Khatang | 1988 NE Ridge

A UK expedition to Khatang in 1988 via NE Ridge, led by Mike Davison. Summit reached on 28th October 1988. 10 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field	Value
ID	862
Imported	2026-03-06 18:04:49.359634
Expedition ID	KHAT88301
Peak ID	KHAT
Year	1988
Season	3
Host Country	1
Route 1	NE Ridge
Route 2	-
Route 3	-
Route 4	-
Nationality	UK
Leaders	Mike Davison
Sponsor	Himalayan Venture 1988 - British Expedition to Khatang
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	-
Approach	Tried N of Thanga a trail that does not exist->Lumding Kharke
Basecamp Date	1988-10-21
Summit Date	1988-10-28
Summit Time	-
Summit Days	7
Total Days	10
Termination Date	1988-10-31
Termination Reason	5
Termination Notes	Abandoned at 6100m due to bad snow conditions and lack of time
High Point (m)	6100
Traverse	False
Ski	False
Paraglide	False
Camps	0
Fixed Rope (m)	0
Total Members	10
Summit Members	0
Member Deaths	0
Total Hired	0
Summit Hired	0
Hired Deaths	0
No Hired	True
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	-
Campsites	TempBC(21/10,4200m),BC(23/10,4100m),ABC(24/10,4800m),Biv(25/10,5700m),xxx(28/10,6100m)
Route Notes	BC northwest of Lumding Kharka ABC Tsho Og lake Biv in icefall. Arrived BC 8 days late because porters deserted them. Sirdar got onto track that didn't exist and had find the way through rhododendron forest. After BC did a recce of SE Ridge and found did not have time and resources for ridge with 300m rock step which was too formidable for present expedition, so turned attention to NE Ridge. 25th Oct recce icefall to 5000m. 27th Oct 4 left ABC and camped at 5450m, 28th on to col at foot of ridge at 5720m and started to find Swiss ropes and went on up 45-50 degrees steep ridge mostly snow, at first quite good snow but became unconsolidated sugar. Got to 6100m at 2:30 pm in slow going and no site for camping and slight chance of completing ridge to top next day, so down to ABC. Another team went through icefall on 29th intending to put camp at col, which they reached on 30th and hacked out ice platform for a tent and spent night there. 31st on up ridge but encountered same problem when snow powdered and no protection possible; got to just little below 6100m and gave up. Climbing finished and all down to BC by 2 Nov. Very difficult ridge for alpine-style ascent.
Accidents	None except illness of Coulthard before BC
Achievement	1st British attempt
Agency	Sherpa Cooperative Trekking (SCT)
Commercial Route	-
Standard Route	-
Primary Route	False
Primary Member	False
Primary Reference	-
Primary ID	-
Checksum	2450036
Year	1988
Summit Success	False
O2 Summary	None
Route (lowercase)	ne ridge

Members

Field	Value
ID	15583
Imported	2026-03-06 18:06:05.675609
Expedition ID	KHAT88301
Member ID	03
Peak ID	KHAT
Year	1988
Season	3
First Name	Jon
Last Name	Beattie
Sex	M
Age	0
Birth Date	-
Year of Birth	1959
Calculated Age	29
Citizenship	UK
Status	Climber
Residence	Forres, Moray, Scotland
Occupation	Sergeant
Leader	False
Deputy	False
Basecamp Only	False
Not to BC	False
Support	False
Disabled	False
Hired	False
Sherpa	False
Tibetan	False
Summit Success	False
Claimed	False
Disputed	False
Solo	False
Traverse	False
Ski	False
Paraglide	False
Speed	-
High Point (m)	True
Personal High Point (m)	6100
Summit Date 1	1988-10-28
Summit Date 2	-
Summit Date 3	-
Summit Time 1	-
Summit Time 2	-
Summit Time 3	-
Route 1	1
Route 2	0
Route 3	0
Ascent 1	0
Ascent 2	0
Ascent 3	0
O2 Used	False
O2 None	True
O2 Climb	False
O2 Descent	False
O2 Sleep	False
O2 Medical	False
O2 Notes	-
Death	False
Death Date	-
Death Time	-
Death Type	0
Death Height (m)	0
Death Class	0
AMS	False
Weather	False
Injury	False
Injury Date	-
Injury Time	-
Injury Type	0
Injury Height (m)	0
Death Notes	-
Member Notes	-
Necrology	-
Summit Bid	2
Summit Term	12
HCN	0
Checksum	2434532
Summit Note 1	-
Summit Note 2	-
Summit Note 3	-
Death Route	-
Name (lowercase)	jon beattie
Year of Birth	1959
Year	1988
Age at Expedition	29
Role	Member

