Kyashar | 2010 S Pillar

A UK expedition to Kyashar in 2010 via S Pillar, led by Andy Houseman. Summit reached on 4th November 2010. 2 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field Value
ID 6967
Imported 2026-03-06 18:04:49.359634
Expedition ID KYAS10301
Peak ID KYAS
Year 2010
Season 3
Host Country 1
Route 1 S Pillar
Route 2 -
Route 3 -
Route 4 -
Nationality UK
Leaders Andy Houseman
Sponsor British Kyshar 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 -
Approach Lukla east to Hinku Khola south to Tangnag
Basecamp Date 2010-10-22
Summit Date 2010-11-04
Summit Time -
Summit Days 13
Total Days 14
Termination Date 2010-11-05
Termination Reason 10
Termination Notes Abandoned at 5800 due to rock difficulty for one member
High Point (m) 5800
Traverse False
Ski False
Paraglide False
Camps 0
Fixed Rope (m) 0
Total Members 2
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 Climbed Mera Peak (Houseman only)
Campsites BC(22/10,4200m),Biv(03/11,5500m),xxx(04/11,5800m)
Route Notes BC at Tangnag Lodge Biv1 on rock buttress on south side. The two Britons established their base on 22 October at lodge in the village of Tangnag for their climb of Kyashar, which is south of Kangtega; but before attacking their mountain, they went to Mera Peak for acclimatization. Houseman summited it on 28 October while Stone stopped at their high camps because of a headache. They were back in BC on the 29th. They ewre delayed by snowfall; they started their climb of Kyashar on 3 November up a rock buttress on the south side of their mountain. (Kyashar's name is not shown on various maps, but it is point 6769m on the NEPA trekking map; the Nepalese government gives it an altitude of 6770m). They bivoaucked that night at 5500m on a hanging glacier at the top of the buttress. On 4 November, they moved up to the top of the glacier at 5700m and then to the bottom of the South Pillar, the feature they intended to scale. They had reached 5800m when Stone declared that he didn't want to continue the climb: this was his first time in the Himalaya, and he was uncomfortable with the scale of these mountains; he also appeared to be developing an altitude problem. Houseman doesn't like climbing alone, so they descended to BC the same day and left for Kathmandu on the 5th.
Accidents -
Achievement -
Agency Loben Expeditions
Commercial Route False
Standard Route False
Primary Route False
Primary Member False
Primary Reference False
Primary ID -
Checksum 2458145
Year 2010
Summit Success False
O2 Summary None
Route (lowercase) s pillar

Members

2 recorded members.

Name Sex Year of Birth Citizenship Status Residence Occupation
Andrew William (Andy) Houseman M 1981 UK Leader Harrogate, N Yorkshire, England Alpine guide Details Other expeditions
Anthony Vernon Robert (Tony) Stone M 1985 UK Climber Manchester, England Student Details Other expeditions

References

2 recorded references.

Expedition ID Journal Author Title Publisher Citation Yak 94
KYAS10301 AAJ Houseman, Andy - - 85:335-336 (2011) -
KYAS10301 - - http://publications.americanalpineclub.org/articles/12201133500/Kyashar-6770m-South-Pillar-Attempt - - -