Langmoche Ri | 2012 NW Ridge

A USA expedition to Langmoche Ri in 2012 via NW Ridge, led by Tino Villanueva. Summit reached on 17th November 2012. 3 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field Value
ID 7858
Imported 2026-03-06 18:04:49.359634
Expedition ID LMOC12301
Peak ID LMOC
Year 2012
Season 3
Host Country 1
Route 1 NW Ridge
Route 2 -
Route 3 -
Route 4 -
Nationality USA
Leaders Tino Villanueva
Sponsor Mountain Madness Tengi Ragi Tau Expedition
Success 1 True
Success 2 False
Success 3 False
Success 4 False
Ascent 1 1st
Ascent 2 -
Ascent 3 -
Ascent 4 -
Claimed False
Disputed False
Countries -
Approach -
Basecamp Date 2012-11-16
Summit Date 2012-11-17
Summit Time -
Summit Days 1
Total Days 2
Termination Date 2012-11-18
Termination Reason 1
Termination Notes -
High Point (m) 6552
Traverse False
Ski False
Paraglide False
Camps 0
Fixed Rope (m) 0
Total Members 3
Summit Members 2
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 Permit for Tengi Ragi Tau
Campsites BC(16/11,5891m),Smt(17/11)
Route Notes The team approached their Rolwaling mountain by a jeep ride to Gongar village on the west side of the Bhote Kosi River. From there they trekked up the Bhote Kosi to Simigaon on a hill above the Rolwaling Khola, then east to the villages of Beding and Na. They stayed four days in Na, from where they trekked through the nearby high hills. Then southeast to the large Tsho Lake which is due west of Tengi Ragi Tau and north to a 6611m peak named Langmoche Ri. One member, Matthew Barela, had turned around and left the team on 7 November; the other two, Alan Rousseau and Tino Villaneuva, continued on to Tsho Lake and beyond. They had no fixed camps so far, but on 16 November they made a camp on a high pass (5891m) north of Langmoche Ri. On the 17th Rousseau and Villaneuva climbed from the pass up onto the NW Ridge of Langmoche Ri [and to the summit] and back to the pass on the same day. The climb had not been easy: there were some technically difficult places with numerous cornices, some of which were overhanging; to get onto the ridge, they had to climb a section of the snow covered North Face which got steeper the higher they went, up to 80 degrees by the time they reached the ridge. The next day, the 18th, they left the pass and moved westward to return to Na. They were tired after Langmoche Ri, and the wind was blowing at 60 mph. They never got to the North Ridge of Tengi Ragi Tau, their intended route.
Accidents -
Achievement -
Agency Adventure Thamserku
Commercial Route False
Standard Route False
Primary Route False
Primary Member False
Primary Reference False
Primary ID -
Checksum 2459116
Year 2012
Summit Success True
O2 Summary None
Route (lowercase) nw ridge

Members

3 recorded members.

Name Sex Year of Birth Citizenship Status Residence Occupation
Matthew Orlando Barela M 1980 USA Climber Albuquerque, New Mexico Alpine guide Details Other expeditions
Alan Patrick Rousseau M 1986 USA Climber Salt Lake City, Utah Alpine guide Details Other expeditions
Roberto Karlo (Tino) Villanueva M 1983 USA Leader Seattle, Washington Alpine guide Details Other expeditions

References

2 recorded references.

Expedition ID Journal Author Title Publisher Citation Yak 94
LMOC12301 AAJ - - - 87:330 (2013) -
LMOC12301 - - http://publications.americanalpineclub.org/articles/13201212249/Pt-5766m-west-face-and-north-ridge-Langmoche-Ri-6552m-northwest-ridge - - -