Kotang | 1951 From SW

A Switzerland expedition to Kotang in 1951 via From SW, led by George Frey. Summit reached on 29th October 1951. 3 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field Value
ID 2885
Imported 2026-03-06 18:04:49.359634
Expedition ID KOTA51301
Peak ID KOTA
Year 1951
Season 3
Host Country 3
Route 1 From SW
Route 2 -
Route 3 -
Route 4 -
Nationality Switzerland
Leaders George Frey
Sponsor -
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 -
Basecamp Date -
Summit Date 1951-10-29
Summit Time -
Summit Days 0
Total Days 0
Termination Date -
Termination Reason 6
Termination Notes Abandoned at 5200m due to death of climber
High Point (m) 5200
Traverse False
Ski False
Paraglide False
Camps 2
Fixed Rope (m) 0
Total Members 1
Summit Members 0
Member Deaths 1
Total Hired 3
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 Kabru North (KABN-513-01); recon Kangchenjunga (KANG-513-01)
Campsites BC,C1,C2,xxx(29/10,5200m)
Route Notes -
Accidents Frey killed in fall
Achievement -
Agency -
Commercial Route -
Standard Route -
Primary Route False
Primary Member False
Primary Reference -
Primary ID -
Checksum 2436530
Year 1951
Summit Success False
O2 Summary None
Route (lowercase) from sw

Members

3 recorded members.

Name Sex Year of Birth Citizenship Status Residence Occupation
George Frey M - Switzerland Leader Zurich, Switzerland Swiss Trade Commissioner in Bombay Details Other expeditions
Tenzing Sherpa M - - H-A Worker - - Details Other expeditions
Phu Tharkey Sherpa M 1922 Nepal H-A Worker - - Details Other expeditions

References

3 recorded references.

Expedition ID Journal Author Title Publisher Citation Yak 94
KOTA51301 HJ - In Memoriam: George Frey - 17:163 (1952) -
KOTA51301 MM Dyhrenfurth, G. O. & Dyhrenfurth, Norman Kangchenjunga - 68:34-40 (Jul 1979) -
KOTA51301 - - https://www.himalayanclub.org/hj/17/17/in-memoriam-30/ - - -