Kangchenjunga | 2025 SW Face
A India expedition to Kangchenjunga in 2025 via SW Face, led by Keval Kakka. Summit reached on 10th May 2025. 17 members recorded.
Expedition Details
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| ID | 11659 |
| Imported | 2026-03-06 18:04:49.359634 |
| Expedition ID | KANG25105 |
| Peak ID | KANG |
| Year | 2025 |
| Season | 1 |
| Host Country | 1 |
| Route 1 | SW Face |
| Route 2 | - |
| Route 3 | - |
| Route 4 | - |
| Nationality | India |
| Leaders | Keval Kakka |
| Sponsor | Pioneer Adventure 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 | S Africa, S Korea, UK, USA |
| Approach | - |
| Basecamp Date | - |
| Summit Date | 2025-05-10 |
| Summit Time | - |
| 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 | 12 |
| Summit Members | 4 |
| Member Deaths | 0 |
| Total Hired | 9 |
| Summit Hired | 5 |
| 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 | Report from Lukas Furtenbach: After Everest Rebecca Long and Benjamin Lieber together with Sange, Tashi and Pasang went to Kangchenjunga: May 23 Lukla to KBC by heli. May 24 KBC to C2 direct May 25 C2 to C3 May 26 C3 to C4 May 26 8 pm departure from C4 for summit May 27 C4 to KBC They turned around at 7800m due to dangerous wind loading at the entrance of the couloir. Waist deep with a wind slab on top. During the previous days it had snowed more than a foot and wind drifts were even deeper. They broke our own trail both up and down the mountain, digging up the ropes as we went. 7800m high point at 10:00 pm reached by: Sange Sherpa Tashi Sherpa Pasang Sherpa Rebecca Long Benjamin Lieber Departure from KBC to Kathmandu on morning of May 28. Oxygen used from C2. |
| Accidents | - |
| Achievement | - |
| Agency | Pioneer Adventure |
| 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
17 recorded members.
| Name | Sex | Year of Birth | Citizenship | Status | Residence | Occupation | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Keval Hiren Kakka | M | 1991 | India | Leader | Mumbai, India | Mountain Marks trekking company owner | Details Other expeditions |
| Piyali Basak | F | 1987 | India | Climber | Chandannagar, West Bengal, India | Salesperson for trekking equipment | Details Other expeditions |
| Ei-Chul Chung | M | 1972 | S Korea | Climber | Tokyo, Japan | Coffee shop owner | Details Other expeditions |
| Philip James (Phil) Crampton | M | 1970 | UK | Climber | Woodstock, New York | Alpine guide | Details Other expeditions |
| Satish Raveendra Babu Gogineni | M | 1982 | India | Climber | Hyderabad, Telangana, India | - | Details Other expeditions |
| Sunil Kumar | M | 1991 | India | Climber | Karnal, Haryana, India | - | Details Other expeditions |
| Benjamin Edward Lieber | M | 1994 | USA | Climber | Anchorage, Alaska | Alpine guide | Details Other expeditions |
| Rebecca Long | F | 1993 | USA | Climber | Boston, Massachusetts | Banker | Details Other expeditions |
| Asher Perez | M | 1992 | USA | Climber | - | - | Details Other expeditions |
| Qaisra Yasmin Saeed-Katdare | F | 1971 | USA/Pakistan | Climber | Guttenberg, New Jersey | Physician | Details Other expeditions |
| Rusty Joe Schlessman | M | 1976 | USA | Climber | Timonium, Maryland | Hospital administrator in Dubai | Details Other expeditions |
| Gavin Syndercombe | M | 1967 | S Africa | Climber | Zaf, S Africa | - | Details Other expeditions |
| Chhangwa Sherpa | M | 1984 | Nepal | H-A Worker | Makalu-5, Makalu-Barun | - | Details Other expeditions |
| Chhatemba Sherpa | M | 1993 | Nepal | H-A Worker | Makalu-Barun | - | Details Other expeditions |
| Chheten Tashi Sherpa | M | 1982 | Nepal | H-A Worker | Lelep, Taplejung | - | Details Other expeditions |
| Nima Tashi Sherpa | M | 2000 | Nepal | H-A Worker | Makalu-2, Makalu-Barun | - | Details Other expeditions |
| Sanu Sherpa | M | 1975 | Nepal | H-A Worker | Walung, Makalu-9, Makalu-Barun | - | Details Other expeditions |
References
1 recorded references.
| Expedition ID | Journal | Author | Title | Publisher | Citation | Yak 94 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| KANG25105 | - | - | https://everestchronicle.com/sanu-sherpa-nears-historic-triple-summit-of-all-8000-meter-peaks | - | - | - |