Field	Value
ID	15584
Imported	2026-03-06 18:06:05.675609
Expedition ID	KHAT88301
Member ID	04
Peak ID	KHAT
Year	1988
Season	3
First Name	Richard
Last Name	Berry
Sex	M
Age	0
Birth Date	-
Year of Birth	1965
Calculated Age	23
Citizenship	UK
Status	Climber
Residence	Forres, Moray, Scotland
Occupation	RAF (corporal)
Leader	False
Deputy	False
Basecamp Only	False
Not to BC	False
Support	False
Disabled	False
Hired	False
Sherpa	False
Tibetan	False
Summit Success	False
Claimed	False
Disputed	False
Solo	False
Traverse	False
Ski	False
Paraglide	False
Speed	-
High Point (m)	False
Personal High Point (m)	0
Summit Date 1	-
Summit Date 2	-
Summit Date 3	-
Summit Time 1	-
Summit Time 2	-
Summit Time 3	-
Route 1	0
Route 2	0
Route 3	0
Ascent 1	0
Ascent 2	0
Ascent 3	0
O2 Used	False
O2 None	True
O2 Climb	False
O2 Descent	False
O2 Sleep	False
O2 Medical	False
O2 Notes	-
Death	False
Death Date	-
Death Time	-
Death Type	0
Death Height (m)	0
Death Class	0
AMS	False
Weather	False
Injury	False
Injury Date	-
Injury Time	-
Injury Type	0
Injury Height (m)	0
Death Notes	-
Member Notes	-
Necrology	-
Summit Bid	1
Summit Term	12
HCN	0
Checksum	2436822
Summit Note 1	-
Summit Note 2	-
Summit Note 3	-
Death Route	-
Name (lowercase)	richard berry
Year of Birth	1965
Year	1988
Age at Expedition	23
Role	Member

Field	Value
ID	15585
Imported	2026-03-06 18:06:05.675609
Expedition ID	KHAT88301
Member ID	01
Peak ID	KHAT
Year	1988
Season	3
First Name	Mike
Last Name	Davison
Sex	M
Age	0
Birth Date	-
Year of Birth	1948
Calculated Age	40
Citizenship	UK
Status	Leader
Residence	Holywell, Cambridge, England
Occupation	RAF officer
Leader	True
Deputy	False
Basecamp Only	False
Not to BC	False
Support	False
Disabled	False
Hired	False
Sherpa	False
Tibetan	False
Summit Success	False
Claimed	False
Disputed	False
Solo	False
Traverse	False
Ski	False
Paraglide	False
Speed	-
High Point (m)	True
Personal High Point (m)	6100
Summit Date 1	1988-10-28
Summit Date 2	-
Summit Date 3	-
Summit Time 1	-
Summit Time 2	-
Summit Time 3	-
Route 1	1
Route 2	0
Route 3	0
Ascent 1	0
Ascent 2	0
Ascent 3	0
O2 Used	False
O2 None	True
O2 Climb	False
O2 Descent	False
O2 Sleep	False
O2 Medical	False
O2 Notes	-
Death	False
Death Date	-
Death Time	-
Death Type	0
Death Height (m)	0
Death Class	0
AMS	False
Weather	False
Injury	False
Injury Date	-
Injury Time	-
Injury Type	0
Injury Height (m)	0
Death Notes	-
Member Notes	-
Necrology	-
Summit Bid	2
Summit Term	12
HCN	0
Checksum	2430738
Summit Note 1	-
Summit Note 2	-
Summit Note 3	-
Death Route	-
Name (lowercase)	mike davison
Year of Birth	1948
Year	1988
Age at Expedition	40
Role	Leader

