Langtang Lirung | 1994 SW Face

A Spain expedition to Langtang Lirung in 1994 via SW Face, led by Carles Gonzalez De Agustin. Summit reached on 7th October 1994. 4 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field Value
ID 1361
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Expedition ID LANG94301
Peak ID LANG
Year 1994
Season 3
Host Country 1
Route 1 SW Face
Route 2 -
Route 3 -
Route 4 -
Nationality Spain
Leaders Carles Gonzalez De Agustin
Sponsor Langtang Lirung 1994
Success 1 True
Success 2 False
Success 3 False
Success 4 False
Ascent 1 14th
Ascent 2 -
Ascent 3 -
Ascent 4 -
Claimed False
Disputed False
Countries -
Approach -
Basecamp Date 1994-09-25
Summit Date 1994-10-07
Summit Time 1420
Summit Days 12
Total Days 16
Termination Date 1994-10-11
Termination Reason 1
Termination Notes -
High Point (m) 7227
Traverse False
Ski False
Paraglide False
Camps 3
Fixed Rope (m) 0
Total Members 4
Summit Members 3
Member Deaths 0
Total Hired 1
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(25/09,4450m),C1(29/09,5200m),C2(03/10,5800m),Biv(04/10,6500m),C3(05/10,6800m),Smt(07/10)
Route Notes BC at bottom of glacier just northeast of Seng Demsa village C2 on West Face of South Ridge. A) Details of approach march from KTM to Base Camp: 21 Sep KTM to Dhunche. 22 Sep Dhunche to Ghoretabela 24 Sep Langtang to Langtang BC B) Date, Altitude and place of the establishment of BC: 25 Sep at 4450m C) Climbing route attempted beyond BC: Base Camp : 4450m 25 Sep Camp I : 5200m 29 Sep Camp II : 5800m 03 Oct Bivouac I : 6500m 04 Oct Camp III : 6800m 05 Oct Summit : 7233m 07 Oct D) Climbing details beyond the BC, the name of the members, date and altitude of pitching of higher camps: 26 Sep rest at Base Camp 27 Sep established C1 5200m and returned to BC 28 Sep BC to C1 and returned to BC 29 Sep BC to C1 5200m and camp 30 Sep C1 to C2 and returned to C1 01 Oct C1 to C2 and returned to C1 02 Oct C1 to C2 and camped at C2 03 Oct C2 5800 m to Bivouac I 6500m 04 Oct Bivouac I 6500m to C3 6800m 05 Oct C3 6800m rest 06 Oct C3 to 6900m and returned to C3 07 Oct C3 to Summit at 14:20 hours NST E) Details of summit attempt (the name of the members who started for summit which camp, altitude, date and time, oxygen used or not, the route to the summit, the time reached at the summit, the time stayed at the summit, activities of summiters at the summit, activities of summitters at the summit, if they found something at the summit or if they left something at the summit, took photograph or not hoisted the flags or not, feeling of the summiters at the summit, weather condition, etc): Summit from C3 at 6800m by South Ridge at 2:20 pm NST on 7th Oct 1994, and 10 minutes stayed at summit activities of summitters at the summit. If they found something at the summit or if they left something at the summit: nothing found and nothing left took photograph or not: took photographs hoisted the flags or not: Hoisted flag of Catalunya feeling and decided to do expedition to Annapurna I weather condition: very cold, windy and good visibility F) If expedition team abandons its climbing, the highest point of altitude reached and the date, name of the members who reached that height. The details of the reason for abandoning the attempt: Abandoned by Mr Joan Portes Costa Highest point reached at 5200m Abandoned date 03 Oct Caused of abandoned Health (Lungs) problem H) Date of leaving base camp and details of return march from base camp to Kathmandu: 09 Oct C1 to BC to Langtang 10 Oct Langtang rest 11 Oct Langtang to Syabrubesi 12 Oct Syabrubesi to Thade 13 Oct Thade to Kathmandu I) Details of cleaning the litters and garbage on apprach route, in the base camp in the higher camps and in climbing route (quantity of garbage burnt, places and quantity of garbage buried place & date): 74 kgs garbage bring back to Base camp including about 14 kgs garbage left from previous expedition about 20 kgs burried and rest burnt 7 pieces snowbar and 5 pieces rock piton bring to Kathmandu which was left by previous expedition. J) Fire woods were used or not during the expedition, if please mention the quantity and place: During expedition fire woods are not used K) Other details if any: This should be attached along with the report to be submitted after the complation of the expedition as pers schedule 5 of the mountaineering regulation. Financial Details 1. Total expenditure of the expedition US$13,850 including airfare 2. Amount for the equipments to provided to the liaison officer, Nepalese members and Nepalese workers For liaison Officer US$ 1000 Guide US$ 700 Cook US$ 500 3. Total expenditure within the Kingdom of Nepal US$ 8780 4. Custom and import duties 5. Royalty: US$ 2000 6. Insurance premium paid in Nepal for Nepalese: US$ 300 7. Agency Service charge: $4280 for full arrangement trip 8. Allowance to Liaison officer, sirdar, altitude guides and basecamp worker Liaison Officer $ 89.79 Sirdar $ 89.79 Cook $ 79 Sherpa $ 74 9. Wages to Local Porter $667 10. Fooding expenses in approach and return march $ 11. Lodging expenses in approach and return march $ 12. Lodging and fooding in Kathmandu in friends house 13. Local purchases (please specify the items broadly)
Accidents Nothing serious
Achievement -
Agency Nepal Trekking & Expeditions
Commercial Route -
Standard Route -
Primary Route False
Primary Member False
Primary Reference -
Primary ID -
Checksum 2452302
Year 1994
Summit Success True
O2 Summary None
Route (lowercase) sw face

Members

4 recorded members.

Name Sex Year of Birth Citizenship Status Residence Occupation
Carles Gonzalez de Agustin M 1969 Spain Leader Barcelona, Spain Architectural technician Details Other expeditions
Manuel (Manolo) Miranda Rodriguez M 1966 Spain Climber L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain Electronics technician Details Other expeditions
Joan Portes Costa M 1948 Spain Climber Barcelona, Spain Art restorer Details Other expeditions
Eduardo Sanchez Sanchez M 1967 Spain Climber Esplugues de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain Firefighter Details Other expeditions

References

5 recorded references.

Expedition ID Journal Author Title Publisher Citation Yak 94
LANG94301 AAJ Hawley, Elizabeth - - 69:247 (1995) -
LANG94301 HIGH - - - 151:18 (Jun 1995) -
LANG94301 HIGH - - - 155:9 (Oct 1995) -
LANG94301 - Nicolas, Pedro Himalayismo Espanol Ediciones Desnivel - -
LANG94301 - - http://publications.americanalpineclub.org/articles/12199524702/Asia-Nepal-Langtang-Lirung - - -