-2, Makalu-Barun - Details Other expeditions
Ngima Nuru Sherpa M 1995 Nepal H-A Worker Thami, Khumbu - Details Other expeditions
Pemba Chhiri Sherpa M 1972 Nepal H-A Worker Pawai-2, Solukhumbu - Details Other expeditions
Phuri Kitar Sherpa M 1997 Nepal H-A Worker Chaurikharka-6, Solukhumbu - Details Other expeditions
Phurita Sherpa M 1982 Nepal H-A Worker Thami, Khumbu - Details Other expeditions
Rinje Sherpa M 1995 Nepal H-A Worker Makalu-Barun - Details Other expeditions
Sandesh Sherpa M 1988 Nepal H-A Worker Siddha Pokhari, Kerabari, Makalu-Barun - Details Other expeditions
Prem Bahadur Tamang M 2001 Nepal H-A Worker Rubihali-5, Dhading - Details Other expeditions

References

0 recorded references.