Field	Value
ID	15586
Imported	2026-03-06 18:06:05.675609
Expedition ID	KHAT88301
Member ID	06
Peak ID	KHAT
Year	1988
Season	3
First Name	Paul
Last Name	Horth
Sex	M
Age	0
Birth Date	-
Year of Birth	1952
Calculated Age	36
Citizenship	UK
Status	Climber
Residence	Forres, Moray, Scotland
Occupation	Technician
Leader	False
Deputy	False
Basecamp Only	False
Not to BC	False
Support	False
Disabled	False
Hired	False
Sherpa	False
Tibetan	False
Summit Success	False
Claimed	False
Disputed	False
Solo	False
Traverse	False
Ski	False
Paraglide	False
Speed	-
High Point (m)	False
Personal High Point (m)	0
Summit Date 1	-
Summit Date 2	-
Summit Date 3	-
Summit Time 1	-
Summit Time 2	-
Summit Time 3	-
Route 1	0
Route 2	0
Route 3	0
Ascent 1	0
Ascent 2	0
Ascent 3	0
O2 Used	False
O2 None	True
O2 Climb	False
O2 Descent	False
O2 Sleep	False
O2 Medical	False
O2 Notes	-
Death	False
Death Date	-
Death Time	-
Death Type	0
Death Height (m)	0
Death Class	0
AMS	False
Weather	False
Injury	False
Injury Date	-
Injury Time	-
Injury Type	0
Injury Height (m)	0
Death Notes	-
Member Notes	-
Necrology	-
Summit Bid	1
Summit Term	12
HCN	0
Checksum	2432183
Summit Note 1	-
Summit Note 2	-
Summit Note 3	-
Death Route	-
Name (lowercase)	paul horth
Year of Birth	1952
Year	1988
Age at Expedition	36
Role	Member

Field	Value
ID	15587
Imported	2026-03-06 18:06:05.675609
Expedition ID	KHAT88301
Member ID	07
Peak ID	KHAT
Year	1988
Season	3
First Name	Paul
Last Name	Jiggins
Sex	M
Age	0
Birth Date	-
Year of Birth	1965
Calculated Age	22
Citizenship	UK
Status	Climber
Residence	Aylesbury, Buckingham, England
Occupation	RAF junior technician, Halton
Leader	False
Deputy	False
Basecamp Only	False
Not to BC	False
Support	False
Disabled	False
Hired	False
Sherpa	False
Tibetan	False
Summit Success	False
Claimed	False
Disputed	False
Solo	False
Traverse	False
Ski	False
Paraglide	False
Speed	-
High Point (m)	True
Personal High Point (m)	6100
Summit Date 1	1988-10-28
Summit Date 2	-
Summit Date 3	-
Summit Time 1	-
Summit Time 2	-
Summit Time 3	-
Route 1	1
Route 2	0
Route 3	0
Ascent 1	0
Ascent 2	0
Ascent 3	0
O2 Used	False
O2 None	True
O2 Climb	False
O2 Descent	False
O2 Sleep	False
O2 Medical	False
O2 Notes	-
Death	False
Death Date	-
Death Time	-
Death Type	0
Death Height (m)	0
Death Class	0
AMS	False
Weather	False
Injury	False
Injury Date	-
Injury Time	-
Injury Type	0
Injury Height (m)	0
Death Notes	-
Member Notes	-
Necrology	-
Summit Bid	2
Summit Term	12
HCN	0
Checksum	2436969
Summit Note 1	-
Summit Note 2	-
Summit Note 3	-
Death Route	-
Name (lowercase)	paul jiggins
Year of Birth	1965
Year	1988
Age at Expedition	23
Role	Member

