Kotang | 1993 NE Ridge-Cntrl Smt

A India expedition to Kotang in 1993 via NE Ridge-Cntrl Smt, led by Shardendu Upadhyay. Summit reached on 16th October 1993. 11 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field	Value
ID	4811
Imported	2026-03-06 18:04:49.359634
Expedition ID	KOTA93302
Peak ID	KOTA
Year	1993
Season	3
Host Country	3
Route 1	NE Ridge-Cntrl Smt
Route 2	-
Route 3	-
Route 4	-
Nationality	India
Leaders	Shardendu Upadhyay
Sponsor	Army Medical Corps
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	1993-10-10
Summit Date	1993-10-16
Summit Time	1245
Summit Days	6
Total Days	8
Termination Date	1993-10-18
Termination Reason	2
Termination Notes	Success only to Central Summit (6100m)
High Point (m)	6100
Traverse	False
Ski	False
Paraglide	False
Camps	2
Fixed Rope (m)	0
Total Members	7
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	-
Campsites	BC(10/10,4390m),C1(11/10,5030m),C2(13/10,5490m),Cntrl-Smt(16/10,6100m)
Route Notes	-
Accidents	-
Achievement	-
Agency	None
Commercial Route	-
Standard Route	-
Primary Route	False
Primary Member	False
Primary Reference	-
Primary ID	-
Checksum	2451900
Year	1993
Summit Success	False
O2 Summary	None
Route (lowercase)	ne ridge-cntrl smt

Members

Field	Value
ID	36935
Imported	2026-03-06 18:06:05.675609
Expedition ID	KOTA93302
Member ID	01
Peak ID	KOTA
Year	1993
Season	3
First Name	Shardendu
Last Name	Upadhyay
Sex	M
Age	0
Birth Date	-
Year of Birth	1960
Calculated Age	33
Citizenship	India
Status	Leader
Residence	-
Occupation	Major, Indian Army
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	1993-10-16
Summit Date 2	-
Summit Date 3	-
Summit Time 1	1245
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	Summited Kabru South?
Necrology	-
Summit Bid	4
Summit Term	2
HCN	0
Checksum	2435077
Summit Note 1	-
Summit Note 2	-
Summit Note 3	-
Death Route	-
Name (lowercase)	shardendu upadhyay
Year of Birth	1960
Year	1993
Age at Expedition	33
Role	Leader

Field	Value
ID	36936
Imported	2026-03-06 18:06:05.675609
Expedition ID	KOTA93302
Member ID	08
Peak ID	KOTA
Year	1993
Season	3
First Name	Amit
Last Name	Chowdhury
Sex	M
Age	0
Birth Date	-
Year of Birth	1959
Calculated Age	34
Citizenship	India
Status	Support
Residence	-
Occupation	-
Leader	False
Deputy	False
Basecamp Only	False
Not to BC	False
Support	True
Disabled	False
Hired	True
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	1993-10-16
Summit Date 2	-
Summit Date 3	-
Summit Time 1	1245
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	4
Summit Term	2
HCN	0
Checksum	2434597
Summit Note 1	-
Summit Note 2	-
Summit Note 3	-
Death Route	-
Name (lowercase)	amit chowdhury
Year of Birth	1959
Year	1993
Age at Expedition	34
Role	Support

Field	Value
ID	36937
Imported	2026-03-06 18:06:05.675609
Expedition ID	KOTA93302
Member ID	07
Peak ID	KOTA
Year	1993
Season	3
First Name	Rakesh
Last Name	Verma
Sex	M
Age	0
Birth Date	-
Year of Birth	-
Calculated Age	0
Citizenship	India
Status	Climber
Residence	Captain, Indian Army
Occupation	-
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	1993-10-16
Summit Date 2	-
Summit Date 3	-
Summit Time 1	1245
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	4
Summit Term	2
HCN	0
Checksum	-30
Summit Note 1	-
Summit Note 2	-
Summit Note 3	-
Death Route	-
Name (lowercase)	rakesh verma
Year of Birth	-
Year	1993
Age at Expedition	-
Role	Member

