Kanjeralwa | 1996 W Face-SW Ridge

A Switzerland expedition to Kanjeralwa in 1996 via W Face-SW Ridge, led by Renzo Zanon. Summit reached on 8th November 1996. 6 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field Value
ID 1922
Imported 2026-03-06 18:04:49.359634
Expedition ID KJER96301
Peak ID KJER
Year 1996
Season 3
Host Country 1
Route 1 W Face-SW Ridge
Route 2 -
Route 3 -
Route 4 -
Nationality Switzerland
Leaders Renzo Zanon
Sponsor Andrasace Geneva Expedition to Kanjeralwa
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 By air->Juphal (Dunai)->Dunai north->Pungmo & Darjam
Basecamp Date 1996-11-06
Summit Date 1996-11-08
Summit Time -
Summit Days 2
Total Days 3
Termination Date 1996-11-09
Termination Reason 5
Termination Notes Abandoned at 5000m due to powder snow
High Point (m) 5000
Traverse False
Ski False
Paraglide False
Camps 0
Fixed Rope (m) 0
Total Members 6
Summit Members 0
Member Deaths 0
Total Hired 2
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 -
Campsites BC(06/11,4800m),xxx(08/11,5000m)
Route Notes Approach: by air to Juphal (Dunai), north to Pungmo and Darjam Khola trail (Darjam). Barras & Schwarz - 22 Nov 96 Zanon, Schaerrer and Eigenmann were the only people went above BC: they climbed to 5000m to start of SW Ridge and then give up because of deep powder snow, which would have taken many days to climb.
Accidents Nothing serious during climb
Achievement -
Agency Tip & Top Trekking
Commercial Route -
Standard Route -
Primary Route False
Primary Member False
Primary Reference -
Primary ID -
Checksum 2452977
Year 1996
Summit Success False
O2 Summary None
Route (lowercase) w face-sw ridge

Members

6 recorded members.

Name Sex Year of Birth Citizenship Status Residence Occupation
Lorette Barras F 1954 Switzerland Climber Geneva, Switzerland Attorney Details Other expeditions
Robert Eigenmann M 1955 Switzerland Climber Grand-Lancy, Geneva, Switzerland Electronics expert Details Other expeditions
Bruno Schaerrer M 1938 Switzerland Climber Gy, Geneva, Switzerland Architect & alpine guide Details Other expeditions
Claude Schaerrer F 1936 Switzerland Climber Gy, Geneva, Switzerland Nurse Details Other expeditions
Christian Schwarz M 1945 Switzerland Climber Geneva, Switzerland Civil engineer Details Other expeditions
Renzo Zanon M 1933 Switzerland Leader Geneva, Switzerland Hotelier & alpine guide Details Other expeditions

References

1 recorded references.

Expedition ID Journal Author Title Publisher Citation Yak 94
KJER96301 HIGH - - - 175:93 (Jun 1997) -