Field	Value
ID	15588
Imported	2026-03-06 18:06:05.675609
Expedition ID	KHAT88301
Member ID	08
Peak ID	KHAT
Year	1988
Season	3
First Name	Mark
Last Name	Richford
Sex	M
Age	0
Birth Date	-
Year of Birth	1960
Calculated Age	27
Citizenship	UK
Status	Climber
Residence	Balmullo, Fife, Scotland
Occupation	RAF corporal, aircraft technician
Leader	False
Deputy	False
Basecamp Only	False
Not to BC	False
Support	False
Disabled	False
Hired	False
Sherpa	False
Tibetan	False
Summit Success	False
Claimed	False
Disputed	False
Solo	False
Traverse	False
Ski	False
Paraglide	False
Speed	-
High Point (m)	False
Personal High Point (m)	0
Summit Date 1	-
Summit Date 2	-
Summit Date 3	-
Summit Time 1	-
Summit Time 2	-
Summit Time 3	-
Route 1	0
Route 2	0
Route 3	0
Ascent 1	0
Ascent 2	0
Ascent 3	0
O2 Used	False
O2 None	True
O2 Climb	False
O2 Descent	False
O2 Sleep	False
O2 Medical	False
O2 Notes	-
Death	False
Death Date	-
Death Time	-
Death Type	0
Death Height (m)	0
Death Class	0
AMS	False
Weather	False
Injury	False
Injury Date	-
Injury Time	-
Injury Type	0
Injury Height (m)	0
Death Notes	-
Member Notes	-
Necrology	-
Summit Bid	1
Summit Term	12
HCN	0
Checksum	2435198
Summit Note 1	-
Summit Note 2	-
Summit Note 3	-
Death Route	-
Name (lowercase)	mark richford
Year of Birth	1960
Year	1988
Age at Expedition	28
Role	Member

Field	Value
ID	15589
Imported	2026-03-06 18:06:05.675609
Expedition ID	KHAT88301
Member ID	09
Peak ID	KHAT
Year	1988
Season	3
First Name	Raymond
Last Name	Shafren
Sex	M
Age	0
Birth Date	-
Year of Birth	1964
Calculated Age	24
Citizenship	UK
Status	Climber
Residence	Burghead, Moray, Scotland
Occupation	RAF corporal, aircraft technician
Leader	False
Deputy	False
Basecamp Only	False
Not to BC	False
Support	False
Disabled	False
Hired	False
Sherpa	False
Tibetan	False
Summit Success	False
Claimed	False
Disputed	False
Solo	False
Traverse	False
Ski	False
Paraglide	False
Speed	-
High Point (m)	False
Personal High Point (m)	0
Summit Date 1	-
Summit Date 2	-
Summit Date 3	-
Summit Time 1	-
Summit Time 2	-
Summit Time 3	-
Route 1	0
Route 2	0
Route 3	0
Ascent 1	0
Ascent 2	0
Ascent 3	0
O2 Used	False
O2 None	True
O2 Climb	False
O2 Descent	False
O2 Sleep	False
O2 Medical	False
O2 Notes	-
Death	False
Death Date	-
Death Time	-
Death Type	0
Death Height (m)	0
Death Class	0
AMS	False
Weather	False
Injury	False
Injury Date	-
Injury Time	-
Injury Type	0
Injury Height (m)	0
Death Notes	-
Member Notes	-
Necrology	-
Summit Bid	1
Summit Term	12
HCN	0
Checksum	2436538
Summit Note 1	-
Summit Note 2	-
Summit Note 3	-
Death Route	-
Name (lowercase)	raymond shafren
Year of Birth	1964
Year	1988
Age at Expedition	24
Role	Member