Field	Value
ID	36938
Imported	2026-03-06 18:06:05.675609
Expedition ID	KOTA93302
Member ID	03
Peak ID	KOTA
Year	1993
Season	3
First Name	K. S.
Last Name	Byju
Sex	M
Age	0
Birth Date	-
Year of Birth	-
Calculated Age	0
Citizenship	India
Status	Climber
Residence	-
Occupation	-
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	1993-10-16
Summit Date 2	-
Summit Date 3	-
Summit Time 1	1245
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	4
Summit Term	2
HCN	0
Checksum	-30
Summit Note 1	-
Summit Note 2	-
Summit Note 3	-
Death Route	-
Name (lowercase)	k. s. byju
Year of Birth	-
Year	1993
Age at Expedition	-
Role	Member

Field	Value
ID	36939
Imported	2026-03-06 18:06:05.675609
Expedition ID	KOTA93302
Member ID	10
Peak ID	KOTA
Year	1993
Season	3
First Name	Karma
Last Name	Sherpa
Sex	M
Age	0
Birth Date	-
Year of Birth	-
Calculated Age	0
Citizenship	-
Status	H-A Worker
Residence	-
Occupation	-
Leader	False
Deputy	False
Basecamp Only	False
Not to BC	False
Support	False
Disabled	False
Hired	True
Sherpa	True
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	1993-10-16
Summit Date 2	-
Summit Date 3	-
Summit Time 1	1245
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	4
Summit Term	2
HCN	0
Checksum	-30
Summit Note 1	-
Summit Note 2	-
Summit Note 3	-
Death Route	-
Name (lowercase)	karma sherpa
Year of Birth	-
Year	1993
Age at Expedition	-
Role	Hired

Field	Value
ID	36940
Imported	2026-03-06 18:06:05.675609
Expedition ID	KOTA93302
Member ID	11
Peak ID	KOTA
Year	1993
Season	3
First Name	Mingma
Last Name	Sherpa
Sex	M
Age	0
Birth Date	-
Year of Birth	-
Calculated Age	0
Citizenship	-
Status	H-A Worker
Residence	-
Occupation	-
Leader	False
Deputy	False
Basecamp Only	False
Not to BC	False
Support	False
Disabled	False
Hired	True
Sherpa	True
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	1993-10-16
Summit Date 2	-
Summit Date 3	-
Summit Time 1	1245
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	4
Summit Term	2
HCN	0
Checksum	-30
Summit Note 1	-
Summit Note 2	-
Summit Note 3	-
Death Route	-
Name (lowercase)	mingma sherpa
Year of Birth	-
Year	1993
Age at Expedition	-
Role	Hired

Field	Value
ID	36941
Imported	2026-03-06 18:06:05.675609
Expedition ID	KOTA93302
Member ID	09
Peak ID	KOTA
Year	1993
Season	3
First Name	-
Last Name	Roshan
Sex	M
Age	0
Birth Date	-
Year of Birth	-
Calculated Age	0
Citizenship	India
Status	Support
Residence	-
Occupation	-
Leader	False
Deputy	False
Basecamp Only	False
Not to BC	False
Support	False
Disabled	False
Hired	True
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	1993-10-16
Summit Date 2	-
Summit Date 3	-
Summit Time 1	1245
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	4
Summit Term	2
HCN	0
Checksum	-30
Summit Note 1	-
Summit Note 2	-
Summit Note 3	-
Death Route	-
Name (lowercase)	roshan
Year of Birth	-
Year	1993
Age at Expedition	-
Role	Hired

Field	Value
ID	36942
Imported	2026-03-06 18:06:05.675609
Expedition ID	KOTA93302
Member ID	05
Peak ID	KOTA
Year	1993
Season	3
First Name	Chandrama
Last Name	Singh
Sex	M
Age	0
Birth Date	-
Year of Birth	-
Calculated Age	0
Citizenship	India
Status	Climber
Residence	-
Occupation	-
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	Left expedition due to illness on approach march
Member Notes	-
Necrology	-
Summit Bid	1
Summit Term	17
HCN	0
Checksum	-30
Summit Note 1	-
Summit Note 2	-
Summit Note 3	-
Death Route	-
Name (lowercase)	chandrama singh
Year of Birth	-
Year	1993
Age at Expedition	-
Role	Member

