Kang Guru | 1950 NW Ridge

A UK expedition to Kang Guru in 1950 via NW Ridge, led by H. W. Tilman. Summit reached on 6th July 1950. 10 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field Value
ID 2883
Imported 2026-03-06 18:04:49.359634
Expedition ID KGUR50201
Peak ID KGUR
Year 1950
Season 2
Host Country 1
Route 1 NW Ridge
Route 2 -
Route 3 -
Route 4 -
Nationality UK
Leaders H. W. Tilman
Sponsor British West Nepal Expedition
Success 1 False
Success 2 False
Success 3 False
Success 4 False
Ascent 1 -
Ascent 2 -
Ascent 3 -
Ascent 4 -
Claimed False
Disputed False
Countries New Zealand
Approach Manang->Kang La->Naurgaon->Kang Guru BC
Basecamp Date 1950-07-02
Summit Date 1950-07-06
Summit Time -
Summit Days 4
Total Days 5
Termination Date 1950-07-07
Termination Reason 10
Termination Notes -
High Point (m) 6275
Traverse False
Ski False
Paraglide False
Camps 2
Fixed Rope (m) 0
Total Members 6
Summit Members 0
Member Deaths 0
Total Hired 4
Summit Hired 0
Hired Deaths 0
No Hired False
O2 Used False
O2 None True
O2 Climb False
O2 Descent False
O2 Sleep False
O2 Medical False
O2 Taken False
O2 Unknown False
Other Summits Attempted Annapurna IV (ANN4-502-01); recon Annapurna II (ANN2-502-01) and Manaslu (MANA-502-01)
Campsites BC(02/07,5200m),C1(04/07,6000m),C2(05/07,6150m),xxx(06/07,6275m)
Route Notes Email from Packard to Salisbury - Jan 15, 2004 Sorry I couldn't be so prompt in my reply to your second email - but it has been interesting hunting through my old diaries of the trip! And would you believe it my diary is missing the pages between and Wednesday 5 July!!! I've reread Tilman's account, and that prompts my memory a little, as does my photo album. The whole lower mountain was climbed up slopes in persistent cloud, and there was no sense of a 'base' camp in ordinary climbing assault terms. A day and a halfs semi-fine weather at about 17,000 ft enabled us to dry out tents and clothes on the shaly moraine [Tilman's 2 July camp, and what you might term 'base camp']. From there we went up to 'Camp One' at about 19,700 ft, and thence, perforce a single tent 'Camp Two' was pitched at approx 20,200 ft on July 5. The next day, Emlyn Jones and I went on up only about 400 ft before retreating. You ask about Sherpas - the four with the expedition carried up to Camp One, but my memory is that only two of them carried up to Camp Two. The Kang Guru venture was conceived to be a light weight reconnaisance.
Accidents -
Achievement -
Agency -
Commercial Route -
Standard Route -
Primary Route False
Primary Member True
Primary Reference True
Primary ID ANN450201
Checksum 2436004
Year 1950
Summit Success False
O2 Summary None
Route (lowercase) nw ridge

Members

10 recorded members.

Name Sex Year of Birth Citizenship Status Residence Occupation
Harold William Tilman M 1898 UK Leader - - Details Other expeditions
Robert Charles Evans M 1918 UK Climber Liverpool, Merseyside, England Physician (surgeon) Details Other expeditions
John Hubert Emlyn Jones M 1915 UK Climber London, England Surveyor Details Other expeditions
William Percival (Bill) Packard M 1925 New Zealand Climber Oxford, England Geographer Details Other expeditions
Donald George Lowndes M 1899 UK Scientist Burley, Hampshire, England Botanist Details Other expeditions
James Owen Merion Roberts M 1916 UK Climber - Military officer Details Other expeditions
Da Namgyal Sherpa M 1925 Nepal H-A Worker Darjeeling, India (from Solukhumbu) - Details Other expeditions
Gyalgen Sherpa M 1915 Nepal Sirdar - - Details Other expeditions
Pa Norbu Sherpa M 1925 Nepal H-A Worker - - Details Other expeditions
Sarki Sherpa M 1920 Nepal H-A Worker - - Details Other expeditions

References

0 recorded references.