Field	Value
ID	15590
Imported	2026-03-06 18:06:05.675609
Expedition ID	KHAT88301
Member ID	02
Peak ID	KHAT
Year	1988
Season	3
First Name	Phillip Charles
Last Name	Smithson
Sex	M
Age	0
Birth Date	-
Year of Birth	1954
Calculated Age	34
Citizenship	UK
Status	Deputy Leader
Residence	Shifnal, Shropshire, England
Occupation	RAF flight Lt.
Leader	False
Deputy	True
Basecamp Only	False
Not to BC	False
Support	False
Disabled	False
Hired	False
Sherpa	False
Tibetan	False
Summit Success	False
Claimed	False
Disputed	False
Solo	False
Traverse	False
Ski	False
Paraglide	False
Speed	-
High Point (m)	True
Personal High Point (m)	6100
Summit Date 1	1988-10-28
Summit Date 2	-
Summit Date 3	-
Summit Time 1	-
Summit Time 2	-
Summit Time 3	-
Route 1	1
Route 2	0
Route 3	0
Ascent 1	0
Ascent 2	0
Ascent 3	0
O2 Used	False
O2 None	True
O2 Climb	False
O2 Descent	False
O2 Sleep	False
O2 Medical	False
O2 Notes	-
Death	False
Death Date	-
Death Time	-
Death Type	0
Death Height (m)	0
Death Class	0
AMS	False
Weather	False
Injury	False
Injury Date	-
Injury Time	-
Injury Type	0
Injury Height (m)	0
Death Notes	-
Member Notes	-
Necrology	-
Summit Bid	2
Summit Term	12
HCN	0
Checksum	2432801
Summit Note 1	-
Summit Note 2	-
Summit Note 3	-
Death Route	-
Name (lowercase)	phillip charles smithson
Year of Birth	1954
Year	1988
Age at Expedition	34
Role	Deputy

Field	Value
ID	15591
Imported	2026-03-06 18:06:05.675609
Expedition ID	KHAT88301
Member ID	10
Peak ID	KHAT
Year	1988
Season	3
First Name	Gordon
Last Name	Turner
Sex	M
Age	0
Birth Date	-
Year of Birth	1964
Calculated Age	24
Citizenship	UK
Status	Climber
Residence	Edinburgh, Scotland
Occupation	RAF flying officer (at RAF Lossiemouth)
Leader	False
Deputy	False
Basecamp Only	False
Not to BC	False
Support	False
Disabled	False
Hired	False
Sherpa	False
Tibetan	False
Summit Success	False
Claimed	False
Disputed	False
Solo	False
Traverse	False
Ski	False
Paraglide	False
Speed	-
High Point (m)	False
Personal High Point (m)	0
Summit Date 1	-
Summit Date 2	-
Summit Date 3	-
Summit Time 1	-
Summit Time 2	-
Summit Time 3	-
Route 1	0
Route 2	0
Route 3	0
Ascent 1	0
Ascent 2	0
Ascent 3	0
O2 Used	False
O2 None	True
O2 Climb	False
O2 Descent	False
O2 Sleep	False
O2 Medical	False
O2 Notes	-
Death	False
Death Date	-
Death Time	-
Death Type	0
Death Height (m)	0
Death Class	0
AMS	False
Weather	False
Injury	False
Injury Date	-
Injury Time	-
Injury Type	0
Injury Height (m)	0
Death Notes	-
Member Notes	-
Necrology	-
Summit Bid	1
Summit Term	12
HCN	0
Checksum	2436373
Summit Note 1	-
Summit Note 2	-
Summit Note 3	-
Death Route	-
Name (lowercase)	gordon turner
Year of Birth	1964
Year	1988
Age at Expedition	24
Role	Member

