Lunag Ri | 2015 W Ridge

A USA expedition to Lunag Ri in 2015 via W Ridge, led by Conrad Anker. Summit reached on 13th November 2015. 4 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field Value
ID 8955
Imported 2026-03-06 18:04:49.359634
Expedition ID LUNR15301
Peak ID LUNR
Year 2015
Season 3
Host Country 1
Route 1 W Ridge
Route 2 -
Route 3 -
Route 4 -
Nationality USA
Leaders Conrad Anker
Sponsor Jobo Rinjang 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 Austria, Switzerland
Approach Thami Valley->Khumbri
Basecamp Date 2015-11-02
Summit Date 2015-11-13
Summit Time -
Summit Days 11
Total Days 14
Termination Date 2015-11-16
Termination Reason 4
Termination Notes Abandoned at 6500m due to strong wind
High Point (m) 6500
Traverse False
Ski False
Paraglide False
Camps 0
Fixed Rope (m) 0
Total Members 4
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 -
Campsites BC(02/11,5000m),ABC(05/11,5500m),Biv(05/11,6100m),xxx(13/11,6500m)
Route Notes The two members, Conrad Anker and David Lama, were accompanied to BC by two photographers, Austrian Martin Hanslmyar and Swiss Menk Rufibach, but no one went above BC on this expedition except the climbing members. The entire team flew to Lukla on 28th October and trekked into the Thami valley. They established their BC on 2 November at 5000m on the south side of the junction of the Lunag and Nangpa Glaciers, and two days later placed on ABC five hundred meters higher up the Lunag Glacier. On the 5th, they bivouacked briefly at 6100m, as part of their acclimatization program, then descended to BC. From the 7th to the 10th, they acclimatized in the area. On the 11th they moved back to ABC, on the 12th moved up to their bivouac at 6100m, and on November 13 climbed to their high point of 6500m, but immediately returned to their bivouac at 6100m. They had expected to go all the way to the West Summit of Lunag, the highest point on Lunag Ri at 6907m, that day the 13th. But they had not planned to have to cope with fierce cold winds: it was gusting at 70 km/hr in temperature down to -20 Centrigrade. They had set out for the summit at 3:00 am expecting to reach the top and return to their bivouac the same afternoon, so took no gear for another night out. They realized at 3:00 pm that this was not possible. They were back in ABC on the 14th, in BC on the 15th, left BC on the 16th for Lukla, and were in Kathmandu on the 19th. But they had not abandoned Lunag Ri. They were already making plans to return to the mountain in the following spring, when the weather would be warmer and the daylight hours longer.
Accidents -
Achievement -
Agency -
Commercial Route False
Standard Route False
Primary Route False
Primary Member False
Primary Reference False
Primary ID -
Checksum 2460210
Year 2015
Summit Success False
O2 Summary None
Route (lowercase) w ridge

Members

4 recorded members.

Name Sex Year of Birth Citizenship Status Residence Occupation
Conrad Daniel Anker M 1962 USA Leader Bozeman, Montana Professional alpinist Details Other expeditions
David Lama M 1990 Austria Climber Goetzens, Tirol, Austria Alpinist Details Other expeditions
Melchior (Menk) Rufibach M 1988 Switzerland Cameraman Guttannen, Bern, Switzerland Cameraman Details Other expeditions
Martin Hanslmayr M 1978 Austria Cameraman Andorf, Upper Austria, Austria Cameraman Details Other expeditions

References

2 recorded references.

Expedition ID Journal Author Title Publisher Citation Yak 94
LUNR15301 - - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gssvDlli6fk - - -
LUNR15301 - - - - - -