Field	Value
ID	36943
Imported	2026-03-06 18:06:05.675609
Expedition ID	KOTA93302
Member ID	02
Peak ID	KOTA
Year	1993
Season	3
First Name	-
Last Name	Ahmed
Sex	M
Age	0
Birth Date	-
Year of Birth	-
Calculated Age	0
Citizenship	India
Status	Climber
Residence	-
Occupation	-
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	0
Summit Term	0
HCN	0
Checksum	-30
Summit Note 1	-
Summit Note 2	-
Summit Note 3	-
Death Route	-
Name (lowercase)	ahmed
Year of Birth	-
Year	1993
Age at Expedition	-
Role	Member

Field	Value
ID	36944
Imported	2026-03-06 18:06:05.675609
Expedition ID	KOTA93302
Member ID	06
Peak ID	KOTA
Year	1993
Season	3
First Name	J. N.
Last Name	Singh
Sex	M
Age	0
Birth Date	-
Year of Birth	-
Calculated Age	0
Citizenship	India
Status	Climber
Residence	-
Occupation	-
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	0
Summit Term	0
HCN	0
Checksum	-30
Summit Note 1	-
Summit Note 2	-
Summit Note 3	-
Death Route	-
Name (lowercase)	j. n. singh
Year of Birth	-
Year	1993
Age at Expedition	-
Role	Member

Field	Value
ID	36945
Imported	2026-03-06 18:06:05.675609
Expedition ID	KOTA93302
Member ID	04
Peak ID	KOTA
Year	1993
Season	3
First Name	-
Last Name	Jaims
Sex	M
Age	0
Birth Date	-
Year of Birth	-
Calculated Age	0
Citizenship	India
Status	Climber
Residence	-
Occupation	-
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	0
Summit Term	0
HCN	0
Checksum	-30
Summit Note 1	-
Summit Note 2	-
Summit Note 3	-
Death Route	-
Name (lowercase)	jaims
Year of Birth	-
Year	1993
Age at Expedition	-
Role	Member

11 recorded members.

Name	Sex	Year of Birth	Citizenship	Status	Residence	Occupation
Shardendu Upadhyay	M	1960	India	Leader	-	Major, Indian Army	Details Other expeditions
Amit Chowdhury	M	1959	India	Support	-	-	Details Other expeditions
Rakesh Verma	M	-	India	Climber	Captain, Indian Army	-	Details Other expeditions
K. S. Byju	M	-	India	Climber	-	-	Details Other expeditions
Karma Sherpa	M	-	-	H-A Worker	-	-	Details Other expeditions
Mingma Sherpa	M	-	-	H-A Worker	-	-	Details Other expeditions
Roshan	M	-	India	Support	-	-	Details Other expeditions
Chandrama Singh	M	-	India	Climber	-	-	Details Other expeditions
Ahmed	M	-	India	Climber	-	-	Details Other expeditions
J. N. Singh	M	-	India	Climber	-	-	Details Other expeditions
Jaims	M	-	India	Climber	-	-	Details Other expeditions

References

Field	Value
ID	6484
Imported	2026-03-06 18:06:36.307770
Expedition ID	KOTA93302
Reference ID	01
Year	1993
Type	2
Journal	HMJ
Author	Upadhyaya, S
Title	AMC Expedition to Kokthang
Publisher	-
Publication Date	1993
Language	-
Citation	20:52-57 (1993)
Yak 94	-
Notes	-

1 recorded references.

Expedition ID	Journal	Author	Title	Publisher	Citation	Yak 94
KOTA93302	HMJ	Upadhyaya, S	AMC Expedition to Kokthang	-	20:52-57 (1993)	-