Field	Value
ID	32878
Imported	2026-03-06 18:06:05.675609
Expedition ID	KHAT88301
Member ID	05
Peak ID	KHAT
Year	1988
Season	3
First Name	James Stewart
Last Name	Coulthard
Sex	M
Age	0
Birth Date	-
Year of Birth	1951
Calculated Age	37
Citizenship	UK
Status	Climber
Residence	Alrighton, W Midlands, England
Occupation	Physical training instructor
Leader	False
Deputy	False
Basecamp Only	False
Not to BC	True
Support	False
Disabled	False
Hired	False
Sherpa	False
Tibetan	False
Summit Success	False
Claimed	False
Disputed	False
Solo	False
Traverse	False
Ski	False
Paraglide	False
Speed	-
High Point (m)	False
Personal High Point (m)	0
Summit Date 1	-
Summit Date 2	-
Summit Date 3	-
Summit Time 1	-
Summit Time 2	-
Summit Time 3	-
Route 1	0
Route 2	0
Route 3	0
Ascent 1	0
Ascent 2	0
Ascent 3	0
O2 Used	False
O2 None	True
O2 Climb	False
O2 Descent	False
O2 Sleep	False
O2 Medical	False
O2 Notes	-
Death	False
Death Date	-
Death Time	-
Death Type	0
Death Height (m)	0
Death Class	0
AMS	False
Weather	False
Injury	False
Injury Date	-
Injury Time	-
Injury Type	0
Injury Height (m)	0
Death Notes	-
Member Notes	Never reached BC (ill)
Necrology	-
Summit Bid	1
Summit Term	9
HCN	0
Checksum	2431774
Summit Note 1	-
Summit Note 2	-
Summit Note 3	-
Death Route	-
Name (lowercase)	james stewart coulthard
Year of Birth	1951
Year	1988
Age at Expedition	37
Role	Member

10 recorded members.

Name	Sex	Year of Birth	Citizenship	Status	Residence	Occupation
Jon Beattie	M	1959	UK	Climber	Forres, Moray, Scotland	Sergeant	Details Other expeditions
Richard Berry	M	1965	UK	Climber	Forres, Moray, Scotland	RAF (corporal)	Details Other expeditions
Mike Davison	M	1948	UK	Leader	Holywell, Cambridge, England	RAF officer	Details Other expeditions
Paul Horth	M	1952	UK	Climber	Forres, Moray, Scotland	Technician	Details Other expeditions
Paul Jiggins	M	1965	UK	Climber	Aylesbury, Buckingham, England	RAF junior technician, Halton	Details Other expeditions
Mark Richford	M	1960	UK	Climber	Balmullo, Fife, Scotland	RAF corporal, aircraft technician	Details Other expeditions
Raymond Shafren	M	1964	UK	Climber	Burghead, Moray, Scotland	RAF corporal, aircraft technician	Details Other expeditions
Phillip Charles Smithson	M	1954	UK	Deputy Leader	Shifnal, Shropshire, England	RAF flight Lt.	Details Other expeditions
Gordon Turner	M	1964	UK	Climber	Edinburgh, Scotland	RAF flying officer (at RAF Lossiemouth)	Details Other expeditions
James Stewart Coulthard	M	1951	UK	Climber	Alrighton, W Midlands, England	Physical training instructor	Details Other expeditions

References

Field	Value
ID	2152
Imported	2026-03-06 18:06:36.307770
Expedition ID	KHAT88301
Reference ID	01
Year	1988
Type	2
Journal	AAJ
Author	Davidson, Michael
Title	-
Publisher	-
Publication Date	1989
Language	-
Citation	63:209 (1989)
Yak 94	-
Notes	-

Field	Value
ID	12121
Imported	2026-03-06 18:06:36.307770
Expedition ID	KHAT88301
Reference ID	02
Year	1988
Type	5
Journal	-
Author	-
Title	http://publications.americanalpineclub.org/articles/12198920902/Asia-Nepal-Khatang-Attempt
Publisher	-
Publication Date	-
Language	-
Citation	-
Yak 94	-
Notes	-

2 recorded references.

Expedition ID	Journal	Author	Title	Publisher	Citation	Yak 94
KHAT88301	AAJ	Davidson, Michael	-	-	63:209 (1989)	-
KHAT88301	-	-	http://publications.americanalpineclub.org/articles/12198920902/Asia-Nepal-Khatang-Attempt	-	-	-